Bees can find their way home by identifying their nests and flying. Honeybees' nesting flight is actually a process of identifying routes. In this process, bees need to remember the location of the hive, which is necessarily special. Usually, hives will be built where there are exposed big stones or dead trees. There are obvious marks in these places, which are helpful for bees to recognize their nests and fly. Through these marks, they can identify the way home.
If bees want to fly a long distance, they will make many test flights at this time, and the distance of this test flight will be farther from the hive and the flight route will be more complicated. Generally, the distance for young bees to recognize their nests is about ten to twenty or thirty meters. As bees grow older, they fly farther and higher, mainly to identify ground markers and remember the location of the hive. In this way, ordinary bees will not get lost and can also identify the way home.
Feeding method of bees
1, tightening the spleen is spring propagation.
During the spring breeding season, every two beehives are placed side by side. In the evening without wind, feed each group of bees with sugar water (sucrose: water = 1: 1) or 250~300ml honey mixed with water. After 2 hours, when the bees are so excited that they will disperse and the temperature in the box rises, you can shake the bees and tighten the spleen. When the spleen is tense, only 1 spleen can be selected, and all the extra spleen can be raised, which can promote the queen bee to lay eggs quickly. This can prevent the attack of low temperature in early spring and many cold waves, so that the spawning circle is not frozen, bees develop healthily, and some bees can rest and prolong their life.
2, heat preservation
Put 1 spleen in the center of the hive after tightening, and bees can protect the nest spleen. Put 1 clapboard on one side near the adjacent box, put 1 clapboard on the other side, and put insulation outside the board. The method of heat preservation outside the box is: grass is padded at the bottom of the box, weeds are filled between two beehives, and plastic sheets are used for moisture protection and heat preservation. On rainy days or cold nights, all beehives are covered with plastic sheets to avoid blocking the nest door. At night, according to the temperature, you can close the nest door.
3. Reward feeding
After tightening the spleen, reward feeding from the bottom of the box every night. Sugar water or honey water is put into the bottom feeder. The first feeding can be a little more, generally 350~400ml per group, depending on the number of bees and the size of the spawning circle, and a small amount of keratin on the spleen is appropriate. Feed frequently, once a night 1 time, without interruption, and don't feed too much.