Apiculture (0+1)

Practical things to do

Write down the steps after performing the following:

1. Go to the apiary and note behaviour of predatory wasps attacking the bee colonies.
2. Observe nests of wasps on trees/buildings
3. Try flapping the wasps in the apiary
4. Place screened bottom board and by using sugar dusting record the number of fallen mites on the sticky paper in the screened bottom board after one hour of dusting
5. Observe Varroa mites on adult worker bees. Draw a diagram showing position of mite on the bee
6. Open randomly 50 sealed brood cells and count the number of mites present
7. Check a comb damaged by wax moth. Note the larvae in the tunnels made by them. Draw a diagram of what you have observed.