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Evidence Guide: AHCBEK301 - Manage honey bee swarms

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AHCBEK301 - Manage honey bee swarms

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare to catch a swarm of honey bees

  1. Obtain equipment required to collect a swarm of honey bees and confirm it is in good repair and serviceable for use
  2. Check personal protective equipment (PPE) for serviceability and use and wear correctly
  3. Identify work health and safety hazards associated with collecting bee swarms and take action to deal with them effectively
  4. Observe site quarantine or other biosecurity protocols
  5. Identify risks associated with collecting a swarm of honey bees and take actions to minimise likelihood and consequences of risks
Obtain equipment required to collect a swarm of honey bees and confirm it is in good repair and serviceable for use

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Check personal protective equipment (PPE) for serviceability and use and wear correctly

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Identify work health and safety hazards associated with collecting bee swarms and take action to deal with them effectively

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Observe site quarantine or other biosecurity protocols

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Identify risks associated with collecting a swarm of honey bees and take actions to minimise likelihood and consequences of risks

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Collect a swarm of honey bees

  1. Place dry drawn frames in hive box for collected swarm to ensure it remains in new hive box
  2. Catch swarm by shaking it into an empty box
  3. Move boxed swarm to new location after confirming that whole swarm has been collected
  4. Keep swarm separate from other hives to monitor hive health and disease-free status
  5. Re-queen a swarm
Place dry drawn frames in hive box for collected swarm to ensure it remains in new hive box

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Catch swarm by shaking it into an empty box

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Move boxed swarm to new location after confirming that whole swarm has been collected

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Keep swarm separate from other hives to monitor hive health and disease-free status

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Re-queen a swarm

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Manage swarming behaviour in a honey bee colony

  1. Monitor honey bee colony for signs that swarming may occur
  2. Consider a range of control options if swarming appears likely to occur, and select and implement the best option
  3. Monitor colony to ensure that swarming behaviour has been controlled and if necessary, implement further control options
Monitor honey bee colony for signs that swarming may occur

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Consider a range of control options if swarming appears likely to occur, and select and implement the best option

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Monitor colony to ensure that swarming behaviour has been controlled and if necessary, implement further control options

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare to catch a swarm of honey bees

1.1 Obtain equipment required to collect a swarm of honey bees and confirm it is in good repair and serviceable for use

1.2 Check personal protective equipment (PPE) for serviceability and use and wear correctly

1.3 Identify work health and safety hazards associated with collecting bee swarms and take action to deal with them effectively

1.4 Observe site quarantine or other biosecurity protocols

1.5 Identify risks associated with collecting a swarm of honey bees and take actions to minimise likelihood and consequences of risks

2. Collect a swarm of honey bees

2.1 Place dry drawn frames in hive box for collected swarm to ensure it remains in new hive box

2.2 Catch swarm by shaking it into an empty box

2.3 Move boxed swarm to new location after confirming that whole swarm has been collected

2.4 Keep swarm separate from other hives to monitor hive health and disease-free status

2.5 Re-queen a swarm

3. Manage swarming behaviour in a honey bee colony

3.1 Monitor honey bee colony for signs that swarming may occur

3.2 Consider a range of control options if swarming appears likely to occur, and select and implement the best option

3.3 Monitor colony to ensure that swarming behaviour has been controlled and if necessary, implement further control options

Required Skills and Knowledge

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare to catch a swarm of honey bees

1.1 Obtain equipment required to collect a swarm of honey bees and confirm it is in good repair and serviceable for use

1.2 Check personal protective equipment (PPE) for serviceability and use and wear correctly

1.3 Identify work health and safety hazards associated with collecting bee swarms and take action to deal with them effectively

1.4 Observe site quarantine or other biosecurity protocols

1.5 Identify risks associated with collecting a swarm of honey bees and take actions to minimise likelihood and consequences of risks

2. Collect a swarm of honey bees

2.1 Place dry drawn frames in hive box for collected swarm to ensure it remains in new hive box

2.2 Catch swarm by shaking it into an empty box

2.3 Move boxed swarm to new location after confirming that whole swarm has been collected

2.4 Keep swarm separate from other hives to monitor hive health and disease-free status

2.5 Re-queen a swarm

3. Manage swarming behaviour in a honey bee colony

3.1 Monitor honey bee colony for signs that swarming may occur

3.2 Consider a range of control options if swarming appears likely to occur, and select and implement the best option

3.3 Monitor colony to ensure that swarming behaviour has been controlled and if necessary, implement further control options

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

correctly wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)

communicate with members of the public and/or owners or managers of the property/area from which a swarm is being collected

collect a swarm of honey bees

implement a range of control options to manage swarming behaviour in honey bees

interpret bee behaviour and handling bees

use specialist equipment.

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

principles and practices of managing swarms

why and when honey bees swarm

why swarms are collected

signs that a colony is about to swarm

management techniques that can be used to manage a colony that is showing signs it is about to swarm

biosecurity protocols

diseases that occur in honey bees

signs of brood disease and wax moth infestation in a swarm once it has been placed in a hive

when and how to requeen a swarm that has been collected.

Range Statement