CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to find a bee that has flown away

1. How to find a bee that has flown away

If the queen bee is here, she will fly back.

If they are gone, they can’t be found again, and those bees won’t live long.

2. I want to buy a telescope to find a beehive

1. I am not familiar with the purpose you mentioned, but based on my experience and feeling of using telescopes, I guess it is similar to outdoors.

There is nothing special to recommend. As long as it is a good telescope, it is actually more suitable for outdoor travel, watching games, or concerts. It is not recommended to buy one that is too small as it will not be comfortable.

The only thing that needs to be emphasized is that it is recommended to choose 8x, because the magnification is moderate and the field of view is relatively large. It is more suitable for outdoor sports.

2. You can try to look for it in commodity distribution centers such as technology markets, and you may find it. You can also pay attention to stadiums, optical shops, and photography equipment stores, which may have such things. Ordinary stores may not be easy to find.

Please note that there are many counterfeits now, and inferior products account for more than 90% of the market, and there are also various false propaganda, such as "night vision", "infrared", "Japanese cherry blossoms", "Russia", etc. It is recommended that you understand the basic knowledge: in terms of basic identification, pay special attention to issues such as magnification, military use, night vision, etc., that is, an introduction to some common false propaganda.

Basically, if you have a familiar understanding of these aspects, there are more inferior and fake ones, so being careful is the most important thing. In addition, you should not choose a zoom handheld one.

3. When using it outdoors, try to avoid bumps and collisions.

3. How to find a beehive in the wild?

Chinese bee breeders and pomelo growers in Shishan Town, Meixian County, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province answer your questions: How to find beehives in the wild?

The Chinese honey bee species in my country have a variety of habits that adapt to life in the wild. Once a swarm or a whole group of migrating Chinese honey bees finds a nest that they are satisfied with in the wild, they will move into it to build a nest and live there, and can permanently become wild bees (without human interference). According to the nesting habits of wild bees, they will generally build nests and live in tree holes, rock crevices, wall holes, soil holes, etc. that can shelter from wind and rain. Therefore, we can pay more attention to these places when looking for wild beehives. There are also a few points to note when searching:

(1) Do not harm the public interest

Although bees are wild, some are raised by beekeepers using traditional methods. For example, the bees in a beehive already have an owner, so try not to collect them to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

(2) Do not endanger your own safety

Some wild bees build their nests on cliffs or in places that are difficult to capture, which is dangerous. Therefore, you should capture them according to your own ability, or let them develop naturally.

(3) Maintaining the original appearance of wild beehives

After we find wild beehives and capture them, we need to rebuild the damaged nests so that new wild bees will come to live there after a while; when capturing, we try to leave enough remaining bees in the original nest to allow the bee colony to recover on its own (leave behind the eggs and larvae, and the worker bees will build emergency queen cells), so that the wild bees can continue to survive.

Key points for finding wild beehives in the wild: 1. Look for traces of wild bees

Before we look for wild beehives, we must first determine whether there are wild bees within a 1.5-kilometer radius with ourselves as the center. If not, we need to find another suitable location. Wild bees are very strict about the micro-environment in which they live. Generally, they start looking in mountains, forests, and wilderness instead of searching in dense areas. First, carefully observe whether there are wild bees collecting nectar and pollen on the surrounding flowering plants, listen quietly for the "buzzing" sound made by the bees when they fly, and use binoculars to observe the bee trails to find traces of wild bees. With the help of these traces, it will be easier to find wild beehives. Some tips for finding traces:

(1) When the temperature is high, look for water-collecting bees in places with water;

(2) At around 2 p.m. on a clear day, listen carefully to see if there are any sounds of new bees flying around to find their nests, and observe if there are any feces excreted by new bees on the leaves.

(3) Wild bees have the characteristic of discarding their domestic waste nearby. We should pay more attention to whether there are dead bees, wax scraps and other waste produced by bees on the leaves of surrounding trees and plants and on the ground.

(4) The bees returning to the hive fly slowly in a straight line with their tails hanging down; the bees leaving the hive sway their bodies in a zigzag shape and fly quickly toward the nectar source.

