One, the collective name of the bee family
Bee is the collective name of the bee family of insects, in particular, refers to the nine species of insects under the genus honeybee (Western honeybee, small bees, large bees, Oriental honeybee, black small bees, black large bees, Sabah bees, green nu bees, Sulawesi bees), which is most familiar to the Western honeybee in the Italian honeybee and the Oriental honeybee in the Chinese honeybee. In addition to this, a large number of Xinjiang black bees and Northeast black bees are also widely distributed in Xinjiang and Northeast China.
Second, typical beneficial insects
Bees are typical beneficial insects that collect pollen and nectar from plants and also spread pollen to plants, without which most of the grains and flowering crops would be affected to some extent. In addition bees can also collect nectar to make honey and collect gum to produce propolis, so bees are not only beneficial insects to humans, but also beneficial insects that have a decisive impact on human survival.
Three, complete metamorphosis development of insects
Bee belongs to complete metamorphosis development of insects, three types of bees need to go through the growth and development of eggs, larvae, pupae and adult bee four stages. Among them, the queen bee develops in the royal platform, the egg stage is 3 days, the larval stage is 5 days, and the pupa stage is 8 days; the male bee develops in the male hive, the egg stage is 3 days, the larval stage is 7 days, and the pupa stage is 13 days; the worker bee develops in the worker hive, the egg stage is 3 days, the larval stage is 6 days, and the pupa stage is 11 days.
Four, three types of bees have a clear division of labor
Bee is a typical social insect, the bee colony consists of a queen bee, hundreds of male bees and tens of thousands of worker bees. All three types of bees have a clear division of labor in the colony, where the queen bee is mainly responsible for laying eggs and secreting queen pheromone to maintain the order of the colony, the male bees are mainly responsible for copulating with the virgin queen bee and dying immediately after copulation, and the worker bees are mainly responsible for most of the labor such as repairing, feeding, collecting, making honey, and guarding.
Fifth, only the queen bee lays fertilized eggs
The sex of the honeybee is determined by the number of chromosome groups, of which haploid is the male honeybee (male bees), and diploid is the female honeybee (queen bees and worker bees). The queen and worker bees are the females that develop fertilized eggs, but in reality only the queen has full reproductive capacity, the worker bees are unable to produce fertilized eggs due to an underdeveloped reproductive system, it is worth noting that the worker bees are capable of laying eggs under certain special circumstances.
Sixth, according to the food to complete the differentiation
The development place of the queen bee is the rostrum, and the development place of the worker bees is the worker hive. In fact, the reason for the obvious difference between the queen bee and the worker bees is the different food in the larval stage, the fertilized egg in the rostrum is fed with the royal jelly from the hatching to the pupa, and the fertilized egg in the worker hive can eat the royal jelly in the first 3 days of the larval stage, and then it will be switched to eat the common pollen and nectar. After that, they switch to regular pollen and nectar, and if the worker bee larvae keep eating royal jelly they can also develop into a queen bee.