The invention relates to a method for honeybees to overwinter in
high latitude areas. The method comprises the steps that (a)
overwintering bees are determined, wherein honeybee pupae produced by a
queen bee between August 20th and September 10th are selected as
overwintering honeybees of a second year at the right age; (b) mites are controlled, wherein the bee mites are killed cleanly when sporadic
nectar sources exist during the period between September and October; (c)
fodder is prepared, the
fodder is reserved sufficiently during the last
nectar source in autumn, and five to seven pieces of
comb honey are arranged for each
overwintering swarm, namely, at least 20 kg
fodder is provided for at least twenty thousand honeybees; (d) beehives are laid out, wherein the beehives are moved into an overwintering site for being laid after November 10th, and the door face of each
beehive faces north or west; (e) inspection is carried out, wherein full inspection is carried out on the swarms at the beginning of December, and it is guaranteed that the
queen bee is available, fodder is sufficient, and the honey comb is full of honeybees; (f) heat preservation is carried out, wherein
straw curtains, newspapers and the like cover the upper faces and the peripheries of the beehives for heat preservation and winter protection. On-site overwintering of the swarms and fixed point bee-keeping are achieved through the method, trouble and difficulties brought by flow bee-keeping are reduced, and the
survival rate of the overwintering swarms is over 93 percent.