For our new beekeeper friends, perhaps the most feared by many friends is to be stung by bees, and there are often three bad places to be stung by bees, the first is that it will be very painful, followed by "fat", and finally it will disappear after a few days of "fat". So for new beekeepers, in fact, many novices have had a dream, that is, if the bees do not have sting needles, how good it would be!
Many friends may not know, in fact, the bee is a relatively large species of insects, but we are accustomed to the common Western bees and bees in life called bees, and the bees without stinging needles actually exist, that is, we often say that there are no thornless bees, and some places are called acid bees or grass bees.
According to relevant records, thornless bees are not only thornless, but also relatively small, only about half of ordinary bees. This does seem to be more worrying, the size is not dominant, and there is no common bee to defend the stinging needle, so when the thornless bee is attacked, it can only be slaughtered?
In fact, this is not the case, since the thornless bees can survive in nature, they must have the ability to survive, so how do they use the thornless bees without stinging needles to defend themselves when they are attacked? Today, the small editor of the bee tribe will share this problem with you.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the four main attack methods of thornless bees</h1>
In life there is a saying called "heaven for you to close a door, will inevitably open a window for you", the life of the stingless bee is similar to this, we all know that the bee with sting needles will inevitably die after stinging, because the stinging needles of the bees are connected to the internal organs, and there are inverted hooks on the sting needles, if the bees sting people, these inverted hooks will be stuck on the skin of the people, the tail of the bees will be broken, and even some of the internal organs are pulled out, so the stinging bees, basically can not live, and the stinging bees just do not have such a structure, This also dooms the stingless bee to have a mortality rate after defense or attack is not as high as that of the average bee, but this does not mean that the stingless bee has no defense and attack ability, and the stingless bee mainly has 4 attack methods.
(1) "Poison gas" attack means: This method is strictly a means of defense. When the stingless bee is attacked, it will release a poisonous gas, this poisonous gas is very unpleasant, when the enemy is approaching, this poisonous gas has the effect of shielding the enemy's line of sight and deterring the enemy, which is convenient for the stingless bee to drive away the enemy.
(2) "Venom" attack means: When faced with danger, the stingless bee will also secrete a corrosive liquid, which is highly lethal and the stingless bee can secrete a wide range, which is equivalent to a means of attack.
(3) Strong biting ability: Thornless bees have developed jaws, and the jaws also have serrations, the biting ability is particularly strong, for large animal hairs and the like can be easily bitten off, it can be seen that if it is biting the skin or the like, it is no less than being stinged by a bee with a sting needle.
(3) Carrying a "hidden weapon": the stingless bee is a kind of bee with strong rubber collection ability, and there is also a structure that can store propolis on the hind legs of the stingless bee, resulting in the stingless bee having propolis storage on the hind legs at any time, the propolis is highly viscous, and the stingless bee will use these high-viscosity propolis to stick to the attacker when it is attacked, so that the attacker loses the ability to move, and then bites.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > why are there no large numbers of thornless bees? </h1>
Although the thornless bee has a certain degree of aggression, but the thornless bee is not aggressive, but very docile, so the domestication of thornless bees is still very promising, so why are we very rare in life thornless bees? The main reason is related to its habits.
From the distribution area, the stingless wasp prefers to survive in the tropics, so in our temperature is not very high, we rarely see the presence of stingless bees, followed by the stingless bees although they have a good propolis production ability, but after all, the size is not dominant, resulting in the honey production ability of the stingless bees relative to the middle bees or Italian bees is much smaller.
Although the thornless bee may not be able to compare with the middle bee and the Italian bee in terms of economic benefits, but as a pollinator insect, due to the small size of the thornless bee, it also has its advantages when pollinating some plants, which is of great significance for us to obtain some scarce honey and the maintenance of species diversity, and now the domestication of thornless bees is also constantly exploring, I believe that the artificial breeding of thornless bees will be closer and closer.
The above is all the content shared by the small editor of the bee tribe today, like a friend to pay attention to, we will see you tomorrow.