Characteristics and life characteristics of bees

1. Bees feed entirely on flowers. Bees are insects that feed entirely on flowers, including pollen and nectar. 2. The collection radius of worker bees is not large, generally about 3 kilometers. 3. Worker bees secrete wax to build honeycombs. Beehives are made of beeswax. 4. The life span of worker bees is extremely short, which is closely related to the seasons. The longest life span of worker bees in wintering period is 3~6 months, and that in other seasons is about 2 months, and the shortest honey gathering period is only 28 days.

First of all, bees feed entirely on flowers.

Bee is an insect that feeds entirely on flowers (including pollen and nectar). When the external honey source is rich, bees brew the collected nectar into honey and store it in the hive. These stored honey are actually food stored by bees for emergencies. For example, in winter, bees can't leave their nests to collect food, so they use stored honey as food. In beekeeping production, beekeepers often feed bees with white sugar and soybean powder.

Second, the collection radius of worker bees is not large.

The collection radius of bees is generally about 3 kilometers. When the external honey source is scarce, bees will fly to about 5 kilometers to collect food, but the collection efficiency of bees will be greatly reduced. In addition, before the bees leave the nest to collect, the reconnaissance bees go out to investigate the honey source. After the investigation bees find the honey source, they inform other worker bees in the form of bee dance, and then a large number of worker bees go to the honey source to collect according to the direction indicated by the investigation bees.

Third, worker bees secrete wax to build honeycombs.

Bees' hives are made of beeswax, which is completely different from wasps (wasps build their nests with pulpy materials). Bees' beeswax is a fatty substance secreted by wax glands of 13~ 18 day-old worker bees. The smallest unit of the whole hive is a hexagonal nest, which is arranged in sequence to form a semi-circular nest, and arranged in parallel to form a semi-spherical hive, where bees feed.

Fourth, worker bees have a very short life span.

Bees (mainly worker bees) have a very short life span. The life span of a queen bee in a bee colony is generally 4-5 years, up to 8 years, and the average life span of a drone is about 3 months. However, once they die immediately after mating with the queen bee, the life span of worker bees is closely related to the seasons. The longest life span of worker bees in wintering period is 3-6 months, the longest life span in other seasons is about 2 months and the shortest life span is only 28 days.

5. Bees can only sting people once.

People are afraid of bees because they have poisonous needles on their tails. In fact, bees can only sting people once in their lives. There are barbs at the end of bee sting, which will hook the skin after stinging. When bees fly away after stinging, the stinger will also pull out some internal organs, and the bees that lose some internal organs will soon die, so bees generally don't sting people unless they have to, but if the hive is threatened, bees will gang up and attack it.