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 Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 5:48pm On Aug 04, 2021 |
Knowing when to harvest Honey can be extracted when it has been capped over by the bees on the comb. At this stage, the honey will have been ‘matured’ by the bees, sealed up and is ready to eat. The apiarist should note the differences between capped brood and capped honey. Capped brood has a thick cap and densely brown while capped honey has thin cap and light brown or white colour. Often, when you want to remove the honey, not all will have been sealed. I always use a rule of thumb here: if three quarters of the honey is sealed, I am happy to remove it from the hive. This is an important point. If you extract honey that has not been sealed, the water content will inevitably be too high, and the honey will ferment in storage and explode if sealed in a jar or tank. It will also taste foul if this happens. You must remove honey, therefore, only if the majority of it has been sealed over by the bees. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 5:30pm On Aug 04, 2021 |
Oyo state zanshi: |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 5:30pm On Aug 04, 2021 |
Oyo state zanshi: |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 4:15pm On Jul 20, 2021 |
zanshi:It is an effective way, but there must be good knowledge of the flowering seasons and whether such flower is bee friendly or not. This is a common practise in some developed countries. If the apiary area has enough forage for bees, this might not be necessary. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 3:59pm On Jul 03, 2021 |
Honey bee colony pests and diseases Honey bees like most animals are prone to pests and diseases. Pests in the bee colony are able to defend themselves against bee stings because of hard body coverings in the case of hive beetles, small body size (bees can't sting most animals smaller them) and group invasion in the case of ants. Weak colonies are mostly subdued during pest attack. Pests can force the bees to abscond the hive, creating loss to the apiarist. Ectoparasites like varroa mite, braula fly, tropilaelaps mite etc are also common. Ectoparasites sticks to the body of each bee, causing harm to them while pests exists among the bee colony. Pests destroys the comb, kills larva, steals and contaminate honey and forces bees to abscond if their activities become uncontrollable. In tropical west africa, most diseases and ectoparasites are not common among the bee colonies. This is probably due to the fact that their causative organisms are associated with cold climate. Pests known in West Africa are preventable and can be controlled. They include small hive beetle, large hive beetle, soldier ants, rodents, birds, reptiles. The larger ones always meet their waterloo. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 11:45am On Jun 18, 2021 |
Call or whatsapp me Daniel, on 09053639950 for further enquiries and procurement of beekeeping equipments. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 5:02pm On Jun 15, 2021 |
The most marketable beekeeping products in Nigeria is honey, followed by beeswax. Being a natural sugar and its medicinal value, original honey is in high demand and quite expensive. A litre can be sold for 3000 - 4000 naira depending on location and season. This makes beekeeping business lucrative. Sellers must be trusted in selling original honey. This will connect him to more consumers. After extracting the honey, it should be strained and packaged. One can also brand the product by giving it a unique name, logo, address, etc on a label with beautiful graphics. Ensure that the buyer is convinced on the quality of your product. This will enable him to request for more and recommend others to you if truly your product is genuine. Reach out to pharmacies, churches, mosques, supermarkets, etc. Distribute pamphlets, indicating products name, location, uses of honey, benefits of honey etc Use the social media like facebook, whatsapp, instagram etc. to advertise your product too, they are rewarding tools. Note that the lower the price, the higher the quantity demanded. Also, too low a price would make the buyer suspicious on the quality of your product. Sell your honey in small sizes too, like 20ml, 25ml, 50ml etc to attract more buyers. 1 Like |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 2:56pm On Jun 15, 2021 |
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| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 11:23am On Jun 14, 2021 |
Call or whatsapp me on 09053639950 for further enquiries and procurement of beekeeping equipments. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 4:20pm On Jun 01, 2021 |
What is happening in june? This is a period of high rainfall. Trees will yield new leaves and blossoms will be less. Few workers will go on forage due to less blossoms and inclement weather. Drones will be absent in the hive. Bees will rely on their food store and the queen will lay few eggs. Swarms will not issue. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 7:27am On Jun 01, 2021 |
