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Unit 5: Manage honey bee colony - Coggle Diagram
Unit 5: Manage honey bee colony
Prepare for honey bee colony manipulation
Prepare manipulation schedule based on
apiary records
• Hive records
• Colony performance records
• Queen records
• Production records
• Colony behavior records
• Forage records
Identify
materials and equipment
• Smoker
• Smoker fuel
• Match box
• PPE
• Hive tool
• Bee brush
• Catcher box
• Honey super
• Feeder box
• Feed supplements
Wear
personal protective equipment
• Veil
• Gloves
• Gumboots
• Hat/cap
Handle honey bee combs
Remove combs in planned sequence and place in suitable position
Replace combs depending on purpose of colony manipulation
Open
bee hive
• Langstroth
• Kenya top bar hive
• Frame hive
• Box hive
• Mud hive
• Bark hive
• Bamboo
• Basket
• Log hive
• Observation hive
• Floor hive
Identify
combs
• Brood combs
• Honey combs
• Pollen combs
• Old combs
• New combs
Handle hone bee colony
Divide honey bee colony
Renew brood nest
Transfer new colony
Merge honey bee colonies
Feed honey bee colonies
Select colonies for multiplication
Identify strong colonies with
desired characteristics
• Defensiveness
• Less tendency to swarming,
• Productivity, prolific,
• Egg laying rate of the queen
• Pest and disease resistance
Identify
tools and equipment for dividing colony
• Catcher box
• Hives
• Hive tools
• PPE
• Bee brush
• Smoker
• Smoker fuel
Rear queen bees
Identify colonies
De-queen the colony
Raise queen bees
Prepare
tools and equipment
for colony selection & propagation
• Queen cage
• Catcher box
• Feeder box
Perform post manipulation practices
Prepare honey bee manipulation records
Prepare honey bee manipulation reports
Monitor honey bee colony as per records
Intervene
depending on observations
• Quarantine
• Feeding
• Colony transfer
• Pest and disease control
Dispose
disposable materials
• Infected combs
• Broken
• Damaged
• Old combs
• Damaged top bars or frames
• Dilapidated hives