BEE FARMING IN MABAN COUNTY OF UPPER NILE STATE
Bee farmers in Maban County of Upper Nile state received Bee hives (kits) to pilot bee farming in the area.
A top bar hive, or moveable comb hive, is a box covered with bars of a fixed width. Bees will build their combs from the centre of the top bar, hanging down. To attract a swarm to the hive and to “guide” the bees in the construction of the combs, a strip of bees wax is melted on the centre of the bar.
Among others, here are the most notable features of the kit:
- Assembled and painted bottom board
Two brood boxes along with foundation and frames. - A medium depth super with foundation and frames
- An inner cover, a top cover, a hive tool, and a bee brush
- Four by seven smoker and fuel
- Ventilated leather gloves and a hat veil pullover.
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