Many believes the viscosity or flow of honey determines its quality. This is not true because viscosity depends on the type of forage in the bee colony area and climatic conditions. The best way to determine the quality of honey is through laboratory test. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 8:32am On May 29, 2021 |
How To Know Original Honey I have read alot about various methods of testing an original honey. I will explain why one can miss it. Some believed droping a honey in a transparent glass of water without dispersing before reaching the bottom is a proof of original honey. This is not true because original honey is also soluble in water. The solubility also depends on the temperature of water. If the water is cold, the honey will not dissolve before it reaches bottom whether original or fake. If the water is warm, the honey will dissolve on its way to the bottom whether original or fake. Hence this test should be discarded. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 6:11pm On May 24, 2021 |
If you are interested in beekeeping, you can call or send whatsapp message to my number 09053639950 Daniel. This is to assist you in acquiring beekeeping equipments and further guidance. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 7:34am On May 22, 2021 |
Honey and Adulteration Due to its value, honey has continued to be adulterated to increase its volume. This is unfortunate because its chemical composition is not only altered, it also poses health risks. This is also affecting the market of original honey because they are relatively cheap. Adulterated honey has effects on the body like fake drugs. Imagine a patient applying honey to a wound due to its antimicrobial and healing effects without knowing it is fake. The wound would get worse and it is also open to infection, working against original honey function. A serious government should give capital punishment to fake drugs and honey producers to deter others. 1 Like |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 5:03pm On May 21, 2021 |
Why The Different Colours, Flavor and viscosity of Honey: Many prefers various physical appearance of honey and they often mistake them for quality. The type of floral source, water content and temperature determines these properties. It should be noted that the chemical composition of any unadulterated honey is good for human health. Below is an array of honey containers with different colors.
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| Romance / Re: I Am 31 But Never Had Sex Before, Am I Okay? by honifome(m): 8:05pm On May 20, 2021 |
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| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 12:05pm On May 20, 2021 |
It's world bee day. Humans needs to behave like bees.
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| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 4:27am On May 20, 2021 |
Handles should be installed on the two side boards for lifting honifome: |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 4:25am On May 20, 2021 |
I believe this is ok honifome: |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 4:05pm On May 19, 2021 |
The kenyan top bar hive plan has been shown below. Dimensions can be adjusted to contain the number of top bars. The hive should not have more than 28 bars so that the bee colony can be managed efficiently. The hive cover is not shown. It is left for the carpenter to construct without plan.
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| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 1:45am On May 18, 2021 |
Earthstorms:Thank you |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 7:58pm On May 17, 2021 |
Variations of Honey Bees Behaviour With Climate This is an important aspect to beekeepers and researchers. It is easy for an experienced beekeeper to determine the situation of the colony without inspecting the hive. As vegetation is a function of the climatic conditions in an area, the activities of the bee colony is a function of both climate and vegetation. The seasonal activities of bee colonies varies remarkably among local biotic communities in Nigeria. For instance, the rainforest vegetation in some states like osun, ondo, akwa ibom, benue, edo, cross river etc depicts their similar weather conditions and consequently, the bee colony seasonal activities. However, the months of june/july is a period of rainfall throughout the country. During this period most plants are busy springing up their greens and there is less forage available to bees. The colony depends on stored honey for survival. This is very significant in a mono-crop area. Swarming is also not pronounced. When dominant plants blossoms (flowers), The apiarist should be aware that there is abundant food supply, thereby increasing the population of bee colonies. Between the period of blossom drops and fruit setting, the colony will store enough honey ready for harvest and swarming is also emminent. There are some contradictions to these due to climate change. The beekeeper should be aware that swarming is a loss to his honey crop because the bees gorge a lot of honey which is needed to build combs in their new nest. It is in the interest of a beginner to investigate these seasonal behaviours of honey bees by interacting with experienced beekeepers in the apiary locality rather than surfing the internet. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 5:01pm On May 15, 2021 |
