Acid bees belong to stingless bees (worker bees have no needles in their bellies). They feed on nectar and pollen and can collect flowers to make honey. They are named "acid bees" because the honey they produce is sweet and sour, and they are named "sticky bees" because their front feet contain sticky substances. Let's see if the sour bee is a bee!

First, acid bees are small bees.

Bees are the general name of bees, and acid bees belong to the genus Apis, so acid bees are also a kind of bees. In fact, acid bees are basically the same as bees except that they are smaller than ordinary bees. They are also social insects that live in groups. They secrete wax to build nests and collect flowers to make honey. In addition to mating with the queen bee, the males in the acid bee will also go out of the nest to collect nectar and pollen.

Second, acid bees are social insects.

Like ordinary bees, acid bees belong to social insects. There are three kinds of bees in the bee colony: queen bee, drone and worker bee. Among them, the queen bee is responsible for spawning and reproducing offspring, the drone is mainly responsible for mating with the new queen bee and dying shortly after mating, and the worker bee is the main worker bee in the bee colony. In fact, most of the work in the bee colony, such as building a hive, collecting flowers and making honey, and guarding the hive, is done by worker bees.

Third, acid bees build their nests with beeswax.

Acid bees, like ordinary bees, have the habit of secreting wax and building nests. In the natural environment, they often nest in hidden places such as tree holes, wall cracks and stone cracks. Different from ordinary bees, sour bees have a trumpet made of beeswax and propolis at the door. In addition, acid bees and Chinese bees have similar "mutual benefit" habits, in which acid bees can help Chinese bees fight natural enemies such as wasps, while Chinese bees provide certain food for acid bees.

Fourth, acid bees pollinate crops.

Acid bees are only one-tenth the size of ordinary bees. They can collect nectar from flower tubes and pollinate crops. Therefore, acid bees are generally domesticated as professional pollinators, and the honey produced by acid bees is also an advanced tonic with high nutritional value. In addition, acid bees performed well in propolis production. At present, the artificial breeding of acid bees in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China has achieved certain success.

Summary: Acid bees are mainly distributed in Yunnan, Hainan and Taiwan Province provinces in China. Except for its small size, it is not much different from ordinary bees. Moreover, acid bees can also be used to produce honey and propolis. At present, the artificial breeding of acid bees in Xishuangbanna, China has been successful.