How to increase the lifespan of worker bees? How many days do worker bees live

One. The lifespan of bees varies with the environment, and the normal lifespan of worker bees is about one month, but the lifespan of each season is also different. Worker bees spend an average of 35 days in spring, 28 days in June in summer, and 5 to 8 months in winter.

Why is there such a big contrast?

1.Busy spring: during the spring breeding period, due to the warm climate, moderate temperature, coupled with the blooming of flowers, the nectar source can be seen everywhere, the worker bees can go out to collect honey, although the distance is relatively close, but the nectar source is too busy to be busy, the metabolism of the organs in the body is busy until the end of the day, causing failure, the life span of the worker bees in this period is relatively short, only 35 days.

Why is the nectar source period still a one-month lifespan? The reasons for this will be explained later.

2.High temperature in summer: Since the source of honey in summer is much less than during spring breeding, if the worker bees want to collect the same amount of honey, they will have to fly farther than during the spring breeding period, and the weather is hotter, which accelerates the metabolism in the body, and the life span is about a week shorter than that of the worker bees during the spring breeding period, which is also understandable.

3.Idle in winter: Why do worker bees live so much longer in winter?

The reason is that the nectar source is scarce in winter, the attendance rate of worker bees is very low, and the low temperature effectively reduces the metabolism in the body. Take turtles, for example, because of their slow metabolism in the body, they can live for more than a hundred years. And the same is true for worker bees in winter.

So less work can be improved.

Doing a good job of these five points can prolong the life of worker bees and maintain the population from declining.

The lifespan of worker bees is 28 days.

Worker bees have a very short lifespan, with an average lifespan of just 28 days during the hot summer months. Bees live slightly longer in other seasons, while the longest are in winter.

There are two main reasons for the short life of worker bees, one is that worker bees feed on ordinary pollen and nectar, and the other is that worker bees are responsible for high-intensity labor such as collection, in addition, some worker bees will also lay eggs due to ovarian development, although worker bee egg laying can not continue the colony, but it can greatly extend the life of worker bees.

Worker Bee Mission:

Juvenile bees: Juvenile bees refer to the time of 1 to 8 days after the bees emerge from the house, and the main tasks of the worker bees in this time period are responsible for keeping warm in the hive, reducing heat, cleaning the hive, preparing honey, feeding larvae, and recognizing the nest for test flight, which is the main work of the young bees in a bee colony.

Young bees: There is no strict distinction between young bees and mature bees, mainly according to different jobs, generally refers to worker bees between 8 and 20 days old. The division of labor is distinguished in this way:

Young bees feed the young larvae and queen bees, clean the nest, carry dead bee carcasses or soap, tamp pollen, make nectar, build nests, guard nests, and use propolis to fill gaps in beehives.

Middle-aged bees refer to the stronger of these bees, the work tasks of this kind of bees are the heaviest, and honey collection is the heaviest work in a bee colony, which is generally completed by middle-aged bees, mainly including honey collection, pollin, water collection, and glue collection.

Elderly bees: The work of elderly bees is relatively single, and there is no specific boundary with young bees, if the bees age in advance, they are still counted as elderly bees, generally more than 20 days old worker bees, due to their age, but experienced, after all, ginger is still old and spicy, so the main work of elderly bees is to find nectar sources and collect water.

Worker bees have a lifespan of about 28 days.

The lifespan of worker bees is very short, in the hot summer, the average lifespan of worker bees is only about 28 days, in other seasons bees live slightly longer, and in winter the longest.

There are two main reasons for the short lifespan of worker bees, one is that worker bees only eat pollen and nectar, and the other is that worker bees are responsible for high-intensity labor such as collection, in addition to some worker bees also lay eggs due to ovarian development, worker bees laying eggs can not maintain the colony, but can significantly extend the life of worker bees.

Juveniles refer to the period of 1 8 days after the bees leave the hive, during this period, the main tasks of the Orange Town Worker Bee are responsible for maintaining the heat in the hive, cooling down, cleaning the hive, preparing honey, feeding the larvae and identifying the hive, and the test flight is the most important work of the young bees in the colony.

There is no strict sleek and rough difference between young bees and adult bees, mainly depending on the type of work, generally refers to the worker bees of about 8-20 days, and the division of labor here is as follows: young bees are responsible for feeding small larvae and queen bees, cleaning the nest room, carrying bee carcasses or soap, embossing pollen, brewing honey, building nests and protecting the spleen, guarding the nest and using propolis to fill the gaps in the hive. Adult bees refer to the stronger of these bees, this type of bee has the most difficult work to lose, and collecting honey is the hardest work in the colony, usually done by adult bees.

The lifespan of worker bees is 26-40 days.

