QUEEN PRODUCTION BY HONEYCOMB SHARING BETWEEN APIARIES: EDIMEL EXTRACTOR METHOD

Abstract

Breeding healthy queens while genetically improving apiary bees is interesting to beekeepers. The present method of Edimel Apiary queen production dispenses with the complex management practices, materials and equipment. Introducing new genetic material into apiaries with the intention of increasing productivity may be easier than imagined. The beekeeper often, when visiting other apiaries, comes across high-yielding hives, which he is interested in multiplying. The choice of this hive is known as Mass Selection for genetic improvement. The technique consists of opening the donor hive and removing a nest frame that contains day eggs, easily identified by being vertically positioned. The choice of egg-containing honeycomb is because eggs hatch on day 3. Located in the region of the eggs, a tool called Edimel Extractor is easy to build and consists of a PVC pipe 40 mm in diameter by 10 cm long, with one serrated tip that, in circular movements will cut the comb in a small circle. 40 mm, preserving the eggs internally. After removal from the Extractor, this honeycomb should be wrapped in a damp napkin or cloth, protected from the sun and cold and stored in a thermal box until its use in the formation of the starter queens. This nucleus may be formed two days after the eggs are collected, and may contain only a nest frame containing honey, pollen, hatching chicks and an amount of nursing bees adhering to the frame. Using the Edimel Extractor again, cut the food board in the center, placing the small egg comb in place. The core target should be reduced with an inch of aperture. Survey in three days and await the emergence of queens on the 12th day.