What nectar do bees collect in autumn?

The nectar collected by bees in autumn includes sunflower, sesame, cotton, buckwheat, Lespedeza, pumpkin flowers, chrysanthemum and osmanthus. Autumn is the most suitable season for honey collection except spring, because the honey source and temperature in autumn are more suitable for bees to collect honey, and it is also the peak of honey production. In addition, the rice and pine trees in China have a large growth area, which can provide a large amount of pollen for bees and can be used as a good source of beekeeping powder.

Method for collecting honey from bees

Only worker bees have the function of collecting nectar, while queen bees and drones do not collect nectar. The mouthparts of worker bees can chew solid pollen and suck nectar. They can brush off pollen, mix it with saliva and nectar, and then put it in a pollen basket and bring it back to the hive.

Bees will send a small number of reconnaissance bees to look for honey sources before collecting honey. Reconnaissance bees will bring the collected nectar and pollen back to the hive and tell their companions the location and distance of nectar plants through bee dance. After receiving the information from reconnaissance bees, bees will leave their nests in large numbers to collect.

There is a honey sac between the esophagus and the forestomach of worker bees, which can return the honey juice to the mouth through contraction. After the collection is completed, the worker bees will fly back to the hive and be stored in the honey room after preliminary treatment.