STEPS TO FOLLOW WHEN MONITORING THE BEEHIVES AND DURING HARVEST TIME

STEPS TO FOLLOW WHEN MONITORING THE BEEHIVES AND DURING HARVEST TIME

Before reaching the beehive.

• Make sure you put on bee suit
• Make sure the smoker functions well, smoker mostly uses cow dang and maize cobs
• Approach the beehives from the behind.

At the beehive

• The one with smoker goes to the door and smokes the bees around
• Then he moves around smoking the bees and goes behind, giving others a room to work.

Don’ts when at beehives (do not do the following at the beehives)

• Do not open without a reason)
• Do not go without a smoker or with a nonfunctioning smoker
• Do not go without bee suit
• Don’t make noise when working with bees
• Don’t use perfumes or smelly oils when going to monitor the hives or harvest honey
• Do not open the hives at night and don’t keep them open for a long time
• Do not put on loose fitting cloths and dark colours when working with bees.