Most people rarely see the poop of bees, and they can’t help but wonder what the excrement of bees looks like. There have been rumors that pollen and honey are the poop of these bees. This statement is completely wrong. So what does their excrement look like?
Honey is not bee excrement. Bees take nectar or secretions with a water content of about 80% from plant flowers and store them in their second stomach. Under the action of invertase in their bodies, they ferment for 30 minutes and return to the hive and spit out part of them. The full-time heated bees are used as fuel, so the temperature in the hive can be maintained at about 35 degrees. After a period of time, the water evaporates and becomes honey with a moisture content of less than 20%, which is stored in the hive cavity and sealed with beeswax.
The shape and color of pollen are more likely to be misunderstood as feces. When bees collect small pollen grains through saliva and nectar into large pollen grains, when 2 pollen grains are kneaded, they will stick to them. own fluffy thighs and bring them back to the hive.
The real bee's stool is a long yellow strip. It is said to smell salty. Generally, bees will not be large in the hive, but will excrete nearby. In the picture, you can see that the bee is pulling as it walks and pulls out things. Just like "honey mustard", people have to sigh whether this bee has "gastroenteritis".
During the wintering period, the excrement is retained in the body of the bee and excreted when the bee is flying.
