Apiculture presentation (group 2)
This document discusses apiculture, the practice of keeping bees for honey production. It outlines the common species of honey bees, the castes within a bee colony including the queen, worker, and drone bees. It also lists the common beekeeping appliances used and procedures for capturing and transferring bee colonies. The document provides information on examining colonies, managing bees during different seasons, selecting hive locations, moving colonies, enemies of bees, and procedures like requeening and controlling pests.
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- 1. SLIDESMANIA.COM APICULTURE Presented to: Dr.Shahbaz Ahmad Presented by: Maira Awan (91), Farhan Majeed (92), Waseem Javaid (93), Fatima Noman (94), Fasih ul Hassan (95), Awais Farzand (96), Kashif Ali (97), Nimra Shehzadi (98), Sher Ali (99), Abdul Rafae (100) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- 3. SLIDESMANIA.COM Apiculture ● The Practiceof keeping bees for honey production is called Apiculture. Species of Honey Bees ❑ Apis dorsata F. ❑ Apis cerana F. ❑ Apis florea F. ❑ Apis mellifera F. Apis florea F
- 4. SLIDESMANIA.COM Castes in a Bee Colony ❑ Queenbee ❑ Worker bee ❑ Drone
- 5. SLIDESMANIA.COM Bees Keeping Appliances Queen ExcluderSwarm catching basket Queen Cell Protector Wiring Board Comb Foundation Mill Queen Cage Hive Tool Smoke r Division Board Feeder Dress Langstroth frame Honey Extractor Storage tanks Comb Foundation Introducing Uncapping
- 6. SLIDESMANIA.COM Capturing & Transferringof colonies Transferring Colony from a Wall Hive: Transferring Colony from a Log-Hive: Capturing stray swarms and putting them in a modern hive done by following methods; • Swarm catching basket • Removing the entire cluster
- 7. SLIDESMANIA.COM Examination of Colonies Thehive has to be opened occasionally to see if; • The queen is working normally • Enough brood is present • They require more room or food • They are free from attack of wax-moth Examination should be carried out on bright sunny days & not disturbed during cold, rainy or windy days, or at night.
- 8. SLIDESMANIA.COM Management Of Bees SpringManagement ● Increase Population, Weak colonies ● Study quantity of Queen, brood and Honey ● Clean hives ● More comb space if required ● Clip wings of Queen,if required ● Formation of Swarming Winter Management ● Protection ● Feeding Bees ● Uniting Colonies (Smoke & Newspaper method) Summer Management ● Protect hive from heat , rain, ants, wasps and moth ● Proper ventilation ● Handling colonies as little as is Absolutely essential ● Giving a brood frame to brood- less colony ● Sometimes causes Absconding
- 9. SLIDESMANIA.COM Location of theHive • Spots must ensure nectar and Pollen. • Away from road and protected from human and wind. • Hive place at 6 inch to 9 inch above ground • Have good supply of water. Absconding of bees Swarming of bees Feeding of bees
- 10. SLIDESMANIA.COM Moving Colonies • Movingbees to a new spot in an apiary • Moving bees to new locality -Robbing of a colony ∙ Strong colonies rob the weaker ones during the time of scarcity. -Requeening of a colony ∙ The introduction of a new vigorous queen into a colony which have lost its queen or possesses a poor queen.
- 11. SLIDESMANIA.COM Enemies of Bees ❑The wax-moth ❑ Wasps ❑ Black ants ❑ Mites Spray Malathion or DDVP for the control of above-mentioned pests of bees.
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