How many kinds of bees are there in the world?

There are six kinds of bees, namely big bees, black bees, small bees, black bees, oriental bees and western bees. The first four species are wild bee species, distributed in South China Sea, Guangxi and Yunnan. The latter two include many varieties, mostly natural varieties. That is, geographical clan or subspecies. Most species of bees raised artificially are hybrids. Baishan No.5, bred by Jilin Apiculture Research Institute, is an excellent three-way bee.

Oriental bee

There are many natural species of oriental bees, such as Indian bees, Java bees, Japanese bees and China bees.

Chinese bee is an indigenous bee in China. Worker bee length 10~ 12 mm; The ventral backboard is black with obvious or inconspicuous brownish yellow rings. In high latitudes and high mountains, the belly of bees is dark; At low latitudes, the color of the plain is yellow. The whole body is covered with short gray fluff. The beak is 4.5~5.6 mm long. The UAV is 1 1~ 14 mm in length, black or dark brown in color, and covered with gray fluff. The queen bee is 14 ~ 19mm in length, black and brownish red in color, and covered with black and dark yellow fluff.

Worker bees have a keen sense of smell, find honey sources quickly, are good at using sporadic honey sources, fly quickly and collect actively. No gum, wax contains no gum. Strong resistance to bee mites, strong theft, strong bee separation, lack of honey source or easy to fly away when pests and diseases attack. Weak resistance to nest worms, love to bite the old nest spleen. The queen bee is prone to cystic larva disease and European larva, and her oviposition ability is weak. The daily oviposition rarely exceeds 1000, but the oviposition can be adjusted quickly according to the change of honey powder source conditions. The loss of queen bee in the bee colony is easy to cause worker bees to lay eggs.

Chinese bee is a native bee species in China, which has strong adaptability to local climate and honey source conditions and stable output, and is suitable for local breeding, especially in the southern mountainous areas, and has an irreplaceable position for other bee species.

(b) western bees

There are three types of western bees: European, African and Middle Eastern. All the domestic western bees belong to the European type, and we often call them European bees.

1, Italian bee

Italian bees are yellow varieties. The web of worker bees is chitin yellow, and there are yellow bands on the front edge of the back plate of the second to fourth abdominal segments. Body length 12~ 14 mm, light yellow fluff; The beak is 6.2~6.9 mm long. The ability to divide bees is weak and can maintain a strong colony; Good at collecting lasting honey sources. Quickly strengthen the spleen and produce more wax. Mild temperament, not afraid of light, when checking the spleen, bees are very quiet. Strong resistance to nest worms. Italian bees are easy to get lost in their nests, love to be thieves and have weak resistance to bee mites. Queen bees have strong ability to lay eggs and worker bees have strong ability to feed. From spring to autumn, she can maintain a large area of spleen and maintain a strong group potential.

Italian bee is the main bee species in China. Its wintering performance is not as good as that of European black bees. Italian bees are kept all over the country except that it is difficult for them to spend the summer in the subtropical region of South China, and Tibet does not breed.

2. Bees in Canila

Italian bees are similar in size and shape to Italian bees, with black webbed skin, gray fur on the body surface and a beak length of 6.4~6.8 mm. Kappa bees are good at collecting early honey sources in spring and early summer, and can also use sporadic honey sources. Strong bee isolation, cold resistance, strong orientation and less glue collection. Mild temperament, not afraid of light, bees are very quiet during spleen examination. The queen bee has a strong ability to lay eggs, and the bee colony develops rapidly in spring. During the main honey collection period, the queen bee's spawning is easily limited by the amount of honey collected, which makes the spawning circle compressed.

3. El Bachillat Bee Company

It is a native species of Carnivora with the same morphological and biological characteristics as Carnivora.

4. Black bees in northeast China

The northeast black bee raised in Heilongjiang province is a hybrid of the card bee and the European black bee, which is mixed with the blood of the Italian bee. The body shape is similar to that of Carnivora, the dorsal plate of abdominal segment is black, the fluff is gray, the average beak length is 6.4 mm, and it is weak in bee division, cold-resistant, gentle in temperament and not afraid of light.

The queen bee has a strong ability to lay eggs, and the bee colony develops rapidly in spring. She is good at collecting honey sources with large amounts of honey.

5. European black bee

Worker bees 12~ 15 mm, with thick abdomen and black backboard, some of them have yellowish brown spots on the backboard of the second and third abdominal segments, dark brown villi, and the average beak length is 6.4 mm, which is strong in bee classification. There are many trees to be harvested, and they are afraid of light. During the inspection, bees scrambled for it. The queen bee has a strong ability to lay eggs, and the population trend develops smoothly in spring. She is good at collecting the main honey sources in summer and autumn. European black bees raised in Yili, Xinjiang, China are also called Xinjiang black species, and most of them have been mixed with Italian bees.

Bumblebee is the common name of wasp, also known as wasp.