Outdoor overwintering method for breeding apis cerana in movable frame in cold region

Fecha de publicación: 31/07/2020
Fuente: WIPO "apis cerana"
The invention discloses an outdoor overwintering method for breeding apis cerana in a movable frame in a cold region, and belongs to the field of bee breeding. The method comprises the following steps: preparation before overwintering: breeding overwintering proper-age bees, arranging an overwintering field, performing heat-preservation and cold-proof operation on a beehive, wherein the period from the start of breeding the proper-age bees to the end of the overwintering heat-preservation operation is from the first ten days of September to the middle ten days of November; the enemy preventionand control management of the overwintering period: wherein the overwintering period is from the end of the last heat preservation work to the end of February of the next year, the later overwintering period is from the beginning of March of the next year to the last ten days of April, and the enemy prevention and control management of the overwintering period comprises rat damage prevention andcontrol, bird damage prevention and control, nest insect prevention and control and shading. Safe overwintering of apis cerana in cold areas is achieved, local overwintering and fixed-point bee keeping of bee colonies can be achieved at the air temperature of minus 30 DEG C in winter in Changbai Mountain areas, difficulties caused by mobile bee keeping are reduced, the survival rate of the overwintering bee colonies reaches up to 95% or above, and the method is low in breeding cost and suitable for large-scale popularization and application. Simple and easy operation is achieved.