CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What kind of meat is best for wasps to eat?

1. What kind of meat is best for wasps to eat?

Wasps like to eat the meat of caterpillars and also like sweets. They are omnivorous and their food types are quite diverse.

Hornets are completely metamorphosed animals, going through four stages in their life: egg, larva, pupa and adult. The body appearance is different in each stage. The egg is usually oval, white, and smooth, with one in each nest chamber, with a stalk at the base to hold it in place until the larvae hatch. Even if the nest is hung upside down, it will not fall, and the worker bees are responsible for feeding it. When it matures, its body gradually turns from crystal clear to bright yellow, and then it seals the hole with a thin cocoon and turns into a pupa. After it emerges as an adult, it breaks out of the cocoon.

Hornets usually come out of hibernation when the temperature is 12-13℃, start building nests when the temperature is 16-18℃, hibernate when the temperature drops to 6-10℃ in autumn, are most active when the temperature is high at noon in spring, often stop being active when it is hot at noon in summer, and return to the nest at night. Hornets like light, and usually stop being active when the wind speed is above level 3, and stop going out on rainy days. They go out regularly.

2. Can we keep wasps without feeding grasshoppers?

able.

First, build a frame with wooden strips in the field as a training cage, and cultivate cabbage worms in the cage as feed for yellow-legged hornets; capture wild female bees and put them in the training cage, and feed them clean water and liquid feed in the cage; according to the number of female bees captured, hang empty beehives for the hornets to build nests; when the first generation of adult bees emerge, move the beehives out of the cages and move them to the fields to let them prey on various pests, and finally carry out overwintering management.

3. What does the queen wasp eat?

In the later stage of nesting, when there are more large larvae of wasps, each nest of golden rings needs to be fed with more than 30 bees per day, and yellow feet need about 20. In addition, some insects that the queen bee likes to eat, such as flies, crickets, dragonflies, etc., should be prepared for omnivorous feeding. This can increase the nesting rate of the queen bee and the success rate of its growth in the later stage. If there are no bees, you can also raise green rice bees as food for wasps.

Bees are omnivores, not specialized carnivores. The food of wasps can be roughly divided into four categories: resin, insects, fruits, and nectar.

1. Wasps eat gum, but not all gums. Generally, they only eat gums containing sugars. For example, wasps eat the gum secreted by chestnut trees and sugar pear trees.

2. Hornets do not eat all insects. They generally do not eat smelly insects and insects that are larger than hornets and have hard shells. As for the rest, such as grasshoppers, caterpillars, mantises, etc., hornets can use them as snacks.

3. Generally, wasps like to eat fruits with worm holes, and also fruits that are ripe and about to rot, especially in places where raisins and grapes are planted, when the raisins and grapes are rotten.

4. Hornets also eat nectar. The main reason why hornets attack bees is to eat them. However, while attacking bees, hornets actually also eat honey. For example, in hornet breeding, there is a process of training the queen bee, and during this process the hornets will be fed with honey.

4. What do human-headed bees eat during the winter? Is there any honey in the hive?

The human-headed wasp, scientifically known as wasp, commonly known as hornet, also known as calabash wasp. Its main food is various small insects, and it will also eat some nectar from flowers, but it will not collect nectar and bring it back to the nest to make honey like bees.

Generally, they start to be active in spring from April to May. Each queen bee builds a nest and lays eggs at the corners of the beehive. There is one egg in each cell, and the egg period is 7 days. The larvae adhere to the cell wall with the silk groove at the tail end. The queen bee feeds on various soft insects. The larval period is 20 days. The mature larvae are responsible for spinning silk to feed the larvae. In autumn, there are thousands or tens of thousands of bees in one nest. The reproduction is fast in July and August. When the fruit trees are ripe, the worker bees eat the juice and pulp, and then return to the nest to feed the larvae. After the new queen bee is bred, the old queen bee dies, and the new queen bee mates with the drones for fertilization, and leaves the nest to find a wintering place to hibernate.

Most of the worker bees and drones die, and only the fertilized queen bees overwinter in tree holes, walls or rock crevices.

