ENVS 2210 Lecture Notes - Bee Hives, Queen Excluder, Swarm Behaviour
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A location for the hives (apiary/bee yard) Spring the bees have the remainder of the season to become established. Start small less than 10 colonies (1-3) Jumbo french design the inside is the same as the langstroth (9mm bee space) the brood chamber is much taller. Queen excluder wide enough for workers but not queen and drones. Frames come with hexagonal cells flat sheet, with a machine it is engraved with hexagonal cells on both sides, then it is installed in the frame. Hive tools to pry apart the different parts of the hive because they are glued together with propolis. Smokers to pacify the bees with smoke. Two to four pounds of bees with a queen. Shake the bees into an empty hive the queen is usually caged inside the package a plug of sugar paste closes the cage so the workers eat up the candy" to release the queen.