All about bumblebee breeding step by step
- Essential first consideration
Is rearing bumblebees suitable for you at all? Will it bring you joy and benefit the bumblebees? Yes, or the opposite?
- How to get bumblebees
Where and how can you obtain bumblebees? Why is it better to settle bumblebees from nature in your vicinity into a hive? Bumblebees can also be bought, but it may not always be an honest sale – how to avoid being deceived and not harm yourself or nature. - How to choose the right beehive
How to choose so that you are successful. What to orient yourself by. What to look out for specifically. What is a reasonable price for a beehive. Which beehives NOT and WHY. - Essential hive equipment
What must every hive contain? And not every commercial one has, and not every one is done correctly. - Breeder's aids
Aids for the gentle capture of a queen during swarming and items that will make hive maintenance and hive inspections easier - Feeding and supplementing bumblebees
When, how and with what to feed. How to make a hive feeder. - DANGEROUS things for bumblebees
Which is also unfortunately sold, but to the detriment of bumblebees and you. - Preparation phase of breeding
Detailed description of how to prepare a hive for the season, where and when to place it. - The season begins
All about getting started, settling the queen, dos and don'ts at the beginning - Solitary phase of the mother and first workers
How does the period when the mother bee is alone in the hive proceed, and how should she be cared for at this time? - Caring for a developed nest in a beehive
How to care for the nest after it already has workers. How to obtain new queens and males. - Parasites and predators in the hive
How and why things can destroy an entire bumblebee family. How to protect a hive and bumblebees. - End of the bumblebee colony
On the final stage of bumblebee life, how to read an old nest, and how to overwinter a hive to serve for another year. - Selections from your inquiries
What are your most frequent questions?. - Back to introduction
Types of bumblebees
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Buff-tailed bumblebee
Photo O. Hercog