What are the harvesting methods and purchasing channels for bee pupae?
We are all familiar with bee pupae. Because they are rich in protein and various nutrients, they are much loved by many foodies and are a top-quality delicacy. At present, the market price of bee pupae is relatively high. Friends who raise bees all know that the most suitable bees for producing bee pupae are drones. So where are bee pupae sold? What are the harvesting methods for bee pupae? Let's take a look together below.
1. Where are bee pupae sold?
Below, the editor of Nongxun.com has briefly compiled some of today's bee pupa prices: soil bee pupae in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, 100 yuan/jin; wasp pupae in Tianhe District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong, 87.45 yuan/jin; wasp pupae in Hongta District, Yuxi City, Yunnan, 80 yuan/jin; wasp pupae in Nanhua County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, 164 yuan/jin; wasp pupae in Lingchuan County, Guilin City, Guangxi, 120 yuan/jin; wasp pupae in Yuanling County, Huaihua City, Hunan, 220 yuan/jin; wasp pupae in Anzhou District, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, 118 yuan/jin; soil bee pupae in Qingshen County, Meishan City, Sichuan, 80 yuan/jin; wasp pupae in Pidu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan, 109.33 yuan/jin; hornet pupae in Yuanling County, Huaihua City, Hunan, 158 yuan/jin; wasp pupae in Yiwu City, Jinhua City, Zhejiang, 160 yuan/jin; soil bee pupae in Qingzhen City, Guiyang City, Guizhou, 150 yuan/jin; wasp pupae in Qingshen County, Meishan City, Sichuan, 96.33 yuan/jin, etc. The above prices are for reference only. Bee pupa prices may fluctuate up or down depending on region, time, season, market conditions, etc. Friends who want to buy bee pupae can search for and purchase bee pupae on Nongxun.com themselves.
2. What are the harvesting methods for bee pupae?
1. Preparation of drone comb
Drone foundation is specially produced by manufacturers. Its size is the same as worker bee foundation; only the cell size is different. So we can buy drone foundation, then install it on a frame, and place it in a strong colony for rearing during the main honey flow period or when there is a large amount of auxiliary nectar source.
2. Restricting the queen from laying eggs
Since we want to obtain uniform drones, we need to control the queen to lay eggs on the drone comb we have prepared. Generally there are two ways to control this: one is to use a frame-type queen excluder, and the other is to use a queen egg-laying controller (which can hold one comb frame), then confine the queen to lay eggs on the drone comb. Place the drone comb we have made between the larval comb and the sealed brood comb, first letting worker bees move freely in and out of the drone comb we made, and clean it for one day. On the second day, put the queen into the controller to lay eggs. After the queen has been confined in the controller to lay eggs for 36 hours, return her to the brood-rearing area, and then place the drone comb on which the queen has laid eggs into the super box for worker bees to incubate.
3. Removing the bee pupae
Generally, drones emerge in about 24 days, so we can take out the bees before the drones emerge. At this time the bee pupae are relatively hard and large in size, so it is better to take them out when the bee pupae reach 21 to 22 days of age, when no young bees have emerged and the bee pupae are also fully developed.
4. Harvesting bee pupae
After we take out the bee pupae, we must first do a good job of cleaning and disinfection, then put the bee pupae into a freezer for cold treatment. Just refrigerate for five or six minutes, then take them out and use an uncapping knife to cut off the sealed caps. Turn over the cut side and tap the comb frame with a wooden stick, so the bee pupae fall out of the cells, and our pupa extraction process is complete.
The above is an introduction to bee pupae. Standard bee pupa production generally chooses drone pupae, because drones are larger and do not play much role in the colony. Properly removing drone pupae is beneficial to the colony, so drone pupae can be used to produce bee pupae.
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