My Live Life at the Zoo

Chapter 333 Stingless Bee: A bee smaller than a mosquito!

"Thank you! Don't worry, I won't take too much honey, most of it will be left to you!"

Li Xiao knew how to repay his kindness, and looked gratefully at Xiang Mibi who was standing on his shoulder.

If it weren't for the honeybee leading the way, I might have found the hive so quickly and accurately, let alone so many.

"Chirp!"

Xiangmiji seemed to have not eaten for a long time, his eyes were fixed on the hive the whole time, and he nodded casually without looking at Li Xiao: It's a deal!

After agreeing with Xiangmijiu, Li Xiao was very happy and began to search for a suitable container for cutting honey from his backpack.

In the face of foreign intruders, the little bees can only scurry up and down.

They have no intention of fighting back.

But because of the large number, it still attracted the concerns of the tourists in the live broadcast room.

"The head of the garden, run, there are so many bees, they must stung you like a pig's head!"

"The head of the garden is really courageous. I remember that after I was stung by a bee when I was a child, the pain was so painful that I never dared to provoke beehives."

"It's unbelievable that the principal doesn't even wear protective clothing!"

"I don't even have protective clothing, and I'm still bare-handed. With so many bees, the director may be close to death."

"The head of the garden is dead, something to burn paper!"

The more worried the tourists were, the less panicked Li Xiao was. He even smiled slightly, adjusted the angle of the drone, aimed at the beehive, and said, "You must not have seen what these bees look like just now. Get up close and give everyone a close-up."

As the camera zoomed in, visitors in the live broadcast room found that these bees seemed to be a little different from common bees.

Although they are covered with yellow pollen like common bees and shuttle diligently between the hive and flowers, they seem to be much smaller in size.

At least half as small!
"Is this a bee?"

"Why doesn't it feel as big as the mosquito I killed yesterday?"

"Don't make trouble, director, how can there be such a small bee in the world!"

"I have a little trypophobia. I was a little scared at first, but suddenly I think these little bees are so cute, with big blingbling eyes, just like those cute bees in the classic animation "Bee Story"!"

"These are bees, of course!"

Li Xiao pointed to the little bees flying past in front of him, and said: "Look carefully at the legs of these bees, they are still covered with pollen, they are all flying pollen back to make honey.

It's just that this kind of bee is quite different from the ordinary bees we usually see. This kind of small bee is called a stingless bee.

As the name of the bee means, it does not have poisonous stings like other bees, and naturally it will not sting, so I was not afraid at all from the beginning to the end. "

While speaking, Li Xiao confidently stretched out his hand and gently placed it on the hive in front of him.

Sensing the growing arrogance of the foreign intruders, the little stingless bees resolutely climbed onto Li Xiao's hands.

But they can only run back and forth, and they can't help Li Xiao at all.

"Look quickly, even though my hands are almost covered with stingless bees, I haven't been stung."

Li Xiao also deliberately waved his hand towards the camera.

The stingless bees crawled on it, and from a distance, they thought they were wearing black gloves. "I have a question. The reason why bees have stingers is to protect the hive from being invaded. The stinger is their weapon, but this kind of stingless bee does not have a stinger. How do you protect your hive? Do you just let outsiders Trespass?"

"Yes, yes, there are many animals in the wild that like to eat honey, except for honeybees, honey badgers, and the well-known bears. Could it be that stingless bees are willing to hand over the honey they have brewed to others? "

"When God closes a door for almost every person or animal, there will be a window. Where is the window of the stingless bee?"

"You guys asked a great question!"

Li Xiao smiled slightly, and began to popularize science: "It is true as you said, the stingless bee does not have a stinger, which means it has no ability to protect the nest.

But think about it the other way around, how long did it take us to find it all the way? "

The tourists in the live broadcast room were collectively stunned.

"Starting from the mountain eggplant, I followed the stingless bee all the way, and it has taken almost an hour so far.

If it is an ordinary hive, I believe it will be found soon.

