Beekeeping management

for

Sustainable Apiculture

BEESHOP

extension department

Ing. Dalibor Titěra, CSc

Výzkumný ústav včelařský, Dol

Bee Research Institute, Dol

Sustainable beekeeping

High Quality Bees Products

Aim:

BEE FEEDING HYGIENEDISEASE Ctrl

HIVE MARKETING

Basic

research

Aplicable

reasearch

MANAGEMENT

BEE

?

Do we have IDEAL bee?

What we mean with ideal?

high honey yeald

kindness

no swarming

immovable on combs

colony development

disease resistence

Is this ideal bee at home or

elsewhere ?

!

?

Let us select ideal bees at home

by good properties

Good properties:

high honey yeald kg

kindness points

no swarming points

immovable points

colony development points

disease resistence HYG, BIM, BAR, MSR,

...vitality

Are there the good properties

heritable?

Heritability

0 ………………………..1 = 100%

0,2........................Yeald

0,6.....................Kindness

0,9................Cubital index

0,??...........Disease resistance

( )

Never-ending story: selection

HIVE

is the part of honeybee superorganism

the material plays important role in

• homeostasis (temperature, humidity, gas exchange)

• information transfer

in the colony

see Tautz (2006)

HIVE

(+ frames, combs)

must be made from natural material:

wood, wax, propolis

not from plastics etc.

FEEDING

Risc analysis: problem of sirups

• for customers - honey adulteration

• for bees - ballast load, stress

FEEDING

[min.]Time

2 4 6 8 10 12

[mV]

Volta

ge

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

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C:\Clarity\Michal\19.12.06 venezuela-maltoza thuranosa\Venezuela NV 2112_06 - 0502 - 1

C:\Clarity\Michal\18.12.06\NV 2111_06 - 1a

C:\Clarity\Michal\11.12.06\75

C:\Clarity\Michal\17.10.06\1899-06

C:\Clarity\Michal\17.10.06\1881-06

C:\Clarity\Michal\16.10.06\1872

2,6

33 fru

kóza 1

3,1

80 g

lukóza 2

5,4

87 3 6

,140 m

alto

se 4

7,0

07 5

7,4

80 6

FEEDING

Recommendation:

• harvest less than 100 % honey yield

• use white sugar for feeding bees

DISEASE CONTROL

?

Diseases are fully natural part of the ecosystems...

What is our actual situation in Europe

in the 21st century?

Man moreover moves organisms

among very distant ecosystems

Bees in the nature reside

separately

At the beekeeping we

possess many bee

colonies together

Technical factors and various

chemical substances reduce

immunity of colonies.

Beekeeper may in time recognize and

heal (some) diseases.

But the management is considerably different at hobby

beekeepers and at professional beekeepers.

What is the DISEASE ?

manifestation of clinical symptoms

DISEASE CONTROL

Reduce chemotherapy

DISEASE CONTROL

Increase immunity of bees

Decrease infection pressure

DISEASE CONTROL

Increase immunity

• by good feeding

• increase abundance (reduce too large apiaries)

• young queen bees

• ... (Good Beekeepers Practice)

DISEASE CONTROL

Decrease infection pressure

• keep clean apiaries

HYGIENE

?

HYGIENE

Results of extension works:

low level of hygiene at (some) apiaries

HYGIENE

Results of extension works:

low level of hygiene at (some) apiaries

Results of laboratory monitoring:

high level of infectious agents

Early diagnostic from debris:

occurrence of Paenibacillus larvae ??

Do it in co-operation with lab:

• Collect samles of bottom debris

• Send to laboratory

• Manage ....

Paenibacillus larvae

Decreasing CFU P.l. in 100/g

1,00E+01

1,00E+04

1,00E+07

80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180

Temperature °C

Pa

en

iba

cil

lus

l.

CF

U/g

20 min

1 hod

2 hod

4 hod5 min

10 min

AFB survive 150 °C 5 minutes

HYGIENE

• renew wooden equipment

• disinfect all tools: lye + oxygen, > 150 °C

• keep your farm clean

Disinfection No.1:

10 liter water

1 bottle „NaClO„

1/2 kg lye

HYGIENE IN THE APIARY

Manual for hygienic beekeeping (in English)

special thanks to Rob Paxton

in EXPO

CZ stand

Sustainable beekeeping

High Quality Bees Products

Aim:

BEE FEEDING HYGIENEDISEASE Ctrl

HIVE MARKETING

Basic

research

Aplicable

reasearch

MANAGEMENT