Beekeeping Industries - the Weird Cousin of Agriculture

*this plan was good tuk org lepas pencen, isi masa lapang kurang lebih*

Source of Income

1. As a service, a price tag seems appropriate. Next the honey - nowadays it ain't cheap.
2. At Step Up level, build up your tools such as Supers, wax foundation maker and honey extractor.
    - which all are DIYable. This gives the colonies an ample time to strenghten their numbers.
3. An Advance level, you'll be supplying the whole starter kit for hobbyistas...


to Start Off

1. Build 2 identical deep hive boxes, and keep making it so you'll always have one spare.
2. Advertise a "HONEYBEE, ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICE".
    - ask org kampung, especially one with wooden house.
3. Transfer the colony into the hive box then to selected location picked beforehand.
4. Keep track of the colony's selfs-sustainability for two weeks of pollen bread and little bit of honey.
5. Repeat the step till you feel you have enough colonies.

 

Now after few month collecting colonies around kampung, I've got five colonies that already self-sustainable, lost two colonies due to unknown reason but I saw it coming. They've got telltale or sign that they were planning to leave. When the Q doesn't lay anymore, they'll be gone in couple of days.

 

 

And now I'm buMMed.

 

Don't know what to do, keep thinking location's not good maybe and the help online doesn't really a localized help. Its all overseas - Turks, Aussie, African and AmeriKAAA...

 

 

Got six houses still awaits their turn for their home to be bee_free. Some got two to three colonies in the same areas. This facts makes it possible to be doing the business in small piece of land. And to retrieve the colonies sometime require improvised plan. Like the bee vacuum...

 

Really need to talk to MARDI people la...

 



 

 

 



Idea Consultation.

Raya Haji lepas, after few chats with close kins and mates masa bako-bako kat umah Cikgu Md Nor, I've come to the fact that my mind can be put to good use by positive critisism towards other people's idea. It can even come with "me client confidentiality", furthermore its for free. On certain part, the input I've provided would affect their project significantly if I to say so myself hahaha...

and I'm open for new client anytime, in here only kakaka
to be continued...

1st project let it be mine. the dual in a stick.
2nd - greenery in tight spaces.

3rd - was thinking about honey, that sweet thing not the lovely thing.
4th - Kelisa and Pajero I049 diesel with turbo intercooler.

Honey, where are you?

Present - got all the basic equipment needed, plus I'm takin over me Pa business. Got few hives already. So now the objective was to expand the number of hives and relocate for better honey production ... and makin DIY honey extractor if possible.

Knowing my Bee

Apis Cerana - small, easier to spot the Queen and don't need to buy. Plus, that's the only kind I've found here, might as well call it natives bee of the area.

from left - workers (2/3, female, sting), Queen (rarely sting), male (1/3, not)

U would think its easy to spot the Queen by way of its size, U have no idea.

How exactly are U gonna spot the Queen with all the bees keep moving about the hive in huge numbers plus having to wear the veil for protection? every time the hive is open, I just hope the Queen doesn't start the swarming.

now for the expansion, I need to either acquire wild colonies or divide a strong colony by re-Queening process. The later was some advance stuff I dare not try for now.

Location, location, location.

whats important was it need to be close to plantation with flowers, fruits and nectars, close to water source for cool down and easy access area. The hive box need to face the sunrise and safe from enemies (wasp, ant and parasite). That's the major enemy.

additional research regarding preferable plantation as farmers around here already favor palm coconut compared to coconut itself. Starfruit, pineapple, banana maybe . . .

safety issue regarding the placement, it does not endanger people, or chain animal.

Records

1. Health of the colony - Queens health by the pattern of the egg, strength of the colony by its number.

2. Harvesting cycle - tips from me boss, around 6th day of Islamic month calendar.

3. Location - for study of favorable plantation.

Harvest

this is where I need those honey extractor. traditional way of extracting honey destroy all the honey_contained_wax by pressing it by hand. with the extractor, the honey would flow while the wax still intact with the frame.

honey extractor for 330 in US dollars, damn its expensive.

this mean less job for the bee and all the workers would only focus on collecting nectars, and faster, richer honey cycle.

so long me Boss still live, challenge would be easy I guess. Need to contact people from Mardi la for some assistance regarding any improvement, or to acquire the extractor.

more knowledge online, find it at Beesource.