How to get rid of wasps in the apiary

The fight against wasps in the apiary is carried out if settled near hornets, philanthropists, they are bee wolves. If the hornets differ in size from other species of the wasp family in size, it is difficult to distinguish the beewolf from the usual paper wasp. In most cases, it is with these species that they fight, since paper wasps rarely make their way into the beehive, finish off the weak, sick bees.

Wasps vs bees

The apiary is bred for the sake of tasty, healthy honey.Bees work every day to collect pollen. And then turn it into a fragrant aromatic mass. Honey serves as food for them, but it also attracts the attention of wasps.

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Experts cite data that 50 large hornets in 3 hours destroy a bee family of 40 thousand persons. They eat honey, larvae, adult bees are taken to be fed to their young.

The attacks of wasps, also known as bee wolves, in a bee apiary do no less harm. Advantages in size are insignificant, but aggressive temper wins. Predators feel the apiary for several tens of kilometers, purposefully moving into the hive. After managing the swarm of pests, the beekeeper alone leaves the damages.

Wasps in an apiary

Paper wasps are less aggressive, but sometimes they also allow themselves to make regular raids on bee colonies. To avoid trouble, save the apiary, begin to care about the safety of insects in early spring.

Preventing an apiary attack

To save the bee family, to ensure high productivity in your apiary, you need to take care of the security of the wards in advance.

• The correct location of the houses of bees.Protect the hive from wasps can be the correct location of the apiary. It is recommended that beekeepers place houses in an area where there are no ravines, embankments, wastelands with sand. The soil should be dense, better black soil, with dense grass cover. Wasp philanthropists belong to the sandy ones, dig holes in the soil, which lends itself well to this. If an apiary is located nearby, it becomes an ideal place for them. The location of the apiary, thought out to the smallest detail, will allow you to avoid attacking enemies in the future.
• Plowing the soil. In the autumn, it is recommended to plow the ground in order to destroy the burrows not only of wasps, but also of other potential enemies. Plowing the soil is one of the most important methods of dealing with wasp wolves. In early spring, young individuals crawl out onto the surface of the earth, which continue to breed, hunt bees, their honey. Soil loosening before the larva completes its development, guarantees a significant reduction in the number of enemies, makes it possible to destroy them in advance. To get rid of bees from enemies need before they began to make an attack.
• Wasp traps. To get rid of wasps in an apiary, to prevent serious losses will help traps from plastic bottles. They need to do a lot, place around the perimeter of the site. Suspended on young trees, a fence, any convenient place. The neck is cut off, turned upside down, fixed with scotch tape, tape, and straps. Cut holes on both sides, thread lace. Pour inside the bait. Wasps love honey, jam, lemonade, juice, syrup, as well as meat, which is dragged to the larvae. During the day several dozens of pests are caught in one trap. Protection needs to be updated periodically.
• Limited access. Many beekeepers use this method of dealing with wasps, such as limited access. In cold weather, when the bees are not yet very active, and their enemies feel great, you need to narrow the opening of the summer in the hive. Leave a cut into which the bee will crawl freely, but the wasp will not pass. During the period of active summer, you need to expand the entrance so that insects can safely carry prey. To prevent wasps from entering the hive, special small-diameter tubes are placed. They allow the bees to move freely in any direction, prevent the enemies from climbing.This safe, convenient method will help protect the whole apiary.

Destruction methods

Fighting wasps in the apiary can be the same traps that are used for prevention. In this case, it is allowed not to hang around the perimeter, but to be placed near the hives. Wasp traps in the apiary are made very quickly. Cut a plastic bottle, pour 1 liter of water, kvass, beer, lemonade, juice. Wasp traps should be removed while pumping honey, because bees can also be there. Periodically, you should get rid of the content, update the bait.

Important!

For the destruction of wasps in the apiary is prohibited to use insecticides, poison bait. Since there is a high risk of poisoning bees. Hardworking insects are also not averse to feasting on juice, lemonade, kvass, and sugar, to which poison is often added.

Some beekeepers practice this method of struggle when they act as bait. Extreme way that requires some patience. They wear a beekeeper's costume, walk around the territory where wasps were spotted. The smell of honey on a suit attracts them, like a beehive. When several pieces are collected, sprinkle Dichlorvos on them.Insecticide will work even if it does not directly fall on the body. However, such a procedure should be carried out away from the bees, otherwise they will die.

From the wasps near the hives, but only from the side where the honey plants do not fly actively, a sticky trap is placed. The construction is not as effective as bottle traps, but it also helps to reduce the number of pests.

The search for the nests of enemies

Protect bees from wasps can be cardinal methods. If apes are attacked regularly by an apiary, you need to look nest.

Wasp nest on the plot

The bee wolf or the European philanthropist belongs to the family of sand wasps. Each individual lives apart. Nests, as such, do not build. They make holes in order to drag the victim there, lay an egg, and provide the larva with food for the whole development cycle. They feed on imago with nectar, plant juices, honey. It is impossible to find a philanthropist’s nest with one immobilized victim. The way out is to kill the wolves mechanically when they are found in the apiary. Periodically inspect the area.

Hornets - the largest representatives of the wasps in our area, the main enemies of the bees, the smaller representatives of the wasp family.Hornets are public figures. Build huge nests, send each other signals of danger, finding food. If one hornet discovers a beehive, there will be a swarm within an hour. Large wasps build nests in trees, in the ground, under stones, thickets, under the roof of outbuildings, in attics.

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Finding a hornet's nest is not difficult if it is located on the territory of a garden, kitchen garden, and a manor plot. This is a large cocoon of gray-brown color, resembling a sphere of paper. Several methods of destruction - pour boiled water, foam, pour gasoline, then burn, sprinkle poison, or lay out a poisonous bait.

If ordinary wasps climb into the hive, make regular raids, you need to look for the nest of these insects, destroy. Externally, the hive of paper wasps does not differ from the house of hornets; the average size of the nest does not exceed the average apple.

Destroying a wasp nest

There are several methods. In most cases, use water, fire, smoke.

• If you don’t want to kill wasps, which also benefit nature, pour a nest of strongly smelling substance - gasoline, kerosene, lube,but leave open entrance, exit. After a few hours, the family will begin to migrate.
• Smoking effect has a smoke. A fire is set up in the vicinity of the nest or rubber is set on fire. Repeat is recommended the next day. An empty nest is dug up, removed, destroyed.
• Barbarous, but decisive method - burning nests. Suitable if the hive wasp is located in the ground. Doused with flammable substance, throw a match. In a minute, nothing will be left.
• Water. A nest in the ground is poured with a bucket of boiled water with the addition of soap. If the hole is big, repeat. When placing a wasp tree house, under the roof, in any other place on a hill, a cocoon is dipped into a bucket of water. Gently immersed in water, incubated for 20 minutes. Take off the cocoon.

If the wasp family settled in the cracks of the house, garage, hard-to-reach places, pour assembly foam. The tool instantly suppresses the flow of air, all residents die. In the same way, you can quickly block the entrance to the nest, which is located anywhere.

Lead the furious fighting wasps on the plot, destroy the nest, destroy the family, it makes no sense if it is not hornets.Insects at the site destroy a huge number of garden pests, helping a person to preserve the crop. Along with bees, they are the main pollinators of plants, bringing people substantial benefit.