What smell do bees fear most?

The smell that bees are most afraid of: smoke.

Bees are afraid of smoke, so when cutting honey, traditional beekeeping will first use dried wormwood (not called mugwort, balsam, etc. ) Drive the bees away from the nest spleen, and then cut the honey with a honey cutter. But this method is very harmful to bees, and it is purely an act of killing chickens and laying eggs. After the introduction of live frame beekeeping technology, it was gradually eliminated. At present, bees are afraid of smoke, which is often used to collect and capture caves, tree holes and other difficult caves.

In ancient times, bees, honey, pollen, etc. It was the hunting object of ancient people, but ancient people hunted bees by smoking. In the process of hunting, those bees that were slow to respond to fireworks were slowly eliminated because they were burned to death, while those bees that were sensitive to fireworks, especially those that ate honey and ran away when they met fireworks, were preserved. Over time, bees have formed a stress reaction of being afraid of smoking. Actually, this is natural selection!

When bees are disturbed by smoke, they will have a stress reaction. At this time, all members will suck honey and prepare to fly away. If the smoke is too heavy, bees will be smoked to death. Taking advantage of this feature, beekeepers invented a smoke sprayer. Smoke ejector is composed of blower and combustion furnace, which is often used in collecting wild bees, worker bees surrounding the king, bee colony fighting and other occasions. When in use, flammable fuels (linen, shavings, sawdust, etc. ) ignite in the combustion furnace, press the switch to spray smoke.