Generally speaking, the lifespan of worker bees is closely related to the intensity of work. For example, in the case of high honey collection intensity, the life span of worker bees is short, generally about 28 days, and the average lifespan of wild spring hail is only 26 days. In the case of low collection intensity, the lifespan of the worker bee will be extended to more than 40 days, or even longer.

In fact, the lifespan of worker bees is related to the composition of their nests and the degree of work inside and outside the nest, and the difference in the lifespan of worker bees in different periods is very large. In early spring, the average lifespan of worker bees is 35 days, and in June, the average lifespan of worker bees decreases to 28 days. The average lifespan of bees is when the outside temperature is suitable, the nectar flow is good, and the bees participate in the activities in the nest and collect outside the nest according to normal conditions.

Stages of worker bees

1. Internal bee stage: The so-called internal bee is a new worker bee that specializes in internal work in the hive, and cannot be engaged in external complex honey collection and other work due to the development of various organs that have not yet reached maturity. Usually worker bees do cleaning work within 3 days, prepare pollen within 5 days, secrete royal jelly within 12 days, and secrete beeswax within 18 days to build nests.

2. Field bee stage: it takes 20 days for worker bees to emerge from the egg stage, and 17 days from new worker bees to collecting worker bees. After passing through the various developmental stages of the internal bee and making full use of the organ functions of each stage, the internal bee can truly reach the standard of adult worker bees and engage in external collection work.

The lifespan of worker bees is closely related to work intensity, for example, in the case of high honey collection intensity, the life span of worker bees is generally about 28 days, and even the average lifespan is only 26 days. The key factors affecting the lifespan of worker bees are the severity of the collection task of worker bees, and the degree of gland development of worker bees. The organ development of worker bees can be controlled, so beekeepers can prolong the life of worker bees by limiting the development of worker bee glands.

The lifespan of worker bees is longer than that of drones, but generally only a few months, rarely able to survive a year, 4 6 weeks in summer, 3 6 months in winter, the length of their life and work intensity, bee colony strength has a great relationship.

Worker bees make up the majority of the colony, and most of the work in the colony is also performed by worker bees. Worker bees can be divided into juvenile bees, young bees, adult bees and elderly bees according to their growth and development, and there is a certain division of labor with different ages. Among them, juvenile bees mainly refer to 1 8-day-old worker bees after emergence, which mainly carry out work in the nest, including heat preservation, fanning the wind, cleaning the nest, preparing honey powder, feeding larvae and recognizing the nest for flying.

Young bees refer to 8 20-day-old worker bees, which are mainly responsible for feeding small larvae and queen bees, cleaning the hive, dragging dead bees or debris, compacting pollen, brewing honey, building the nest spleen, filling the pores with propolis, guarding the hive, etc. Middle-aged bees refer to the main worker bees engaged in collection, mainly collecting nectar, pollen, gum, water, etc.; The elderly bees after wintering are mostly engaged in searching for nectar sources and collecting water.

Extended information: Characteristics and life characteristics of bees.

1. Feed entirely on flowers.

Bees are insects that feed entirely on flowers (including pollen and nectar), when the external nectar source is abundant, the bee colony will collect the nectar to make honey and store it in the hive, these stored honey is actually the food stored by the bee colony for emergencies, for example, the bee colony can not go out of the nest to collect food in winter to feed on the stored honey, and in beekeeping production, beekeepers also often use sugar and soybean meal as feed to feed bees.

2. The collection radius is not large.

The collection radius of bees is generally about 3 kilometers, and the bee colony will also fly to about 5 kilometers to collect food when the external honey source is scarce, but this will greatly reduce the collection efficiency of bees, in addition, the bees go out to investigate the honey source before going out of the nest to collect, and the detection bees find the honey source and inform other worker bees in the form of "bee dance", and then a large number of worker bees go to the honey source to collect according to the direction indicated by the detection bees.

3. Wax to build a honeycomb.

The bee's hive is made of beeswax, which is very different from the wasp (the wasp builds its nest with a material similar to pulp), beeswax is the fatty substance secreted by the beeswax glands of the 13 to 18-day-old workers in the bee colony, and the smallest unit of the whole hive is the hexagonal hive, which is neatly arranged to form a semicircular hive, and the hive spleen is arranged in parallel to form a hemispherical hive, and the bee colony feeds the larvae and stores food in the hive.

4. The life span is extremely short.

The life span of bees (mainly refers to worker bees) is extremely short, in which the life span of the queen bee in the bee colony is generally 4 5 years, the longest can be up to 8 years, the life span of the drone is about 3 months on average, but once it mates with the queen bee, it dies immediately, the life span of the worker bee has a lot to do with the season, the worker bee in the wintering period can live for up to 3 6 months, and the other seasons are generally about 2 months, and the shortest is only 28 days for the honey collection period.

Worker bees have a lifespan of less than a month because their collection tasks are too heavy.