is common finding after watching placidly as the comings and goings of the bees in a colony / as attack us and persecute us if we left. The memory of that unfortunate encounter will remain indelible in the memory reinforced by the effects, intense pain and considerable swelling but, fortunately very rare cases the above may produce reactions of intolerance or allergy with serious or very serious consequences . All this has given rise to a halo caution, fear and even hatred, which makes more than anything else in many cases the application of modern beekeeping techniques to the uncertainty of losing control of the colonies, causing serious damage. It is normal especially in the amateurs and beginners in this sense that memory when performing tricks and tend to a very nervous when they doubt their ability to control the colony they handle, or when trying to find that angry bees everywhere stung, in most cases is more than justified that fear is not difficult to realize that it has completely lost control of the situation makes it impossible to continue not only to the colony which we are but in addition on the others to which we approach with fear and poor decision.
is no demerit to a beekeeper whatever their level of losing control over a colony, but the important thing is to know or guess why it occurred and then take action or avoid future situations that lead us down that path wrong .
Considering active beekeeping to be a priority objective must be to know in depth the natural behavior of bees, as we who we adapt to them, knowing and interpreting their reactions and only when altered by subjecting the natural aggressiveness minimum Forbidding continue our work. We are aware that we protect ourselves only to prevent accidental damage and never to isolate them. Our protection we no longer carry a puncture site in a delicate face, shaft. but their mission is not to prevent bees reach us anywhere else in any situation, to ensure that no strike us out of a small number, we must properly manage the colony, as is known aggressiveness is inherited, so it is different depending we handle race and different colonies of the same race, is somewhat higher in colonies with young queens, but also the quality of management has a decisive influence on its manifestations. All those maneuvers involving great death of bees should be considered defective and likely to exacerbate the aggressiveness of the colonies that remain alert for several days following the operation, preventing closer. In analyzing the behavior of bees separate two different aspects:
reactions to shocks received.
information can be deduced from the observed behavior of the colony.
reactions to shocks.
Depending on the distance between the emitter colony can be classified as:
away.
nearby.
captured in the immediate environment directly into the nest.
When bees are far from the colony and its mission is only the carrying nectar or useful elements are entirely peaceful and can be petted with care not to crush them under these conditions if something bothers simply go elsewhere. About
hive shown aggressive when we stand in their flight paths, especially from the back and less are very attuned to movements and smells.
The immediate surroundings are the bees who have made the first flights with the oldest in charge of defending the nest inside the hive are added the younger workers leaving only excluding newborns. In the hours are very active in the field Most foragers thus subtract a number of bees which contributes to increasing the ease of management do so.
Of these three forms of behavior that interests us is a priority to know the latter, we can act on the causes, the first no relevance and the latter have a relationship with the past.
We must know in detail the reasons that make a quiet neighborhood to our intervention now present intolerant toward us, this knowledge prevents us from acting pending the surprise that makes our work enjoyable and confident, always keeping a positive attitude them, which will help greatly in control, our fear is detected with high accuracy and do not hesitate to take advantage of our weakness, severe control after a swarm of bees attacked us is not like the quality beekeeping we do, it is necessary to deepen the knowledge of behavior of the colonies. Reactions
proximate causes.
bees alter their rate of work when they perceive a / as basically four reasons:
vibrations picked.
sudden movements.
unpleasant odor perception for them.
adverse weather conditions.
colonies are extremely sensitive to vibrations picked up, just the slightest knock on wood to respond with a buzz from the inside, is a warning signal, but not only that, the vibrations received from a few meters and pick them up and cutting the grass nearby is received as an annoying disturbance surely the roots closely tied to the land serve as the driving element to the base of the hive, and within all elements are fixed by the propolización expected attenuation is low thus causing irritation. The case where agricultural machinery working near the settlements and still are behind walls are their drivers attacked. The proximity of railways and roads cause of discomfort that results in an increase of aggressiveness in going to handle whatever the technique used.
When we are working in the colony the most common cause of irritation is the blows by moving elements, we must be careful to avoid them at all times, working slowly and taking off the frame especially helped in both hands avoid sudden movements that cause collisions with other parts causing alarm among the population and predispose the attack.
The second cause is induced aggression causing sudden movements, it can demonstrate the difficulty of the bees to see objects that stand still and we can see how striking the wood of the hive or the table when they return flight on calm days, if the object of attention moves very quickly detect precisely where he is, if we are slapping away a bee does not we are only helping pinpoint addition we express hostility and one would expect a flat tire.
A bee watcher sees perfectly the movement of a finger when you move quickly from a distance of over four meters, jumping in that direction if we persist in this attitude. If the bees are not vigilantes do not question the presence of people, but is otherwise disturbed, this only happens in apiaries with a lower aggression level, this may be a way to measure the impact of our dealings in the behavior of the colonies.
By removing the hive to open the vibrations are the leading cause of alert, sudden movements of our smoker spatula and the constituent elements of the hive are nothing but added that will cause a swarm of killer bees, for us is second leading cause of induced aggressiveness and a reason to change our technique if necessary.
Thirdly know that when we stand near the hives and do not reduce undesirable vibrations or shake the bees detected by our arrival at the nest of our scent or that of our clothing or tools to carry.
The concept of smell is not good for bees as for us, giving the case to use elements of the industry and meet seemingly appropriate cleaning bees who do all they can to throw out of the hive.
Their greater tolerance is, of course, the natural materials we use to odorificar new items and avoid rejection, grass apifera Bee Ophrys is very convenient to rub the gloves as soon have been played and make it go away the smell of poison it can also be used to rub the diver or the same mask to avoid, propolis dissolved in alcohol can be used to impart odor to the wood. Odors from other items issuers are subject to harassment and aggression as well as animals and kept away from the colonies or avoid performing maneuvers when they are present in the environment.
The fourth section are all atmospheric phenomena that adversely affect the collection of nectar and are on their own source of anger for the bees. The wind, the intense heat which causes high evaporation and poor collection of nectar, summer storms, fog, etc. provided that the collection of nectar is scarce make this altered colony and very attentive to everything that happens in the environment, good management are only possible when you are simultaneously reaping a great harvest.
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