Do you know what factors mainly affect the income of beekeeping?

Beekeeping refers to the artificial breeding of bees to obtain honey and other products. In fact, human beings have been beekeeping for thousands of years. In recent years, more and more beekeepers choose to return to their hometowns to start businesses, and many people have achieved good benefits through beekeeping. Let's look at the annual income of beekeeping.

First of all, the species of bees

The annual income of beekeeping varies with different kinds of bees. At present, China mainly raises China bees and Italian bees. The advantage of keeping Chinese bees is that the price of Chinese bees (local honey) is very high, but the disadvantage is that the annual honey production of Chinese bees is generally only 5 ~ 15 kg. The advantage of keeping Italian bees is that the honey yield is much higher than that of China bees, but the disadvantage is that the price of Italian honey is much lower than that of China honey, so the annual income of different bees is also very different.

Second, climate.

The annual income of beekeeping varies according to different climatic conditions. As a matter of fact, both China bees raised at fixed points and Italian bees chasing flowers and honey need suitable climate to obtain high yield. For example, in the case of continuous rainy days, the honey flow period is almost abolished. If this is the case in several major honey-flowing periods throughout the year, it is basically unprofitable, so the beekeeping industry can be said to be an industry that depends largely on the weather.

Third, technology.

The annual income of beekeeping varies according to different beekeeping techniques. Skilled beekeepers are completely different from unskilled beekeepers. For example, skilled people know how to cultivate a strong bee colony before the honey flow period comes, and also know how to control the pests and diseases of bees, while unskilled people may become weaker and weaker, or even have no bees.

Fourth, the price

The annual income of beekeeping varies with the price of honey. In fact, honey is also the most important product of beekeeping and the main source of income for beekeepers. It may be better for medium honey with low yield but high price, but it is a big problem for Italian honey with high yield. If a box of Italian bees produces 200 Jin of honey a year, one Jin of Italian honey 1 yuan, 100 box of Italian bees is cheap, it will be 20,000 yuan less.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) scale

The annual income of beekeeping varies with the scale of breeding. For example, the benefits of keeping 100 boxes of bees are definitely different from those of keeping 200 boxes of bees, but the more bees you keep, the higher the benefits of beekeeping, because there are thresholds for the carrying capacity of honey sources and the number of bees. For example, there should be no more than 50 Chinese bees in a radius of 3 ~ 5 kilometers, otherwise the more bees are raised, the lower the total honey output will be.