CATDOLL : CATDOLL:How many types of bees are there in the world?

There are 6 species of bees, namely, big bees, black big bees, small bees, black small bees, oriental bees and western bees. The first four are wild bee species, distributed in Nanhai, Guangxi and Yunnan Province (region) of my country. The latter two include many varieties, most of which are natural varieties. That is, geographical clans or subspecies. Artificially bred bee varieties are mostly hybrids. Baishan No. 5 bred by Jilin Province Beekeeping Research Institute is an excellent three-cross bee.

1. Oriental honey bee

There are many natural species of Oriental honey bees, such as Indian bees, Javan bees, Japanese bees and Chinese honey bees.

The Chinese honey bee (Apis cerana) is a native bee of my country. The body length of the worker bee is 10-12 mm; the dorsal plate of the abdominal segment is black with obvious or unclear brown-yellow rings. The abdomen of the Chinese honey bee in high latitudes and high mountainous areas is black; the color of the abdomen in low latitudes and plains is yellowish. The whole body is covered with short gray hairs. The beak is 4.5-5.6 mm long. The body length of the drone is 11-14 mm, the body color is black or dark brown, and the whole body is covered with gray hairs. The body length of the queen bee is 14-19 mm, the body color is black and brown-red, and the whole body is covered with black and dark yellow hairs.

Worker bees have a keen sense of smell, can quickly find nectar sources, are good at using scattered nectar sources, are agile in flight, and are active in collecting. They do not collect gum, and wax does not contain gum. They are strong in resistance to bee mites, have strong robbing and swarming abilities, and are prone to flying away when nectar sources are scarce or when pests and diseases invade. They are weak in resistance to nest insects and love to bite and destroy old honeycombs. They are susceptible to cystic brood disease and European larvae. Queen bees have weak egg-laying ability, and the daily egg-laying volume rarely exceeds 1,000 eggs, but they adjust the egg-laying volume quickly according to changes in nectar and pollen source conditions. Worker bees are prone to egg-laying when the queen bee is lost.

Because the Chinese honey bee is a native bee species in my country, it has a strong adaptability to local climate and nectar conditions, has stable production and is suitable for fixed-location breeding, especially in the mountainous areas of the south, and it has an irreplaceable position that other bee species cannot.

2. Honey bees

There are three types of honey bees: European, African and Middle Eastern. The honey bees raised in my country are all European, and we often call them European honey bees.

1. Italian honey bees

Italian bees are a yellow species. The abdominal plate of worker bees is yellow chitin, and there is a yellow ring on the front edge of the dorsal plate of the second to fourth abdominal segments. The body length is 12~14 mm, and the hair is light yellow; the beak is 6.2~6.9 mm long. They have weak swarming ability and can maintain a strong colony; they are good at collecting large nectar sources that last for a long time. They build honeycombs quickly and produce a lot of wax. They are mild in nature, not afraid of light, and bees are quiet when the honeycombs are lifted for inspection. They have strong resistance to nest insects. Italian bees are easy to get lost in the nest, love to steal, and have weak resistance to bee mites. The queen bee has strong egg-laying ability, and the worker bees have strong feeding ability. From spring to autumn, they can maintain a large area of ​​brood combs and maintain a strong colony.

Italian bees are the main bee species raised in my country. Their wintering performance is not as good as that of European black bees. Except for the difficulty of oversummering in the subtropical areas of South China and the fact that they are not raised in Tibet, Italian bees are raised all over the country.

2. Carniola bee

The size and shape of the bee are similar to those of the Italian bee, with a black abdomen, gray hairs on the body, and a beak length of 6.4-6.8 mm. The bee is good at collecting early nectar sources in spring and early summer, and can also use sporadic nectar sources. It has strong swarming, cold resistance, strong directional ability, and collects less gum. It is mild, not afraid of light, and the bees are quiet when the comb is lifted for inspection. The queen bee has a strong egg-laying ability and the colony develops rapidly in spring. During the main honey-collecting period, the queen bee's egg-laying is easily restricted by the honey intake, which compresses the egg-laying circle.

3. Elpathian Bee

It is a local species of Carniola bee, with the same morphological and biological characteristics as the Carniola bee.

4. Northeastern Black Bee

The Northeastern black bees raised in Heilongjiang Province are a hybrid of the Carcharodon carcharias and the European black bees, with a mixture of Italian bees. They are similar in shape to the Carcharodon carcharias, with black abdominal segments, gray hairs, and an average beak length of 6.4 mm. They are less swarming, cold-resistant, mild, and not afraid of light.

The queen bee has strong egg-laying ability, the colony grows rapidly in spring, and she is good at collecting nectar sources with large nectar flows.

5. European Black Bee

The body of a worker bee is 12-15 mm, with a thick abdomen and a black back plate. Some have yellow-brown spots on the back plates of the second and third abdominal segments. The hair is dark brown and the average length of the beak is 6.4 mm. They are highly swarming. They collect from many trees and are afraid of light. When inspected, the bees crawl around. The queen bee has a strong egg-laying ability. The colony develops slowly in spring and is good at collecting the main nectar sources in summer and autumn. The European black bees raised in the Yili area of ​​Xinjiang, my country are also called Xinjiang black species, and most of them have been mixed with Italian bees.

