How I got into bees€¦ · • Supplied to bees via nectar from flowers or us • 8 pounds of...
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How I got into bees
Julia Common – Chief Beekeeper Hive for HumanityColony Growth, Stall & Decline & All That Lies Between
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Sarah throws down the gauntlet
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Leading• Risk assessment
& education
• Keeping the bees and people safe
• Urban beekeeping
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Hope where there
was none before
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They thrivedand survived daily miracles
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A conversation
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Hives for Humanity is born
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BACKYARD BEEKEEPING
• Neighbours
• Your family and pets
• Neighbourhood pests
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Neighbourhood Honey Program
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Honey bees as POLLINATORS
How can we improve bee health?
Honey bees as PRODUCERS
How can we ensure honey safety and quality?
Honey bees as BIOMONITORS
How can bees help us monitor pollution?
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SUSTAINABILITY
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BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
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• Therapeutic Beekeeping• At-risk, marginalised
individuals and communities
Our core work
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ThemUs• Less Stress
• Fewer antibiotics• Better Nutrition• Fewer toxins• Gut Health• Community • Adequate and functional housing• More Rest • More Care • More Respect • More Thought
• Advocacy (Voice)
Kindness and Love
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COLONY GROWTH , STALL ALL THAT LIES BETWEEN
(HOW TO CARE FOR OUR BEES)
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Nectar-Nature’s Carbohydrate
• Supplied to bees via nectar from flowers or us • 8 pounds of nectar = 1 pound of wax• High temperatures to work wax
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Guts and Glands
Drone
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Queen
Heart
Rectum
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Stinger apparatus
Intestine
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Glands• Wax glands
(comb building)
• Nasanov glands (wayfinding)
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WORKER BEES
• Day 12-17: Wax production, builds and repairs cells, takes pollen and nectar from foragers
• Day 18-21: Guard the entrance
• Day 22-45: Foragers
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OPTIMAL CONDITIONS TO BUILD COMB
• Nature – nectar flow plentiful
• Beekeeper – 1:1 syrup – until the comb is all drawn
• Internal – 97 degrees and plenty of bees of the correct age
• Higher up in nest = warmer
• Swarm is a wax machine !
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Life Cycle of HoneybeesLife cycle of honeybees
queen lays egg
egg
w0<1<er feeds larva and seals cell once larva reaches fu ll growth
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larva day 10
pupa day 15
pupa day 18
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WORKER BEES
Workers start their life in the middle of the hive and work their way out of the hive-eventually dying while forging.
• Day 1: Finds food and pollen, stays near brood
• Day 2-5: Cleans cells, removes waste
• Day 6-11: Hypopharyngeal Glands begin working, feeds royal jelly to larvae and feeds queen, still cleans
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Wet and plumptious eggs & larvae
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OPTIMAL CONDITIONS FOR BROOD REARING
• Warm brood area
• Nurse bees to feed larvae
• Adult bees to keep brood warm
• Worker normal – 21 days – 34.5 and 35.5
• Plentiful and available bee bread stores and nectar
• Think about how you are asking bees to expand their brood area
• Consider when you are making splits , inspecting , moving frames around
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TOP – BELOW - UNDER -IN BETWEEN
(RELAXED LIVING)
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WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL
Growth Decline
GROWTH CYCLE OF COLONY
Cluster Cluster
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HOW THE CLUSTER WORKS
• Winter bees = cluster bees ( October to March )
• Colony after August is not getting any bigger
• Right size cavity for population ( Wasp Attacks )
• Food in the right places – (sugar cake insurance )
• Mites in check
• Healthy gut ( Start and finish )
• Maintaining heat all winter – protecting queen
• Contracting / expanding – spring population build
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HOW DO YOUR COLONIES GROW IN THE SPRING – CATCH THE FLOW ?
• Spring weather conditions- can beekeeper get into the yard ?( configure hives in fall ?)
• Temperature fluctuations day and night = contracting /expanding cluster
• Management - Feed no feed ( stimulation /no stimulation )
• Forage availability / sequence
• Predator activity
• Agricultural chemical drift in your apiary
• Queen Status – compare and contrast
• Starting population demographic
• Size of nest space – reduce /add/ reverse/leave alone?
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MY STEPS IN SPRING
• Weather App - Spring = fluctuations in night and day temps
• Cluster contracting expanding – balance between living and dying- chilled brood?
• First inspections – about 15 warm and sunny – protect the brood frames
• Nosevit drench
• Apifit in syrup
• Mite control – formic pro / screens / capped brood out /splits
• Swarm management- space
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Delta Pollination - Bee Health UBC
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WINTER SPRING SUMMER FALL
Growth Decline
GROWTH CYCLE OF COLONY CHART
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Winter Spring Summer Fall
Col
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Blueberry
Cranberry
Pumpkin
Honey productionA Season of Bee Work
Preparations for Winter
Pollinat
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How to Keep Strong Bees in Blueberries .
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Switching Gears to urban bees and how the colony lives
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Preparing• Risk assessment &
education
• Signage• Bylaws + regulations
• Keeping the bees and people safe -transit challenges
• Accepting the responsibility
• Mitigate risks
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Flight path and Barriers
• At least 10ft off the ground.
• Ensure you can move equipment safely on and off the roof.
• Barrier at least 6ft off the ground.
• Barrier should extend 10 ft. on either side.
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Perhaps not quite enough thought?
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Apiary Siting
1. Colonies spaced to work2. Sun exposure, wind protection3. Secure site4. Water source5. Storage
6. Flight barriers7. Forage8. Signage9. Easy access10. Community stewardship
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Work your colony with respect.
Photo credit: http://theshoppersweekly.com
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Flight paths and workshops• Where to stand
• Someone watching the bees
• Protect hair and faces
• Workshop away from flight path
• Size of colonies opened
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• Prepare a nuc with everything needed – queen, young bees, drones, workers brood, bee bread, foraging bees dancing
• Young bees do not sting
• Move group away from the apiary to a spot out of the way
• Handle frames with young bees
• Veils for all
• Any known allergy to bee sting?
• First aid kit with EpiPen nearby
Tips for Workshops
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Do bees ever chase humans?
Graphic credit: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Apis_mellifera_scutellata.htm
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Winter Spring Summer Fall
Growth
Cluster Cluster
Pollen & nectar Plentiful broodLong daysIncreasing temps Unlimited timeLow mite levels
DearthLimited broodShort daysLower temps Finite time Mite level damageWasp predation
Workshops: Easy goingOpen apiary visitsFull coloniesPassing frames Honey tastingsRelaxed hygieneFlight path*
Workshops:Observation hive Primed nucsPhotos TheoryIndoor honey tastings Strict hygieneFlight path ***
Relaxed bees
Edgy bees
Decline
Swarming
Population
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CakeFondant
Growth DeclineSPLITSQUEEN INTROHONEY SUPERSSWARM Mngt. MERGES
HARVEST
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PollenNosevit
SyrupApifit
SyrupApifit
PollenNosevit
Cake
Cigars & Whiskey
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URBAN BEEKEEPING CONSIDERATIONS
• Competent beekeeper(s) 24/7 on call
• Main purpose for bees being on site
• Apiary site - risk assessment + best practices
• Insurance
• Livestock and equipment choices
• Plan for moving bees without bees escaping
• If they get out ( elevators)- plan for recovery
• Managing bees in calm fashion – no defensive bees
• Security for bees and people
• Flight path, water, forage
• What other colonies and native species are in area
• Other beekeepers (individuals/companies/societies)
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Urban Beekeepers - Enjoy your bliss!
Just remember you’re not alone...
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