Bee appliance disinfection

Diseases and insect pests do great harm to beekeeping. Beehives, hives, spleen and beehives should be thoroughly disinfected at the same time of prevention and control. The commonly used disinfectants are:

1. Formalin 1 part, add 9 parts of water, prepare 4% aqueous solution, soak the empty spleen and small pieces of bee in it for 24 hours, shake off the liquid, rinse with clean water to dry. Put the nest spleen into the relay box, 8 spleen in each box. Remove the iron gauze from an empty nest box with a screen window, stack it on top of 5 boxes, cover it with a wooden lid, and paste all the gaps. Put 2 parts of formalin and 1 part of water in a carbon or glass container, put it into the nest box from the window, then add 2 parts of potassium permanganate to the solution, paste the window quickly and fumigate with the resulting formalin steam for 24 hours.

2, salt water 1 liter, add 360 grams of salt, prepared into salt saturated solution, empty spleen and small pieces of bee tools can be soaked in it for 24 hours. The disinfection effect is not as good as formalin.

3. 80% glacial acetic acid is used to fumigate empty spleen. Each box of spleen is packed with 80% glacial acetic acid 100-150 ml in a glass container on the noodle and fumigated for 3-5 days. It is suitable for disinfecting nests and spleen with sporidiosis.

4, 2% hot lye 50 liters of water and 1 kg of caustic soda, heating and washing bee utensils, covering cloth, overalls, etc.

5% bleach 50 liters of water and 2.5 kg of bleach, wash the beehive and wooden beehives.

6. Sulfur dioxide should be fumigated with 3-5 grams of sulfur in each box.

7, 10% Mel 20% lime 5-10 kg, add 50 liters of water, spray the floor and walls, disinfect the overwintering room and beehive.