Best Guide For Feeding Honey Bees For Good Production

有时可能需要喂蜂蜜蜜蜂，尤其是在不利条件下。尽管通常最好让蜜蜂收集自己的食物。

但是，如果出于某种原因，蜂蜜的来源不足，环境异常或蜜蜂无法自行喂食的任何其他原因，那么您可以创建自己的喂食蜂蜜蜜蜂的配方。

喂蜜蜂时，您需要考虑许多不同的因素。市场上有不同类型的馈线，您必须选择所需的馈线。

Sugar combinations in feeds vary depending on the time of the year you arefeeding honey bees sugar water.

喂蜂蜜蜜蜂

There are some common steps and considerations that you need to know before you start feeding honey bees. Here we are describing more about the steps.

选择馈线

First of all, you have to choose the right feeder for feeding honey bees. There are different types of feeders available for feeding your honey bees.

Frame, Boardman, inverted and Miller feeders are the common type of feeders that are generally used for feeding honey bees.

Frame Feeder

The frame feeder is the most common type of bee feeder that are used by the beekeepers. The frame feeder can be made of either wood or plastic. Whatever you select, don’t forget to pick on in the 1-2 gallon range.

Today, the frame feeder comes in a wide variety of features. For example, some models come with coarse siding to let the bees climb along the sides, some modes have floats for preventing the bees from drowning.

还有一些可用的框架馈线模型分为多个框架，可访问多个蜂箱。

模型的选择取决于你的needs, and you should look for ease of access.

You should also consider the ability of opening up the feeder for changing the spoiled feed. And you should also learn from an expert about filling the frame feeder correctly.

米勒喂食器

Miller feeder is ideal for feeding many bees than other feeders. Miller feeders are actually much larger than average feeders with feed capacity of up to 5 gallons.

The Miller feeders generally have open access, so the hive can fly throughout the feeder (or partitioned access so the bees can only get to the syrup).

这些分区实际上只是带有用于蜜蜂访问的插槽的托盘。但是托盘需要紧密的海豹，以便外国蜜蜂不会淹没在糖浆中。您可以将糖浆倒入末端，中心或所有框架的托盘中。

Boardman Feeder

您可以使用董事会馈线，而不是使用框架或磨坊主。这样做，尤其是如果您担心蜜蜂溺水。

The Boardman feeder is actually shaped roughly like a large box, and it hold an upside-down mason jar full of the feed you intend to use.

You have to put the jar in the entrance and the bees will wander up into the jar for the syrup.

董事会喂食器实际上很容易监控，但是您必须从罐子中摆脱蜜蜂才能重新填充它。

Inverted Feeder

The inverted feeders are watercooler sized feeders which are made of wood. These feeders work with inverted mason jars or metal cans full of feed.

The bees will fly into it if you place the jar of feed into the top entrance upside-down. The inverted feeder poses less of a drowning risk to the bees.

Mixing the Syrup

You have to feed your bees with different sugar to water ratio depending on the time of the year and also consider feeding purpose.

Mix one part of sugar and 2 parts of water for stimulating egg laying.

Use this mixture for feeding honey bees when there is enough honey available for the brood to feed on.

Mix equal amount of sugar and water to promote honeycomb building.

For saving food for the winter, mix two parts sugar with one part water. You actually need to do this in the autumn.

Use warm water for dissolving sugar into the water. And let it cool before feeding honey bees.

喂蜜蜂

After setting everything up and mixing the syrup, it’s time to feed the bees. Follow the steps mentioned below for feedinghoney bees.

穿西装

You must have to wear a beekeeper suit before preparing to enter the feeder.

There are different types of suits available in the market, and you will need to purchase a cotton-based suit for maximum comfort.

A suit with leg zippers, knee pads, elastic wrists, double-ended main zipper and gusseted crotch will be good.

While purchasing the suit, ensure it has many pockets including a holster for hive tools.

请记住，‘大多数可用西服都具有抗刺激性，而不是完全刺痛的证明）。

抽蜜蜂

You need to open the feeder for filling it with feeds. So before doing so, you will need to smoke the bees.

Puff one or two spurts of smoke in entrance and along the top of the feeder. And before opening the hive, you should wait for one full minute.

如果您发现蜜蜂仍然搅动，则可以使用另一个或两次粉扑。

When there are no bees, open the feeder and refill it. That’s all! Good luck!