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    This document provides guidance on inspecting a bee hive. It recommends inspecting hives between 10am-2pm on sunny days, wearing light clothing and protective gear. The inspector should blow smoke on the entrance before carefully removing frames to inspect from outermost to inward. Key things to examine include the queen's health, comb structure, bee population, signs of pests/diseases, and nutritional status, with findings recorded.

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    This document provides guidance on inspecting a bee hive. It recommends inspecting hives between 10am-2pm on sunny days, wearing light clothing and protective gear. The inspector should blow smoke on the entrance before carefully removing frames to inspect from outermost to inward. Key things to examine include the queen's health, comb structure, bee population, signs of pests/diseases, and nutritional status, with findings recorded.

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    Clinical

    Examination of a
    Bee Hive
    VMed 110- Apiculture, Wildlife Conservation and Medicine
    Marjorie Amoto, DVM, MSc
    Learning Outcomes

    • Discuss the proper way of opening a beehive.


    • Identify important parameters to assess during hive
    inspection.
    Hive Inspection
    • Inspect the hive preferably between 10am - 2pm during
    sunny days.
    • Do it carefully and be clean
    • Wear light colored clothes
    • Be ready with your basic gear
    • Never block the entrance of the hive
    • Blow 2-3 gentle puffs of smoke on the entrance
    • Loosen the frames from being glued with propolis
    • Inspect from outermost to inward
    Hive Inspection
    What to inspect?
    • The presence and health of the queen
    • The comb pattern – brood cell, honey cell, worker cell,
    queen cell
    • Population of the bees
    • Signs of pests and diseases
    • Nutritional status

    Keep a record!
    Hive Inspection (Kane & Faux, 2021)
    Hive Inspection (Kane & Faux, 2021)
    Hive Inspection (Kane & Faux, 2021)
    Hive Inspection (Kane & Faux, 2021)
    Hive Inspection (Kane & Faux, 2021)
    Hive Inspection (Kane & Faux, 2021)
    Hive Inspection (Kane & Faux, 2021)
    Reference

    • Kane, T.R. & Faux, C.M. (2021). Honey Bee Medicine for
    the Veterinary Practitioner. Philips, E. F. (1960).
    Beekeeping. McMillan PublIshing.
    • FAO (1987).Beekeeping in Asia.

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