2. Attract bees to come

When you are sure there are wild bees at the location, find an open place, preferably upwind, and light old honeycombs intermittently to let the smell of honey and wax float in the air. You can also spray honey water to lure bees to the nest. Generally, bees will come within 20 minutes, and the more bees that come, the shorter the time, indicating that the wild beehive is closer. When bees come to the nest, immediately place a container filled with honey water on the burning honeycomb to make it easy for the bees to find and feed. Then wait quietly and do not disturb the bees feeding. When they finish feeding, they will return to the nest to attract more bees, which will be of great help in accurately determining the location of the wild beehive.

3. Determine the location of wild beehives

According to the principle that bees fly in a straight line when returning to the nest after sucking honey, starting from the place where the honey water is placed for the first time, find a reference object in the distance along the flying direction of the returning bees, and draw a virtual straight line; then set up a second honey feeding point dozens of meters away, and burn the honeycomb again to lure the bees that have fed at the first feeding point to come. At the second feeding point, find another reference object along the direction of the returning bees and draw a second virtual straight line. Another honey container can be placed at the place where the honey water was placed for the first time. In this way, two feeding points and two flying straight lines in the air are formed. The point where the two straight lines intersect is likely to be the location of the wild bee's hive. Then, go there and search carefully. If the direction of the returning bees returning to the nest exceeds two straight lines, it means that the bees coming to the feeding point come from two or more groups of bees. After repeated observation and careful analysis, they can also be identified separately. This method is mainly used in plains within a radius of 1.5-3 kilometers. For places with high mountains within this range, it is necessary to repeat the above method continuously, and then combine careful searching and one's own bee-finding experience to accurately build a wild beehive.

After the collection is completed, the wild beehive will be restored to its original state. The above is my answer to the question "How to find a beehive in the wild?" based on my own understanding and many years of practice in beekeeping. I hope it can help you. If you like it, please pay attention to it. Your attention is my motivation to share my experience. I hope to help more people in need through sharing. Thank you very much for your reading! ① Observe the direction of the bees returning to the nest.

The weather is fine and the flowers are in full bloom. If you want to look for bees in the wild, you can choose to go to a place full of wild flowers and carefully observe the direction of the bees collecting nectar and pollen on the flowers. When you find that the bees collecting nectar and pollen take off and fly in a straight line in a certain direction, it means that the beehive should not be too far away. You can find the beehive by following the direction of the bees returning to the hive. If the bees collecting nectar and pollen take off and fly in a straight line in a certain direction, you can find the beehive.

Wild rock pile

② Look for large tree holes and stone caves in the wild.

If you go to the wild to look for bees, in order to save time and energy, you can choose a sampling search method, focusing on looking for large tree holes and stone caves in the wild, and you will often receive unexpected surprises. Because large tree holes and stone caves in the wild are the favorite places for wild Chinese bees to build nests. Large tree holes and stone caves are not only warm in winter and cool in summer, but also safe and well concealed. As long as you carefully look for such large tree holes and stone caves in the wild, you will generally not return empty-handed; if you are lucky, you may be able to harvest both honey and bee colonies.

Wild woods

③ Pay attention to the yellow feces on leaves in the wild.

When the weather is fine and you go to the woods to look for bees, you only need to carefully observe whether there is yellow feces on the leaves around the forest. This yellow feces is the excrement of wild Chinese bees when they go out of the nest to collect and the young bees test flight. If you find a lot of yellow feces on the leaves nearby, it means that the beehive is not far away. Just look carefully in the direction where the yellow feces are denser. When you get closer to the beehive, you will hear the buzzing sound of the bees leaving the nest, which means that the beehive has appeared in front of you.

Bee droppings

④ Use honey or burning candles to track the route.

If you are looking for bees in the wild, but don't want to spend a lot of time observing the bees returning to the nest, you can use the method of burning old beehives to attract bees with the scent of wax, and place a plate of honey for the bees to eat, and then observe which direction the foraging bees return to the nest. The faster and more foraging bees go back and forth, it means that the hive is not far away. As long as you carefully observe which direction the bees are flying in large numbers, you can find the hive smoothly along the bee path. This method is very practical for finding Chinese bees in the wild. As long as there are wild Chinese bees attracted by the scent of wax and come to eat honey and return to the nest, you can harvest honey and bee colonies by searching along the route where a large number of foraging bees return to the nest.

Wild bee haunts

⑤ Only by enduring bitterness can you experience sweetness.

