The Impact of Pack Bees on Honey Production

In this research, the impact of package bees on honey production is investigated and proposals are made regarding the role of package beekeeping in the production of beekeeping products and development perspectives. Pack bees are new bee families created by separating from existing families. They are used in beekeeping to increase families, strengthen weak families and establish new bee families. The honey production of pack bees varies between the first province and the following provinces. The Naxchivan population of the Yellow Qafqaz bee genus (Apis mellifera caucasuca flova populatio Nachitshevanica), spread on the territory of the Naxchivan Muxtar Republic of the Republic of Azerbaijan, is used to breed in the first half of May and June. A new package bee family was created by separating 2 bee frames, each with 1.2 kq bees and 2 bee increments. The results of the conducted investigation show that the package bee families received on the dates of 01.05.24, 23.05.24 and 23.05.24 produced the main nectar income during the period. They were able to collect a total of 24.5±2.3 kq of honey by turning it into their families and filtering 8 kq of honey from each of them in the seasonal supply and their own winter food. Since the package bee families taken from the bee families on 15.06.24 were transferred to the main bee family in the middle of the main nectar season, they were only able to collect winter reserve food for themselves. In the first 3 months, pack bees directed their main energy to the formation of the family and candle production, and honey production was minimal. The productivity of package bees depends on the time they are collected, the quality and quantity of the bees in the packages, the conditions of honey collection, as well as the type of bees. Proper management and nutrition conditions play an essential role in increasing productivity.