If you are interested in beekeeping, you can call or send whatsapp message to my number 09053639950 Daniel. This is to assist you in acquiring beekeeping equipments and further guidance. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 4:59pm On May 15, 2021 |
Why Kenyan Top Bar Hives ( KTB): Beehives designs have continue to advance to give the best management practices and high yields. The old fixed comb hives have been abandoned by commercial beekeepers due to difficulties in management. This is why top bar hives and langstroth frame hives are common. Langstroth frame hives offers the best management practices because honey combs are supported by four sides in a rectangular frames. This enables the honey from it to be harvested by placing honey combs into the honey extractor which spins honey out without destroying the honey combs. Honey combs can then be refilled within days or weeks depending on the strength of colony and availability of forage. Some activities like queen rearing, feeding, supering (stacking of boxes), transportation and disease control can also be successfully achieved. The limitations to this is that, apart from being more expensive than KTB hives, the dimensions of frames are critical and local carpenters will not achieve this. Applicable sawing machines are also scarce as well. KTB hives are cheap to construct and can be contracted to local carpenter because, no critical dimensions are needed except the top bars of width 32mm. They also get colonised easily and restive west african bees finds them comfortable. Beewsax yield is high as the destroyed honey combs are processed but less honey quantity. The bees need more time and resources in rebuilding combs before the next honey harvest. Another restriction is that bee colonies can't be efficiently controlled unlike langstroth frame hives. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 4:36pm On May 14, 2021 |
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| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 7:45pm On May 13, 2021 |
If you are interested in beekeeping, you can call or send whatsapp message to my number 09053639950 Daniel. This is to assist you in acquiring beekeeping equipments and further guidance. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 10:28pm On May 12, 2021 |
Profitability of Beekeeping: Consider to start with 5 KTB hives of 27 frames each. At harvest, the quantity of honey varies between 8 - 10 litres. This depends on the strength of colony, harvest timing, season and availability of forage. A litre of original honey is sold at 3000 - 3500 naira. Using 3000, 8 litres (minimum quantity) would give 24000 naira from a single hive. The harvest can be achieved twice in a year, yielding 48000 naira income per unit hive per year. Multiplying 48000 by 5 gives a gross income of 240000 naira. The costs of each hive and beekeeping equipments can be recovered in the first year with a minimum of 5 KTB hives (27 frames). Honey bees are very advantageous because they are the only livestock that does not require feeding and daily attention. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 7:31am On May 12, 2021 |
Bee stings Bees are feared not only in Africa but all over the world. They sting painfully, but the tropical bee, in addition, can kill both man and his animals. They need to defend their colony against intruders and stinging is the only way. In the wild, tropical bees avoid humans as much as possible. Even though stings can kill, bees should not be considered as extremely dangerous. The beekeeper who is afraid of his bees is like a lorry driver who will not drive for fear of an accident, or a farmer who will not go to his farm for fear of a snake bite. It is interesting to note that bee stings can treat diseases like arthritis and that bee venom is used as a desensitizer for people who are allergic to stings. Thus a few stings that administer small doses of venom may be helpful. But too much can be dangerous, and people allergic to bee stings should not keep bees. If a few bees stings the apiarist over a long time, reactions will reduce. If a sting is inserted into the skin, it must be scraped away with the fingernail or a knife or a card. Pulling it out with the thumb and fore finger pressed against it will inject more venom to the body. If the result is itching and swelling, do not rub the spot, as this action will cause greater pain and swelling. Treat bee stings by applying ice wrapped in soft cloth. In extreme cases, victims should be sent to the hospital. Ephedrine may be administered when a doctor's help cannot be obtained. Honey bees won't sting during forage and swarming because they are much concerned about their mission. What causes bees to sting? - not wearing protective materials like bee hat, bee suit and gloves - openings in bee wears - disturbing them without using smoker - breathing into the hive, especially if the beekeeper has been drinking any alcoholic beverage, including beer - wearing a cosmetic item - talking, drumming or making any other noise when bees are busy nearby; - standing in their flight path; - wearing dark clothes near the hive during the daytime; - making jerky movements near the hive; - crushing a bee near a hive or squashing a bee body and smearing the juice on one's body; - swatting with the hand to drive a bee away On the attack It is safe to work as long as no bees attack. However, the first bee sting attracts others to strike. If the victim stands quietly without moving his body, all other attackers will sting on the same spot as the first strike. Every bee that stings puts more alarm pheromone (a chemical that sends message) on the spot, thus causing more and more bees to strike, and the resulting pain makes the victim swat round and round, causing other attackers to sting other parts of the body. The apiarist should immediately puff off smoke on the sting area if stung to prevent the alarm pheromone from inciting other bees. Massive bee stings is also a loss to the colony because each worker dies shortly after. The stinging action leaves a barb on the skin which rips the stomach of a worker bee as she tries to escape. Defensive action of honey bees boosts the apiarist confidence on his apiary security. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 12:31am On May 12, 2021 |
Beeswax extraction method: Beeswax is extracted from honey comb. When honey is pressed out from honey comb, the residue can be processed to beeswax through the following processes; 1) wash the pressed comb in clean water to remove left over honey. 2) first process may be repeated to improve the purity of the beeswax 3) the washed comb is then transferred to a pot of water and heated gently until all the combs melts. Avoid uncontrolled heat because beeswax is inflammable 4) The pot should be taken away from the heat source and allowed its content should be allowed to cool 5) A cake of beeswax will be formed at the top of water, taking the shape of the container Step 3-5 can be repeated to improve the purity of beeswax. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 11:31pm On May 10, 2021 |
Honey extraction method: After the honey combs have been collected, they should be placed in a container and covered immediately to avoid bees disturbance. Avoid drops of combs or honey to prevent ants invasion. The honey combs are then taken to the honey press which is fabricated like palm oil press, the honey is then collected and filtered with strainer to remove suspended matter. It should be poured to airtight container to avoid it from absorbing water from the air (hygroscopic nature of honey) which makes it less thick or flow more. However, its quality won't be affected. Neatness should be ensured throughout the process. Gloves should be worn on hands. Containers, strainer and packaging materials should be free from dirt. Make a standard package and give it a brand name, this will make the product more attractive in the market. |
| Agriculture / Re: Lets Go Beekeeping by honifome(m): 4:19pm On May 10, 2021 |
When to tell and how honey should be harvested A colonised beehive must be inspected to know when honey is ready for harvest. The timing of harvest depends on the strength of colony and availability of nectar. It takes some months from colonisation. Before inspecting the hive, the beekeeper should have the smoker ready and in complete overalls. Bees aggressiveness is at its threshold when over 40% of honeycomb is capped, so the apiarist must be prepared. On visiting the hive, heavy fume of smoke must be puffed in through the entrance for some minutes, then the apiarian waits few seconds to allow the bees gorge up honey. This won't allow the workers to be able to sting because they can't bend their honey laden abdomen for stinging. Thereafter, the apiarist lift the hive cover, puff smokes and lift the top bars or frames from the extreme end of the entrance. He should puff smokes and brush the bees gently to check whether the comb is brood comb or honey comb. If it is a brood comb, there will be a large portion with some small white eggs, crescent shape larva, pollen cells and thick capped brood. If it is honey comb, it will be fully capped or partially capped with honey and some pollen occupied cells may be present. The apiarist must take note, whether the brood pattern is regular or scattered, because the young and productive queen have regular laying pattern. Care must be taken when handling top bars to avoid comb break off as it is not supported on all sides unlike frame comb. When about 70% of over 8 from 15 bars/frames is filled with capped honey. The apiarist can cut out the honey comb from top bars/frames with sharp and warm knife or take the honeycomb frames to honey extractor if it is from a langstroth hive . The apiarist should puff smokes throughout the process to calm the bees. The apiarist should not cut out all honey filled comb because worker bees stored the honey as food for themselves, queen, drones and brood. If this is disobeyed, the bees may abscond the hive. All bars or frames must be replaced and the hive is covered. The smoker must be used throughout the process. |
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