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In late autumn, flowers wither, bees are relatively idle, and they begin to prepare for the winter. at this time, the workload of bee farmers is reduced, but the management of bees should not be lax, so we should pay attention to ten "precautions":

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(1) prevent natural bees:

The aging of queen bee, too large colony, high nest temperature, honey powder, spleen compression and spleen compression will all cause the natural division of honeybees. In management, the old workers should be replaced in time, the nest temperature should be adjusted, the colony should be adjusted, spleen expansion or artificial control should be added.

2 to prevent bee theft:

The lack of honey powder will lead to bee theft. Once the theft of bees occurs, if it is not stopped in time, the bees will steal and kill each other, the light ones store honey and rob the light, and the heavy ones are besieged, causing the bees to flee or perish. In serious cases, the whole beehive steals from each other, resulting in greater losses. Therefore, we should strictly guard against theft bees, mainly to maintain strong groups, honey feet, tight beehives, nest doors and bee paths are properly reduced.

(3) prevent feed deficiency:

In late autumn, due to the lack of honey powder and high temperature, bees still go out, and a large amount of stored honey is consumed, which can easily lead to insufficient feed and bee theft, resulting in a shortage of overwintering honeybees, which, in serious cases, leads to colony flight or starvation. Therefore, replenish enough honey powder in time before overwintering.

(4) Control of bee mites:

There is a negative correlation between the growth and decline of bee mites and the colony potential, that is, the population potential increases and the parasitism rate decreases, on the contrary, when the population potential decreases, the bee mite increases. In autumn, the population potential decreases and the bee mite rises, so it is necessary to thoroughly prevent the bee mite, otherwise the mortality rate of the colony is high and the mite situation will develop rapidly in the coming year. It can be used to control mites before breeding overwintering bees and after natural breakage.

(5) prevent the colony from being too weak:

It is difficult for weak bee colonies to survive the winter safely in autumn, so measures such as merging and replenishing spleen can be taken to ensure safe overwintering.

6 to prevent the loss of the queen of the bee colony:

The queen is killed or the new queen's mating is lost due to bee theft, which is not conducive to the breeding of overwintering bees. Therefore, the inspection should be strengthened, and once the lost queen bee colony is found, it should be adjusted in time, merged with the king colony, or artificially induced to prepare the new king.

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7 prevent the harm of enemies:

In late autumn, there are more enemies and more bees. It is necessary to strengthen management, prevent and control enemy disasters, and reduce bee casualties. In order to avoid enemy invasion, a rectangular iron sand net can be installed outside the nest door, leaving several small holes convenient for bees to enter and exit, which can guard against both enemy and theft bees. Kill wasps and bee mites at any time, and often clean the bottom of the beehive to avoid the breeding of nest insects.

8 to prevent the colony from fleeing:

Long-term feed theft, no honey source and other factors will cause bees to escape, so supplementary feeding and anti-theft management should be strengthened.

9 Prevention of drug poisoning:

If there is drug poisoning in the colony, remove the poisonous feed immediately, and then use 1 ∶ 1 syrup or licorice syrup (each group is fried with licorice 30g 50g and water for half an hour until 150mL). Organophosphorus pesticide poisoning can be treated with 3kg honey and 1% atropine sulfate 2mL directly sprayed on bees to suck each other for detoxification.

10 insufficient prevention of overwintering bees of suitable age:

The so-called overwintering age bees refer to the bees that have not participated in the collection, honey-making and feeding work but are excreted by flight, which is the main force of the hibernation's overwintering and post-winter development, so its quantity and quality determine the quality of the overwintering bee colony. We should strive to cultivate a number of excellent overwintering bees of the right age.