How do I know about my hives? That little question .....
in general, Beekeepers know very little and sometimes none of their hives, is the most common form is known about the number of beehives, production last year and perhaps the number of hives have been lost in the winter ....
but falls along with this, what else should I know?
no company actually works if you do not have knowledge of a range of issues related to their processes, their customers, their suppliers, their accounts .... but brought this to the beekeeping business that is really what you need to know the beekeeper.
1 - Exact amount of beehives: It is the starting point, detailed dimensions of exploitation.
2 - Activities throughout the year apiary: It may seem obvious that the activities you do know them, but when we are about to start harvesting, the beekeeper would remember what he did (as and when) in the winter?. ... difficult, if not have a record of tasks performed and news of the apiary.
3 - Curves of flower: How? who is this .... is neither more nor less than to know in advance each time of year to offer flowers have bees in date input produce peaks of nectar and when cuts occur date of entry ...
and for me the point?, If the bees know where the entry starts and when the season ends ... Is that times have changed and the beekeeper can not follow back to the hives as did before, now is prepared to wait, you have to use more head and less the rest of the body ....... you have to anticipate the echos and for that you need to know when will be the flower, so that in that time the bees are in a position to take advantage of the natural supply to the fullest. or more importantly that date there will be no supply of flowers and bees may be in trouble that only the beekeeper can solve
4-curve and varroa bee population, and follows the curves this .... and if varroa is not news that the disease is more important, and that is not news that it can not be completed in final form, so the beekeeper has no choice to learn to handle
.... uh but that it was taken ??... It is quite easier than it sounds, the starting point is to know during the critical time of year,% of the total varroa bee hive. Critical moments are at the end of the harvest to the end of winter, and nectar cuts .... ahhh but now these are just the dates that we do the treatments ... and if ... there entered another issue that are treatments but without going to the pipes, but also commented that we need to know the% of varroa treatment is completed to see if it was effective.
5-Cost of production of honey: uhh but now if this kid went crazy .... Another thing that is far more simple than it seems. If you do not know how much you spend for a kilo of honey .. as you know what a good price for sale ... oh but the price always gives me gatherer ... and but if you know your cost is $ X x kilo run with an advantage when you know you can sell the production and also know how much money you will win! .. Ah
said make money, there is the talk gets more beautiful ... and if the bee can be very nice but if we do not win silver, becomes a hobby a little expensive (I know from experience), good and as we get the cost of honey?.
simple scoring all expenses are taken throughout the year and then that amount diviendo kilos of honey produced ... but all, all costs eh ... Vehicle, personnel, insurance, food, fuel, supplies, food and snacks that are brought to the field, drums, medication, queens, and even fines that make us on the road ... and then some others a bit more complicated such as, depreciation of assets such as timber and vehicles, hand work of the beekeeper, bank interest rate.
In short, all this information to the beekeeper needs at least know it is quite easy to obtain and does not add more than 10 to 15 minutes each working day and then a year later, to close the numbers.
why I believe that this methodology is accessible to all, but must be consistent and get results for themselves and those minutes spent on a daily basis which will certainly produce a higher gain Throughout the year .....