Management of Honeybee Colonies

Management of Honeybee Colonies

1 Bee Enemies and their Management

  1. Greater Wax Moth (Galleria Mellonella)
  2. Bee Predatory Wasps
  3. Black Ants
  4. Mites
  5. Birds
  6. Bear and Other Mammals

2 Bee Diseases and their Management

  1. American Foulbrood Disease (AFB)
  2. European Foulbrood Disease (EFB)
  3. Chalkbrood Disease
  4. Stone Brood Disease
  5. Sacbrood Disease
  6. Thai Sacbrood Virus Disease
  7. Nosema Disease (Nosemosis)

3 Protection from Poisoning

  1. Sources and Causes of Bee Poisoning
  2. Symptoms of Bee Poisoning
  3. Guidelines to Assess the Extent of Bee Poisoning
  4. Effects of Bee Poisoning
  5. Selection and Use of Pesticides
  6. Categories of Pesticides
  7. How to Reduce Bee Poisoning
  8. Care of Poisoned Colonies
  9. Poisonous Bee Flora

4 Spring Management of Honey Bee Colonies

  1. Basic Principles of Honeybee Management
  2. Activities of Honeybees During Spring Season
  3. Removal of Winter Packing
  4. Examination of Colonies
  5. Equalizing Strength of Colonies
  6. Uniting of Bees
  7. Stimulatory Sugar Feeding
  8. Checking Condition of Queen Bee
  9. Provision of Space
  10. Spring Dwindling
  11. Swarming
  12. Multiplication/Division of Bee Colonies

5 Management in Summer

  1. Activities of Honeybees during Summer Season
  2. Management during Summer Season
  3. Protection from Heat
  4. Provision of Water and Ventilation
  5. Other Management During Summer

6 Management in Monsoon Season

  1. Activities of Bees during Monsoon Season
  2. Management of Queenless Colonies
  3. Robbing and its Prevention
  4. Absconding
  5. Protection from Rainfall and High Humidity
  6. Dearth Period Feeding

7 Management in Autumn Season

  1. Activities of Bees during Autumn Season
  2. Management of Colonies during Autumn Season
  3. Multiplication of Colonies
  4. Management of Colonies Being Prepared for Overwintering
  5. Migration of Colonies

8 Management in Winter

  1. Activities of Bees during Winter
  2. Protection from Chilly Winds
  3. Winter Packing
  4. Shifting of Colonies to Sunny Places
  5. Supplementary Feeding
  6. Feeding of Bees
  7. Pollen Substitute and Pollen Supplement

9 Specific Management

  1. Swarming, Absconding and their Management
  2. Drifting of Bees and its Prevention
  3. Curbing Drone Bees Population
  4. Management of Queenless and Laying Worker Colonies
  5. Shifting of Honeybee Colonies
  6. Migratory Beekeeping

10 Queen Bee Management

  1. Importance and Need of Queen Bee Management
  2. Locating Queen Bee
  3. Judging the Quality of Queen Bee
  4. Mass Queen Bee Rearing Techniques
  5. Selective Mating of Queen Bees
  6. Maintaining Queen Bee Bank/Queen Reservoir
  7. Queen Introduction