Speaking of bees, I believe that many of our friends are not strangers. We all know that bees are an oviparous insect, whether it is a professional bee researcher or our ordinary beekeepers, friends who have seen bees know that bees will only lay eggs and will not give birth. Throughout the ages, the fact that bees are oviparous insects can be said to be a conclusive conclusion and an uncontroversial fact.
As the saying goes, the world is big, there is no wonder. Recently, the bee tribe editor received a call for help from the beekeeper, and a beekeeper friend sent a picture and a video to the bee tribe editor. This video and pictures illustrate the fact that it can actually "come out"! It can be said that there is a picture and the truth, according to the observation of the bee tribe xiaobian, the bee body does appear larvae, and even bee friends have found that some are about to die or have died in the body of the bee, there will indeed be small bugs, and even some honey tails will "give birth" to bugs, which is a real bee to give birth.
Because they did not understand the specific situation, many friends began to wonder if bees had other reproductive methods besides eggs. Or did the bees mutate? Did the bees really mutate or have a reproductive mode other than egg spawning?
In terms of the understanding of bees by the bee tribe, it is impossible for bees to appear viviparous, and the "fetal birth" of bees is obviously very different from the reproductive mode of bees. We say that bees are oviparous insects, and are metamorphosed oviparous insects, referring to the time that bees will experience an egg, and then carry out metamorphosis, and the way we see bees carry out fetal birth, in fact, there is no time for eggs to appear, and this fetal birth is not the adult larvae of bees, because the adult larvae of bees are not flying bugs, but bees that will fly, very fine Obviously this is completely different from the reproductive mode of bees, the most obvious feature is, Under normal circumstances, the bee colony will not be abnormal, and this "out-of-the-box" phenomenon of bees is often accompanied by the abnormality of the bee colony.
So the bees mentioned above are not mutated, there is a new way of reproduction problem, bee tribe xiaobian believes that this does not exist, but a relatively normal phenomenon in the breeding of bees, it can be said that many friends have seen, let's take a specific look at what is going on.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" what are the bugs laid by bees >? </h1>
As mentioned above, bees do not "come out", and the larvae that appear in the bees are objectively present. In fact, this problem has long been discovered, this is a way of being parasitic bees, just like we humans have roundworms in our stomachs, it is a way for bees to bees to be parasitize other parasitic bees or parasitic flies. Judging from the current time, the bees that are parasitic at this time are generally parasitic flies? And we see this bug, which is actually the larvae of parasitic flies.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >what is a parasitic fly? </h1>
The so-called parasitic flies are actually a common parasitic fly of bees, and there are also meat flies and bee flies in bee farming. It is widely distributed in Asia and Europe, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Hubei, Northeast China and Sichuan, Chongqing, Henan and other places.
According to relevant information, parasitic flies mainly endanger the collection of bees in the summer, mainly parasitic in the chest cavity of adult worker bees, parasitic flies parasitized in the body of bees, mainly feeding on the blood lymph of worker bees and the muscles of worker bees. Parasitic worker bees usually exhibit slow flight, and finally can only crawl, spasm, shiver, and then die on their backs; generally in July and August, it is more severe, and the rate of severe colony infection can reach 24% to 44%.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" how did parasitic flies > appear in worker bees? </h1>
Through the above introduction, we can find that the so-called parasitic fly is actually a fly, and like many parasitic insects, female adult parasitic flies usually pounce on the worker bee when the worker bee is flying, and then produce their larvae on the body of the worker bee, these parasitic fly larvae develop on the body of the worker bee, from the softer place of the worker bee into the body of the worker bee. The blood lymph and muscles of the worker bee are then sucked in the body of the worker bee, and as long as it develops to a certain extent in the chest cavity of the worker bee, the parasitic fly larvae will leave the body of the worker bee and pupate in the soil, generally after 7 to 16 days it will feather.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > why exclude parasitic wasps? </h1>
In fact, in addition to the parasitic way of parasitic flies we said above, there is another kind of insect that is similar to the parasitic way of parasitic flies, that is, we often call parasitic bees. So we are talking about parasitic flies here, why exclude parasitic wasps? In fact, it is mainly a matter of time, from the current time. Now belongs to the summer, the general parasitic wasp appears in the spring, so we can directly rule out the parasitic bees, parasitic flies from now to the summer to July and August will be the most serious, which is what we should pay attention to. About the detailed differences and occurrence characteristics of parasitic bees and parasitic flies, in the follow-up article Bee Tribe Xiaobian will use a special chapter to introduce in detail, interested friends can pay attention to the bee tribe Xiaobian follow-up articles, this chapter or focus on the relevant content of parasitic flies.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > what happens to infected colonies? </h1>
If we want to know how to deal with an infected swarm, we should first determine whether a swarm has been parasitized by parasitic flies. The method of judgment is simple, we can observe the appearance and flight of the bees from the nest door of the hive. If the bee seen at the door of the hive nest appears to be pale and powerless to fly, we can grab such a bee at will, and then throw away his chest cavity to observe whether there are small flesh-red bugs inside, if there is, it means that the bees have been parasitized, so how should we deal with such a bee colony.