The human-headed bee, scientifically known as wasp, commonly known as hornet, also called gourd bee. Its main food is various small insects. It will also eat some nectar from flowers, but it will not collect nectar and return to the nest to make honey like bees. Generally, it starts to be active in spring from April to May. Each queen bee builds a nest and lays eggs at the corners of the beehive. There is one egg in each chamber, and the egg period is 7 days. The larvae adhere to the wall of the chamber with the tail end silk groove. The queen bee feeds on various soft insects. The larval period is 20 days. The mature larvae are responsible for spinning silk to seal the larvae. By autumn, there are thousands or tens of thousands of bees in one nest, and the reproduction is fast in July and August. During the ripening period of fruit trees, the worker bees eat juice and pulp, and then return to the nest to feed the larvae. After the new queen bee is bred, the old queen bee dies, and the new queen bee mates with the drone to fertilize, and leaves the nest to find a wintering site to overwinter. Most of the worker bees and drones die, and only the fertilized queen bee overwinter in tree holes, walls or rock cracks.

Winter honey is actually honey collected in autumn

Autumn

5. When breeding Yunnan Horntails, do they need to be fed during the winter?

No, hornets will not disperse to eat when the temperature is below 10℃.

Wasp breeding:

1. The life cycle of a wasp includes four stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. There are three generations in a year. The first generation of adults emerges in mid-June, the second generation generally occurs in mid-June to early July, and the third generation emerges in mid-July to early to mid-August. They mate in late October and begin to hibernate. Most male bees appear in the third generation, die after mating, and have a short lifespan. Overwintering male bees are gregarious and often huddle together to overwinter and resist the cold. In spring, female bees forage and build nests alone, usually on trees.

Or in tree holes. The adults prey on lepidopteran larvae and feed on juice and young leaves.

2. Main feeding equipment:

(1) Beehive. Made of wood or iron mesh, with a volume of about 0.03 to 0.04 cubic meters, allowing ample room for movement.

(2) Bee shed. The size depends on the number of beehives to be harvested. Large glass greenhouses, large factory buildings or special beekeeping sheds can be used. Bee sheds are made of iron and wood as supports and iron window screens as fences. The area is generally about 100 square meters and 2 meters high. Corn, soybeans, cotton and other crops that are easy for insects to survive are planted in the shed. A screen door is left on one side of the shed. Small plates containing honey water, fruits, melon peels and other feeds should be hung in the shed so that the bees can eat and move freely after being put in.

There are screens around the window and a trap door on one side.

3. Feed:

Fruits, such as ripe apples and peaches; vegetables with high water content; molasses; melon rinds, etc.

4. Pest and disease control technology:

There are many natural enemies that harm wasps, including insects, spiders, birds, mice, etc., as well as diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms. The most serious harm to beehives is the yellow-tailed brood borer of the Lepidoptera family. Its adult lays eggs on the beehive at night, 4 to 5

The larvae hatch after 14 days. The larvae travel through the cells in the beehive, bite the wasp larvae, and cause the beehive to disintegrate. The moth likes to be active at night, while the wasps are active during the day and lie on the nest at night, allowing the moth to lay its eggs on the beehive without doing anything. Once the moth invades the beehive, a large number of wasps can die. To prevent the moth, one is to let the wasps build their nests far away from the ground, because the wasps in nature are generally more seriously harmed by the moth if the nest is close to the ground, and less seriously if it is far from the ground; the second is to close the door of the beehive every night within 2 to 3 days of the moth laying eggs in the artificial breeding box to prevent the moth from laying eggs in the beehive. The larvae are prone to foul odor in hot and rainy seasons, and will soon become ill and die after infection. The beehives can be evacuated and antibiotics can be sprayed on the beehive with a sprayer for prevention.

In addition, animals that harm wasps include crows, magpies, ants, spiders, geckos, etc. During the winter, mice will also bite groups of wasps that hibernate, so we need to strengthen prevention.

Wasps will not disperse to eat when the temperature is below 10℃. If the temperature is too high in winter, you can place some honey water around the wasp nest to provide energy for it.