The shape of the honeycomb is also very peculiar, and can be roughly divided into honey leaf type, lotus falling type, burrow type, hanging bag type, and earth hole type.

1. Honey page type

Generally, bees are domesticated. The nest is built in an artificial beehive (wooden box), and the large shape is hung on the top of the beehive. Beekeepers call them honey leaves, which are removed and processed into honey or other honey products, such as royal jelly.

2. Lotus-shaped

Small bees usually build nests on eaves, windowsills, stone ridges, etc. , their hives range from 3 to 5 to dozens. A large swarm of bees builds a nest on a branch, about 50 centimeters in diameter. There are hundreds of beehives, shaped like an upside-down lotus. Some people describe this kind of hive as "a house turned upside down, the bees store poison, it's a beehive".

3. Crypt Types

Some bees build nests in the soil. They are generally single-room structures, but there are also crypt-type hives built by bees. They are rarely seen and its specific shape cannot be described.

4. Hanging bag type

Usually, nests are built in trees, in depressions on cliffs, under the eaves of houses, and on rafters. Its shape is spherical or approximately spherical.

5. Soil cave type

Due to different types of bees, for example, we have a golden bee here, commonly known as buckwheat bee, and its nest is in soil caves, caves, and tree holes. In addition, the largest wasp, the matchmaker, and the smaller wasps, all have their nests built in holes in the earth. The shape of the nest is the same as that of a bag wasp.