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Maximizing Your Colonies for Honey Production Jamie Ellis, PhD University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory

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Page 1: Maximizing Your Colonies for Honey Production · 2017. 4. 9. · namely, the production of a crop and the conversion of that crop into money. The amount of honey produced per colony

Maximizing Your Colonies for Honey Production

Jamie Ellis, PhD

University of Florida

Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory

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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

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Seasonal nectar availabilitySeasonal nectar availability

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300 Ft.300 Ft.

Animals will minimize foraging distances.

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500 Ft.

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Competition increases coverageCompetition increases coverage

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Animals (especially generalists) will forage at the richest available patches.

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+ summer titi and mountain laurel

yellow jessamine = dead queen cells

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Foraging regulation

Forager collects nectar

Hive bee rapidly relieves her

Forager collects nectar again

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Top vs. bottom supering?

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