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News
All about bumblebees
Ways to help in your garden
Methods of protection in nature, municipalities and cities
Natural nest in an inappropriate place – what to do?
Beginner breeder
Advanced breeder
Events of the Čmeláci PLUS association
For schools, kindergartens – materials
Download section
About us
After the season
I would like to start raising bumblebees
I would like to start raising bumblebees
Necessary first consideration
How to get bumblebees
How to choose the right hive
Necessary equipment for the hive
Corridor in the hive
Hive ventilation
Valve
Flap lifting solution
Beehive roof
Thermal insulation and heating of the hive
Bumblebee elevator or safe intervention in the nest
Lining
Hive observation window
Breeder's tools
Queen capture and settlement tools
Tools for safe inspection in the hive
Feeding and supplementing bumblebees
DANGEROUS things for bumblebees
Unsuitable commercially available hives
Dangerous anti-parasite products
Sale of non-native agricultural hybrid species
Inappropriate capture kit
Bioinsecticide Bacillus thuringiensis risk or benefit
Preparatory phase of breeding
Preparing the hive before the season
When to place hives on site
Ants and protecting the hive from them
A miracle protection product?
Most common mistakes
A selection of your questions
The season begins
First steps before starting the season
When to place hives on site
Where to place the hive correctly
Mother looking for a nesting site
How to place a queen in a hive
Attractant for occupying a hive with bumblebees
I have or have not settled
The mother settled in the nesting site
The art of the clapper
Extreme effects of spring: frosts
When and how to ventilate a bumblebee hive
Solitary phase of the mother and first workers
Caring for a developed nest in a hive
Parasites and predators in the hive
Bumblebees and bumblebee breeding
Aphomia sociella and breeding
Melittobia acasta and breeding
Ants and protection against them
The end of the bumblebee colony
Inspection of the hive and nest at the end of the season
How to clean and winterize a hive
A selection of your questions
Back to the introduction
I would like to start raising bumblebees
Necessary first consideration
How to get bumblebees
How to choose the right hive
Necessary equipment for the hive
Corridor in the hive
Hive ventilation
Valve
Flap lifting solution
Beehive roof
Thermal insulation and heating of the hive
Bumblebee elevator or safe intervention in the nest
Lining
Hive observation window
Breeder's tools
Queen capture and settlement tools
Tools for safe inspection in the hive
Feeding and supplementing bumblebees
DANGEROUS things for bumblebees
Unsuitable commercially available hives
Dangerous anti-parasite products
Sale of non-native agricultural hybrid species
Inappropriate capture kit
Bioinsecticide Bacillus thuringiensis risk or benefit
Preparatory phase of breeding
Preparing the hive before the season
When to place hives on site
Ants and protecting the hive from them
A miracle protection product?
Most common mistakes
A selection of your questions
The season begins
First steps before starting the season
When to place hives on site
Where to place the hive correctly
Mother looking for a nesting site
How to place a queen in a hive
Attractant for occupying a hive with bumblebees
I have or have not settled
The mother settled in the nesting site
The art of the clapper
Extreme effects of spring: frosts
When and how to ventilate a bumblebee hive
Solitary phase of the mother and first workers
Caring for a developed nest in a hive
Parasites and predators in the hive
Bumblebees and bumblebee breeding
Aphomia sociella and breeding
Melittobia acasta and breeding
Ants and protection against them
The end of the bumblebee colony
Inspection of the hive and nest at the end of the season
How to clean and winterize a hive
A selection of your questions
Back to the introduction