Hornet is the common name for wasp, also called hornet.

There are about 40 species of bees in the world, of which about 10 belong to the Oriental honey bee species, including the more common Chinese honey bees, Indian honey bees, Japanese honey bees, etc.; there are 25 to 30 species belonging to the Western honey bee species, which can be divided into European types (about 9 species), African types (about 15 species), Middle Eastern types (about 4 to 5 species), etc.

Common ones include Chinese honey bees, Italian honey bees, Carniola honey bees, Caucasian honey bees, European black honey bees, Tunisian honey bees, East African honey bees and Anatolian honey bees. The four bee species with the highest economic value recognized by the world are all from Europe, namely European black honey bees, Italian honey bees, Carniola honey bees and Caucasian honey bees.

Additional information:

There are many types of bees, mainly including small bees, black small bees, large bees, black large bees, Sabah bees, Suweilasi bees, green slave bees, western bees and oriental bees. The first four are wild bee species, distributed in Hainan, Guangxi and Yunnan in China, and the latter two include many subspecies, most of which are geographically isolated natural subspecies. Artificially bred bee varieties are mostly hybrids.

The queen bee's social division of labor is to lay eggs full-time, shouldering the social responsibility of reproducing offspring. Its body is very strong, with a big belly, weighing twice as much as a worker bee, and it has lost the slenderness of a "female" figure.

During the egg-laying period, the queen bee feeds royal jelly to the worker bees every day to promote rapid metabolism and maintain strong egg-laying ability. According to expert statistics, the queen bee of the Chinese honey bee can lay 700 to 800 eggs a day, but the most is 100% higher than this, that is the queen bee of the Italian honey bee, which can reach 1500 to 2000 eggs. In terms of weight, the average number of eggs laid every day is almost twice its own body weight.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Bee

There are about 35 to 40 species of bees in the world. There are about 10 species of oriental bees, 25 to 30 species of western bees, 9 of which are European. There are about 15 species of African, and 4 to 5 species of Middle Eastern. The four bee species with the highest economic value recognized by the world are all from Europe, namely, the European black bee, the Italian bee, the Carniola bee (also translated as the Carniola bee) and the Caucasian bee.

There are many types of bees, the main ones are:

1. Black bee Apis (Micrapis) andreniformis Smith, 1858

Alias: small row of bees. Distribution: In China, it is distributed in Jinghong, Mengla, and Cangyuan and Gengma in Lincang area of ​​Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province; abroad, it is distributed in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

2. Apis florae Fabricius, 1787

Alias: small grass bee. Distribution: In China, it is distributed in Yunnan Province south of 26°40′ north latitude and below 1900m above sea level, Longzhou, Baise, Shangsi and other places in southern Guangxi; abroad, it is distributed in northern Oman and South Asia and Southeast Asia east of Iran.

3. Black Bee Apis (Megapis) laboriosa Smith, 1871

Other names: rock bee, Himalayan row bee, snow mountain bee. Distribution: In China, it is distributed in the southern foothills of the Himalayas, southern Tibet, and the Nujiang, Cangjiang, Jinshajiang, and Honghe River basins in the Hengduan Mountains of Yunnan; abroad, it is distributed in Nepal, Bhutan, northern India, northern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam.

4. Apis (Megapis) dorsata Fabricius, 1793

Other names: row bee, horse bee (Tai name). Distribution: In China, it is distributed in southern Yunnan, southern Guangxi and Hainan Island; abroad, it is distributed in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

5. Apis sigmata koschevnikovi Butte-Reepen, 1906

Alias: Red Bee

Distribution: Only distributed in Kaliman Island. The northern part of the island belongs to Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei in Malaysia, and the southern part belongs to Indonesia.

6. Apis (sigmatapis) muluensis Tingek, Koeniger and Koeniger, 1998

Distribution: Found only in the Green Nu Mountains in Sabah, Malaysia.

7. Apis (sigmatapis) nigrocinta, Smith, 1871

Distribution: Sulawesi Islands in Indonesia and the Philippines.

8. Apis (sigmatapis) cerana Fabricius, 1793

Distribution: Asia, including China, Japan, North Korea, Russian Far East, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and other countries, living in temperate, subtropical and tropical regions.

9. Western honey bee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution: Originated in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, it has been introduced to all parts of the world due to European immigration and commercial exchanges, and has become the main species of bees raised

Stingless bees and wheat bees have hexagonal cells. There are also yellow-spotted bees, which use plant hairs to make wart-like nests on stems; reed bees and leaf-tongue bees build nests in dead plant stems; some species of bumblebees build nests under dead branches and leaves in the woods; and wood bees drill holes in wood to make nests, etc. There are also others, such as mason bees, which use saliva to stick small gravel into nests, and wall bees that build nests in slug shells, etc.

These are some of the types of bees, and how to identify them by observing their nests. Of course, there are more than just these many bees on Earth, but if you ask me to list them, I will list the types that are easier to identify and less dangerous.