Finding Chinese beehives in the wild requires hard work and a lot of time and energy. If you are lucky, you may be able to harvest many groups of Chinese bees and honey in one day. If you are unlucky, you can say that you get nothing. After all, to find Chinese bees in the wild, you need perseverance and hard work, as well as certain skills in finding, chasing and observing bees. In general, finding Chinese beehives in the wild is not difficult, but it is not easy either. After all, if you want to get honey, you must endure the bee sting.

Chinese honey bees are a species unique to my country. They are widely distributed in the east, west, south, and north. They usually make their homes in sunny and sheltered places such as caves on the mountain, large tree holes, and earth holes on the hillside. They have the habit of swarming, and it is difficult to find their nests unless you encounter swarming or escaping bees. There are some tricks to finding beehives. The following is an explanation of the experience of old beekeepers in catching bees.

First, attract bees

Prepare some honey and beeswax. You can start looking for beehives around August 15. Many flowers have withered in this season, and it is time for bees to prepare for the winter and store food, so they need a lot of food.

Choose a sunny and windless day, and dilute the honey with water in a place where bees often appear, and put it in a container. Put some grass and leaves on the water surface to prevent the bees from drowning. Burning beeswax makes it easier for bees to find food. Wait for 10-20 minutes and you will find many bees coming to eat the honey water.

Second, chasing bees and finding their nests

When a certain number of bees come to eat food, you can observe the direction they fly back after eating. There are many bees, and they all fly back and forth in the same direction, so a very obvious flight path will appear. If they take off and fly back home after eating, it means the nest is very close. If they need to circle three or four times in the air before flying away after taking off, they are very far away. Move the food 500 meters in the direction they fly back and continue to observe their take-off status until they fly away as soon as they are full, then you can go find the nest. You can hear their buzzing 7-8 meters away from the nest.

When you take the bees home, you can take all the honey, but if you only want to take the sugar, you have to leave one-third of the honey for them to overwinter. Remember to restore the dug nest to its original state, as a new colony will move in next spring.

Food guidance;

From June to August, you can go to the tree trunks that secrete sap and some flowers to find wasps eating. When you find traces of wasps, you can sharpen the ends of 1-2 meter thin tree trunk branches and thread grasshoppers (crickets, dragonflies, chickens are all OK) to lure them to eat. After the wasps are lured to eat, watch them fixedly. The wasps will transport back and forth until the food is eaten up. During this period, you can observe the direction of the wasps returning to the nest and calculate its round-trip time, from which you can preliminarily estimate the location of the wasps' nest. Under normal circumstances, the time of each round trip and the straight-line distance of the nest are about: 2 minutes; 200-300 meters, 3 minutes; 400-500 meters, 4 minutes; 600-700 meters, 5 minutes; about 1000 meters. If the round trip time for feeding exceeds 10 minutes each time, it means that the nest is 1.5 kilometers away (the farthest can reach 5 kilometers), and it is particularly difficult to find. At this time, you should choose another point to induce. To facilitate observation of the location of the wasp's nest, you can also gently tie a thin line with white tape around the waist of the wasp when it is chewing food. The wasp will fly directly back to the nest after chewing the food, and will not know that there is white tape hanging on its waist. In this way, you can see a white dot flying towards the wasp's nest from a distance.

When inducing wasps to feed, if the wasps refuse to eat a certain food, you can switch to another type of inducement, such as

In the better forest areas, the big wasps will refuse to eat grasshoppers and only like to prey on other small wasps. At this time, you can use cicadas, dragonflies or other small wasps as bait. If the wasps are not interested in several foods, it means that the nest is small or the wasps have been taken away by others recently. In this case, you don't need to waste time, you should look for other wasps to lure food.

My family keeps bees. You can dissolve some sugar water and put it in the wild and put some floating objects on it. When the bees come and eat, see where they fly to. You can't find them. Then put the sugar water on the ground and wait for them to eat. It just wastes time.

Ask the bees or ask the bears

Before looking for a wild bee hive, you must first determine whether there are wild bee colonies in the area. If there are no wild bee colonies in the area, no matter how hard you look, it will be in vain. To determine whether there are wild bee colonies, you can observe in places with abundant nectar sources. If there are bees collecting honey and there are no artificially bred bee colonies in the area, it means that there are wild bee hives nearby. In fact, as long as there are wild bee colonies in the area, it is only a matter of time to find them.