Before arranging the bees, it is necessary to make plans in advance according to the number of bees, the size of the site, the way of feeding, etc., so as to facilitate management and avoid causing nest disorder and bee theft. The bee colony is arranged behind the bee farm and it is not easy to move. The front wall of the hive or the front door of the hive should be painted with different colors, such as yellow, blue, red and white, which is convenient for bees to identify. There are single box arrangement, double box arrangement, three box arrangement, circular arrangement and so on. Single box arrangement, the beehive spacing is about 1 m, and the row spacing is 2 meters; Double boxes are arranged, and the two boxes are juxtaposed as a group, and the distance between each group is 1 m, and the positions of bees in the front and rear rows should be staggered; The arrangement of the three boxes is a group of three groups, which is zigzag. Practice has proved that bees are less likely to get lost in the nest with U-shaped and rectangular arrangement, while the one-shaped arrangement is the most likely to get lost in the nest. For the display mode of bee colony, see.
When placing the bee colony, pad the beehive with bricks about 5 cm to prevent moisture from rotting the bottom of the beehive. The beehive is balanced left and right, and the rear part is slightly higher than the front part to prevent rainwater from flowing in. The hive door of a bee colony usually faces south or southeast or southwest. There are often natural enemies such as wasps, toads, mites, ants and termites in the south. The beehive should be erected with a box frame about 30 cm high. A thick lead wire mesh with a diameter of 6 mm was placed in front of the hive to prevent the enemy from invading. The ground near the hive is covered with fine sand to prevent ants. The mating groups are scattered around the bee farm, and the direction of the nest door is staggered, which is convenient for the queen bee to identify when she returns to the nest.
The content of this article comes from: China Agricultural Publishing House, A Complete Collection of Medicinal Plant Cultivation and Animal Breeding.