It's because of my better eyesight and the guidance of the honeybee that I can always follow the stingless bee. If it was replaced by other animals, do you think they might find it?
The stingless wasp, which is about the size of a mosquito alone, may not be able to attract the attention of other animals! "

Having said that, some tourists in the live broadcast room raised doubts again.

"The head of the garden is wrong. Didn't the ring honeybee just discover the stingless bee hive and brought you here!"

"That's because of this!"

Li Xiao stepped aside, zoomed in on the camera of the drone again, and shot directly at the bark below the hive.

I saw that the dark bark seemed to be wetted by something, forming an inconspicuous mark like water stains, winding all the way to the ground.

These water stains are still a little sticky!
Li Xiao stretched out his hand and patted the bark, and said: "Because of their petite size, the stingless bees build small hives and are more concealed, but compared with the hives built by common bees, the load-bearing capacity is slightly weaker." .

Everyone has also seen that this group of stingless bees has built many layers of hives in this hollow old tree.

That is to say, they have lived here for at least several years.

As the upper honeycombs continue to expand and increase, they will naturally squeeze the lower honeycombs, causing the bottom honeycombs to be crushed, and the honey will flow out. This has attracted the attention of the bees.

Otherwise, with their small size and choosing to build their nests in such hidden and inconspicuous tree holes, it would be difficult for even a honey hunter like the honeybee to find them.

Stingless bees are characterized by small size, flexibility, and concealment. Their body length is 3 to 5 mm, and a few can reach 10 mm. The queen bee is large, but she lays eggs in the hive full-time. The drone is also large and will die soon after mating. There are as many as tens of thousands of worker bees, dedicated to collecting pollen, nectar and feeding offspring.

Stingless bees live in groups, can secrete wax to build nests, collect and store honey and pollen, and they can go deeper into flower tubes to collect honey than ordinary bees, and fully pollinate crops, fruit trees and Chinese medicinal materials.

Because of this, stingless bees have been bred and used in captivity to pollinate crops in some tropical countries.

In our country, XSBN has successfully bred stingless bees artificially, and can domesticate them to pollinate crops professionally, and the effect of increasing production is very significant. "

While talking, Li Xiao took out several larger airtight bags and began to cut honey.

"It's hard to find stingless bees, but once they are found, it is undoubtedly a disaster, because they really have no ability to protect themselves.

Once the hive is exposed, all the honey inside must be removed.

Otherwise, even if I don't harvest the honey, there will be other honey-hunting animals to eat it, and these animals are much crueler than me, and maybe they will cruelly hurt the stingless bee! "

[Tao Yaoyao]: Director, I have another question. If all the honey is taken out, will these stingless bees have no home?

"Don't worry, there is no need to worry about this! Because stingless bees have a very strong gregariousness, even if there is no hive, they will not scatter in a mess, but will move together to find a new and more secluded residence. "

As soon as the words fell, Li Xiao had already carefully cut off the first honeycomb.

These stingless bee hives look small and exquisite, but they are still heavy when held in the hand. One can imagine how much honey is stored inside.

So much honey has been accumulated that it is no wonder that the bottommost hive is crushed and the honey leaks out.

Li Xiao hadn't had time to sigh with emotion, because he had already taken a piece of honeycomb, so the honey on the top layer seemed to have found a breakthrough, and poured out from the break, forming a sticky and kind " Fall".

And it's a purple waterfall.

Because these honeys turned out to be purple!
Li Xiao didn't dare to hesitate, he picked up the bag decisively and went to pick it up.

Because I was too anxious, a lot of honey splashed on my hands and clothes.

The scene is so spectacular.

Those who didn’t know thought that honey didn’t cost money!
"Wow! This is too much honey!"

“This is heaven for sweet tooth lovers!”

"The honey looks so delicious, I'm so hungry!"

"Purple red! This honey is purple red! It's so beautiful, I've never seen honey of this color before!"

"It's so thick honey. Compared with the honey the director found, I instantly feel that the ones I ate before are not honey, but water and honey!"

"Because of the long storage time, the water in the honey has evaporated, so the honey will appear viscous."

