Do you know the difference between juvenile bees, young bees, middle aged bees, and old bees?

Worker bee. It is the most important species in the bee colony, its number accounts for the majority in the bee colony, and most of the work in the bee colony is also undertaken by the worker bees, according to the function can be divided into nursery bees, nesting bees and honey bees, according to its growth and development can be divided into juvenile bees, young bees, adult bees and old bees, let's take a look at the difference between juvenile bees, young bees, middle-aged bees and elderly bees!

1. Juvenile bees

Juvenile bees refer to worker bees that are 1 8 days old after emergence, and are mainly engaged in hive work in the colony, including in-nest insulation, hive fanning, cleaning of hives, and preparation of honey powder.

After feeding large larvae, the 3-day-old young bees are mainly responsible for keeping warm, fanning and cleaning the nest, and after 4 days of age, they can prepare honey, feed the large larvae and begin to repeat the number of nest recognition, flight and the first feces.

2. Young bees

Young bees refer to 8 20-day-old worker bees after emergence, which are mainly responsible for feeding small larvae and queen bees, cleaning the hive, tamping pollen, brewing honey, building the nest spleen, guarding the hive, etc., its biggest feature is the development of the pharyngeal gland and wax gland, and the 6 18-day-old worker bee can secrete royal jelly with developed pharyngeal gland.

13 18-day-old worker beeswax glands are developed and can secrete beeswax.

3. Bees in their prime

Middle-aged bees refer to worker bees that are 20 to 30 days old after emergence, and are mainly responsible for collecting nectar, pollen, and gum in the colony.

Water and inorganic salts.

Sometimes, some substitutes for powder honey such as nectar, honeydew, mold, etc. are also collected, but the collection of worker bees is gradually developed, generally starting at 10 days of age, and its collection power is fully exerted after 20 days of age.

Fourth, the elderly bee

The age of the elderly bee is not clearly defined, mostly refers to the worker bee whose body fluff has been worn out and is oily black after wintering, and is mainly responsible for finding the source of honey and collecting water in the bee colony, but whether the worker bee can become an elderly bee is related to its life span and early work intensity, such as the shortest life span of the worker bee in the honey collection period is 28 days, and the life span of the overwintering period can reach more than 3 or 4 months.

Juvenile bees refer to 1 8-day-old worker bees after emergence, mainly carry out hive work in the bee colony, including in-nest insulation, hive fanning, cleaning the hive, preparing honey powder, feeding large larvae, etc., 3-day-old young bees are mainly responsible for heat preservation, fanning and cleaning the hive, and after 4 days of age, they can prepare honey, feed large larvae and begin to repeat many times to recognize the nest and fly and the first feces.

Young bees refer to 8 20-day-old worker bees after emerging, mainly responsible for feeding small larvae and queen bees, cleaning the hive, tamping pollen, brewing honey, building the nest spleen, guarding the hive, etc., its biggest feature is that the pharyngeal gland and wax gland are developed, 6 18-day-old worker bees can secrete royal jelly when the pharyngeal gland is developed, and 13 18-day-old worker beeswax glands can secrete beeswax.

Middle-aged bees refer to 20 30-day-old worker bees after emergence, mainly responsible for collection work in the bee colony, such as collecting nectar, pollen, gum, water and inorganic salts, etc., and sometimes collecting some substitutes for powder honey such as nectar, honeydew, mold, etc., but the collection of worker bees is gradually developed, generally starting at 10 days of age, and its collection power is fully exerted after 20 days of age.

The age of the elderly bee is not clearly defined, mostly refers to the worker bee whose body fluff has been worn out and is oily black after wintering, and is mainly responsible for finding the source of honey and collecting water in the bee colony, but whether the worker bee can become an elderly bee is related to its life span and early work intensity, such as the shortest life span of the worker bee in the honey collection period is 28 days, and the life span of the overwintering period can reach more than 3 or 4 months.

As bees grow, what actually changes is the difference in physiological state and division of labor.

The growth period of a bee is about two months. Juvenile bees generally do not sting, while young adults are mainly responsible for collecting and cleaning. Older bees are largely immobile in their nests.

The volume is different, the color is different, the state is different, the way of flight is different, the degree of growth is different, and the size is different.