First of all, we should find out the infected bees in the bee colony, how to find it? The method is very simple, as long as we bring up all the bees in the swarm and shake them outside the hive. Since the bees conducted a nest test flight on the outside of the hive, and the bee larvae can receive the pheromones of the worker bees returning to the hive, we shake the bees outside the hive. It will soon return to the hive, and those infected worker bees, we can distinguish from the appearance, the seriously infected worker bees crawl slowly, and the remaining bees, we can all collect, burn or bury deep. Here the bee tribe xiaobian recommends the use of incineration, because parasitic flies are equally likely to hatch after we are buried deeply, if we bury it relatively shallowly, it is even possible that these parasitic flies will continue to endanger the bee colony after feathering, which is what we should pay attention to.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" which of the > is more susceptible to infection? </h1>
Speaking of the problem of bees being parasitized. Some friends may have another problem, that is, when we find that bees are parasitic, is the bee parasitic by the parasitic fly a medium bee or a bee?
Since the bees farmed in China now have medium bees and intentional bees, it seems still very reasonable to ask whether the parasitic flies are parasitic bees or intentional bees, so whether the parasitic flies are parasitic bees or intentional bees? According to the observation of the small editor of the bee tribe, the parasitism of parasitic flies to bees is mainly parasitic is the middle bee. According to the observation of the bee tribe xiaobian, it is not that the bee will not be parasitic, the intention bee also has the possibility of being parasitic, but the probability of occurrence is not as high as the bee, the bee tribe xiaobian has also found parasitism in its own bee bee field, but it is not very serious, and even without this concept is not easy to find.
How to prevent <h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >? </h1>
Regarding the prevention method of parasitic flies, it can be said that there is no better way to prevent parasitic flies until now, but it is said that the emergence of parasitic flies has been found to be related to climate, and the general wind and rain are smooth, and parasitic flies occur more often, and they are the most serious in July and August.
If our swarm has already occurred parasitic flies, in addition to the above way to treat the secret recipe that has been infected, you can also prevent other swarms, because parasitic flies prefer white, generally in the actual breeding, beekeepers usually use white plates to booby trap, the method is to fill the white plate with water, and then put this white plate filled with water on the hive, so that the adults of the parasitic flies will pounce on the plate, and eventually drown in the plate, to achieve our purpose of preventing parasitic flies.
From this result, want to prevent parasitic flies, in fact, the main thing is that we have to be diligent in observation, especially in good years, after the weather warms up, we must observe whether parasitic phenomena have occurred at any time, so as to deal with it as soon as possible, there is no better way to prevent at present, if you want to use the habits of parasitic flies, put white booby trap plates on the beehive lid for a long time, it seems that this is also OK, but this will add a lot of work to us.
Well, the above is all the content of the bee tribe xiaobian shared with you today about the bees being parasitized by parasitic flies, thanks to the actual pictures provided by the bee friends, what do you think about this? Welcome to leave a comment below, no friends who do not pay attention to a follow, we will see you tomorrow.