What is the reason for too many male bees in the bee colony?

Male bees are specifically responsible for mating with the new queen queen. They are directly developed from unfertilized eggs (eggs). Generally, the number of male bees ranges from hundreds to thousands, but sometimes they appear in the colony Too many drones, let’s take a look at the reasons for too many male bees in the bee swarm!

1,  Normal phenomenon

The number of male bees is not static. Generally speaking, there are relatively few male bees in the autumn and winter seasons, while there are relatively more male bees in the spring and summer seasons, because the spring and summer seasons are bees. Peak of breeding, At this time, the colony will breed a large number of male bees to mate with the new queen bee, that is to say, more male bees in the colony stage is a normal phenomenon. If it is not the colony stage, you must find the cause and deal with it in time.

2, the queen bee problem

The queen queen problem is the main cause of too many males, but specific analysis should be considered from the following three aspects. One is that the queen bee stored sperm is insufficient due to his age. The second is the lack of fertilization due to the number or quality of male bees during mating. The third is that the queen does not mate with male bees at all and can only lay unfertilized eggs.

3, worker bees spawn

Worker bees spawning is a common cause of too many male bees. In fact, worker bees also have a certain reproductive capacity, but because the worker bee’s reproductive system is not fully developed, they cannot mate with male bees to lay fertilized eggs.It can only lay unfertilized eggs and develop into small-sized male bees. This phenomenon is particularly common when the bee colony loses its queen. If it is not handled in time (intervention of the new queen bee or mature queen), the entire bee colony will soon die.

4, the nest foundation is wrong

In fact, the queen bee cannot decide what eggs to lay, but is determined by the nest built or provided by the worker bees.Since the nests on the Italian beehives are larger than the Chinese bees, if the Chinese bees use the Italian beehives, a large number of male hives will be built. The end result is that the queen bee lays a large number of unfertilized eggs in these male hives and breeds many male bees.

Summary: The reason for too many male bees in the colony should be judged according to the actual situation. If there are a large number of male bees in the bee season, it is usually normal, but if it occurs in other seasons, it may be an abnormal situation, mainly due to the queen bee Old age, infertility of queen bees, and worker bees spawn.