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5 Starting of New Colony, Location Site

The document outlines essential guidelines for starting a beekeeping venture, emphasizing the importance of training, site selection, and assessment of local flora. It suggests beginning with a small number of colonies and highlights the ideal conditions for successful beekeeping, including proper hive arrangement and density. The timing for starting beekeeping is also discussed, recommending to begin when abundant floral resources are available.

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5 Starting of New Colony, Location Site

The document outlines essential guidelines for starting a beekeeping venture, emphasizing the importance of training, site selection, and assessment of local flora. It suggests beginning with a small number of colonies and highlights the ideal conditions for successful beekeeping, including proper hive arrangement and density. The timing for starting beekeeping is also discussed, recommending to begin when abundant floral resources are available.

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STARTING of

new colony,
location site
Dr. A. K.
Singh
OUTLINES
• Beekeeping for Beginner

• How to be start beekeeping ?

• When to start beekeeping ?

• Assessment of the area for beekeeping

• Selection of the site for beekeeping

• Density of bee hive in an area

• Arrangement of hives
Beekeeping for Beginner
• Beekeeping is a lucrative and low input entrepreneurial venture

• Interested person should decide whether he want subsistence phase or


enterprises

• To make beekeeping enterprises as a sole source of an income

• But it is better to begin on a small scale

• To be successful beekeepers, one should acquire full knowledge by a training

• Training gives knowledge of bee behaviour, live operations, management,


knowledge of bee flora and pest of honeybees.
How to be start
beekeeping ??
• Acquire knowledge of bee behaviour, management from training and literature

• Gain sufficient knowledge and experience by working with AICRP (Honey Bees &
Pollinators) BUAT, Banda and progressive beekeepers

• Attend long term training of beekeeping from training centre

• Interested person can learn by associate with a perfect beekeeper for few month

• Start with 10 colonies, then increase their number with experience

• Bee colonies can be purchased from government or reputed privet firm or


beekeeper
When to start beekeeping ??
• It always advisable to start beekeeping when abundant floras of honey bee are
available in the vicinity of new apiary.

• Since the regional, climatic and floral condition vary from place to place.

• Hence, it is difficult to specify exact time for each location.

• The enough blossoms provide sufficient nectar and pollen for brood rearing.

• In the Bundelkhand/ plains, it may be started from November

• During this time plenty of flora available for the development of colonies.

• March onwards floral dearth starts, hence, better to avoid this time
Assessment of the area for
beekeeping
• Lucrative beekeeping also depends on suitable areas

• The areas with a good potential for beekeeping must be located and evaluated.

• The location which is rich of the bee flora for long durations is ideal for beekeeping.

• The diversity of bee flora, seasonal distribution and migratory root are base for
profitable beekeeping.

• Commercial Beekeepers generally migrate bee colonies from one place to another

• Migratory beekeeping produce more than one honey crop of different types.
Assessment of the area for
beekeeping
• In order to explore the potentiality of catchment area, guidelines given below:

• Referring to lists of known floral calendar

• Agro-ecosystems

• Climate conditions

• Large areas, about thousands of hectares land bearing good bee flora.

• Good bee flora are characterized by:

• Long blossoming periods, generally in terms of several weeks or months

• High density of bee flora with good nectar quality


Selection of the site for
beekeeping
• The selection of the site is very important for successful beekeeping

• Moving colonies around can place stress on the bees

• Stressed colonies are more likely to be infected with bee pests

• Honeybee colonies must be placed in orchard under the shade of the trees

• Shade prevents them from direct sun heating

• During winter, the colonies are kept under sun light

• This placement of bee colonies in orchards protects from wind breaks


Selection of the site for
beekeeping
• The selected site should be having natural sources of water

• The selected site should be off the main road but easily accessible by road

• Selected area should have proper sunlight and remain dry round year

• That way, they get the morning sun early, and will fly out to go foraging

• The hive should be placed on stands, 9 to 12 inches high

• The hive should be placed at a distance of 10 to 15 feet from one another

• The row to row distance should be 15 feet


Density of bee hive in an area
• It is very difficult to assess the number of bee colonies at apiary

• The density of bee hive in an area is very important for beekeeping

• Bees generally forage economically within a radius of 1 to 2 km

• Overstocking of colonies in an area would result in reduced honey yields

• The honey bee colonies of apiary should be located at the distance of 2 km

• Not more than 50 colonies must be placed in an apiary

• Otherwise problem of drifting and robbing will take place


Arrangement of hives
• Arrangement of hives at apiary is the key factor for successful beekeeping

• Keep the hives in shaded place but too much of the shade is not good for bees.

• The colony is capable to maintain a stable internal temperature, for optimal


colony health.

• One of the best ways to choosing an apiary site that is protected from hot
summer and cold winter winds

• Let do a site analysis of your property to define whether the site is suitable for
your hives.
Thank you

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