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The division of bee colonies (industrial division)

Dividing bee colonies, or artificial swarming, is one of the most important practices beekeepers use to increase the number of their bee colonies. This allows them to expand their hives by approximately 20% annually. What to Do Before Dividing Bee Colonies The first and most important step is maintaining the strength of the bee colonies throughout the year. This ensures they remain safe from diseases, predator attacks, and robber bees . Only strong colonies are suitable for division since weak ones cannot quickly recover from the loss of worker bees and stored food. For instance, if a beekeeper moves their apiary to a location with abundant forage, they should combine weak colonies to create strong or at least moderately strong ones. Strong colonies gather significantly more food than they consume compared to weaker colonies, which require more resources than they collect due to the low number of active bees. Conditions for Dividing Bee Colonies Division should only be carr...
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Best scientific method to arrange wax disks in modern beehive.

Organizing wax combs plays a significant and essential role in contributing to the activity and rapid growth of colonies , maximizing economic returns from collected honey, pollen, and royal jelly , and other bee products. To learn how to organize them, read the following points: How to Arrange Wax Combs in a Beehive A comb with honey on one side and empty on the other should be placed with the honey-filled side facing outward. Similarly, if one side is sealed and the other side contains unsealed honey, the comb should be placed with the sealed side outward. Combs with sealed honey on both sides are placed on the edges of the brood chamber, or if there is a super, on the edges of the super. If the honey flow is abundant and the combs in the chamber above the brood chamber are filled with honey, a new super is added as a third level. Some sealed...
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