Can we keep bees on city balconies

Can city balconies keep bees?

   At present, there are no corresponding measures to encourage beekeeping in our cities. If the beekeeping site is not properly selected, it is easy to cause complaints from neighbors. Because people who do not know about bees are afraid of bees, but it is not impossible to keep bees. As long as you find a more hidden place, it will not affect or interfere with the normal life of others, and no one complains, it is also OK to keep bees. If you own an area and there are few people nearby, whether it's a yard or a roof, then this is a good place for beekeeping.

   Of course, if there is no such area as mentioned above, even if there is a balcony that can be freely controlled, but only if it can not affect others, and no one can complain. After all, it is not particularly pleasant to be stung by bees. Beekeepers who are often stung may feel less painful, but others who have not been stung are more uncomfortable.

   For urban beekeeping, it is better to have an independent small house or villa, and there is no house nearby. This is the best choice and the best beekeeping area. How far should this place be from the residential area? In my opinion, it is better to live within 100 meters without a large population. If this condition is not met, at least there will be no large population living within 50 meters. In addition, our beekeeping place cannot face the place with too bright light at night. It can be said that this is the best choice for urban beekeeping.

Conditions of beekeeping in urban balconies

• 1. The floor should not be too high: bees are small, and they are greatly affected by the external wind when flying. If bees are raised on the balcony of the city, the floor is too high, and it is hard for bees to collect honey. If they fly up for so long, they will consume too much energy, crawl hard, collect honey with low efficiency, and reduce the life of bees. How high can bees live? It is recommended that it should be on the first floor to the third floor.
• 2. Don't affect others: It is emphasized here that in urban beekeeping, whether it is a balcony or a roof, the controllable area is relatively small, and the urban buildings are densely populated, and the neighbors are close to each other. If bees are kept, it will inevitably affect others. In addition, bees have phototaxis. In the evening, bees will catch up with the light when they meet the light, and there are lights around the buildings, so bees can easily catch up with nearby households, It is not good for bee breeding, so you must choose a suitable bee breeding site, and never affect others to avoid being complained. If you want to raise bees on the balcony, the best place for the balcony is an open area or a place like a hillside, which is the most suitable place for beekeeping.
• 3. Abundance of nectar source plants: In addition to the basic hard conditions of bee breeding sites in cities, it is necessary to investigate the situation of nectar source, because with the improvement of people's living standards, the urban green environment is getting better and better, the green area is getting larger and larger, and the green plants are becoming more and more abundant, which provides feasibility for bee breeding in cities. It is suggested to investigate several nectar source sites, and consider the situation of nectar source in summer and autumn.
• 4. The number of bees cannot be too large: the limitation of urban beekeeping is relatively large. Considering that there is less space for free disposal on the premise of not affecting others, it should be kept smaller than the size of the bee colony that the honey source can bear under full consideration. If there are few bees, the flowering period is continuous, and beekeeping is easy, it can ensure that the bees have honey all the year round, and the bees rarely get sick. As long as the prevention work is done, The whole beekeeping process is also relatively relaxed and pleasant.
• 5. Concern about pollution: Bee farming is much better than raising cats and dogs in terms of environmental pollution. Many friends don't know enough about bees. They think that bees have no feces. In fact, there is a lot of bee feces, especially a group of tens of thousands of bees. That's more important. If there are clothes or sheets on the balcony, and bees like fragrance, the freshly washed sheets or clothes smell of laundry detergent, It is easy to attract bees and finally cause bee feces

Management Technology of Urban Balcony Beekeeping

To breed bees on urban balconies, in order to reduce the impact on neighbors, you should master the necessary bee colony management techniques, as follows:

• 1. When the source of honey powder is lacking, it is necessary to wait until it is completely dark before opening the box to feed the bees.
• 2. When shaking honey, you can't choose the afternoon time, and you can't shake all the honey. You should leave the surplus grain for the bees to eat.
• 3. If there is a problem with bee division, flight, or bee colony, the problem must be solved in advance, and the most stable method should be adopted.
• 4. Checking the bees, replacing the hives, shaking the bees and adjusting the spleen, introducing the queen bee, and other beekeeping operations cannot be performed in the evening.

   Summary: Although the urban balcony beekeeping lacks policy support under the general environment, as long as beekeepers pay attention to good bee colony management, good neighborhood relations, and popularize bee knowledge to everyone, make neighbors harmonious, and share some honey when they have honey. To everyone, so that neighbors will not be afraid of bees, but also know how to care for bees, understand the benefits of natural honey, and maybe it will help to continue to expand the possibility of beekeeping, so urban beekeeping has always been more controversial. When deciding to raise, it is better to consider the overall situation, otherwise it is likely to cause trouble for yourself