Li Xiao explained with a smile: "The honey we usually buy from the supermarket is basically the honey that is cut quickly by beekeepers in pursuit of yield. The water content will naturally be higher, and the honey will not be sticky or thick. It is not particularly sweet to eat.

This is why many people feel that honey is not as tasty as honey before! "

Because he looked up at the screen, honey was accidentally splashed on Li Xiao's hands.

The stingless honey exudes a strange aroma, and Li Xiao can feel the rapid secretion of saliva in his mouth.

And Xiangmibi, who was standing on his shoulder, stomped his feet anxiously.

"Chirp!"

Ring honey: Be careful!Concentrate on doing things!What a waste!

Even a bird knows not to waste food these days, Li Xiao's face flushed immediately, and he began to concentrate on packing honey.

While Li Xiao was putting on honey, two dexterous figures, one black and one white, had already moved from his shoulders to his wrists.

Brothers Ye Sha and Guang Sha woke up again at some point, looking at the honey in Li Xiao's hand, Guang Sha's little head approached first to "smell it", and then quickly licked it with the snake letter.

???

Xiangmiji and I worked hard to find the honeycomb, but we haven't eaten it yet, so you two ate it first?

Guangsha couldn't hear Li Xiao's complaints, and it didn't care so much, it was a joy to eat.

As he ate, he still disliked Xinzi's licking too slowly, so he brought his mouth up and sucked like a child.

Ye Fu was rather cold, and was a little hesitant at first, but seeing that Ye Fu's food was so delicious, and Li Xiao didn't have much left in his hands, he couldn't hold back and came over quickly.

But compared to Light Fury, Ye Fury's food is much more refined.

The honey that accidentally splashed on Li Xiao's hands was not much, but soon, it was scoured by the two brothers.

When they finished eating, maybe they still had some unfinished business, the two brothers swung their bodies around Li Xiao's wrist tacitly, and raised their heads together, looking straight at Li Xiao with their small eyes.

It seems to be saying: If you don't bring us delicious food, we will not leave!
"You guys are really greedy, do what you want, can I just get it for you?"

Li Xiao shook his head helplessly, and directly cut a piece of honeycomb from the root of another piece of honeycomb on the tree.

It is also thoughtful to use the tip of a knife to divide it into small sugar cubes that are convenient for the double-headed flash scale python to swallow.

Seeing that there was another delicious food, Guang Fu and Ye Fu immediately immersed themselves in eating hard again.

To be honest, Li Xiao never expected that Guang Fu and Ye Fu would take the initiative to ask for honey.

Because logically speaking, the information collection ability of the baby snake that has just broken its shell has not been fully collected, and it can only simply distinguish the object. The "immobile" food like honey should not attract their attention.

But the fact is that after Ye Fu and Guang Fu finished eating the honey in their hands, they even wanted some more.

Is it because the stingless bee's honey has a flavor they like?

Or does the honey contain the nutrients they need?

Or is it that the information gathering ability of this peculiar double-headed python grows faster than other snakes?

Li Xiao didn't know, and had no way of knowing.

However, the double-headed flash-scale python was destined to be extraordinary from the moment it was born.

The stingless bee is a very hidden bee species, and the double-headed python has never appeared before. No one can say what chemical reaction will happen when these two animals meet together.

After eating the honey that Li Xiao gave for the second time, Ye Sha and Guang Sha seemed to think that the trick just now was quite effective, and twisted Li Xiao's wrist with their bodies, trying to get Li Xiao's tip again.

But this time, Ye Fu and Guang Sha's acting like a baby is not easy to do.

As a baby daddy, Li Xiao must be responsible for them, and said with a straight face: "You can't eat any more, that's all, go back to your shoulders and sleep."

Li Xiao gently pinched the already swollen belly of the double-headed flash-scale python, and put Ye Fu and Guang Fu back on his shoulders like chickens.

Although Ye Sha was cruel, he was very obedient, and understood that Li Xiao would not give it to him anymore, so he obediently hooked his tail around Li Xiao's shoulder strap, coiled it into a small mosquito coil, and prepared to rest.

However, Guang Sha is very arrogant and has a temper, so he is not a fuel-efficient lamp! !

(End of this chapter)