A Beekeeper in a Magical World Chapter 11: New bee species

Hua Mi used his mind to control a group of Forest Swift Bees to follow him closely. After a while, he felt that his attention was a little distracted and it was difficult to concentrate.

My brain felt like it was broken after two hours of high-level math problems, and my control over the swarm declined.

The intuitive manifestation is that the swarm gradually becomes chaotic and no longer marches forward in a disciplined manner. He has to stop and rectify from time to time.

“I’m not focused enough...continuously controlling the swarm is still very energy-consuming.”

Before this, he had only given some simple instructions to the bee swarm, so it was not very obvious. This time, it took a long time, especially the fight between the control bee swarm and the wild monster just now, which consumed a lot of energy.

"Mistake. It seems that there are many difficulties to be solved in order to realize my plan of farming and beekeeping in another world."

Whether you are going out to find new honey sources, cultivating new bee species, or building a greenhouse, it is not as simple as just talking.

It was only then that he truly realized what it meant that everything was difficult at the beginning.

When he first entered the beekeeping industry, he directly inherited his grandfather’s business, and all the channels were ready, so he did not experience the stage of accumulation from scratch.

Everywhere we look today, there are problems that need to be solved.

It's a headache.

“We are not on the right track yet.”

In view of his increasingly lack of energy, Hua Mi thought of a way to let the swarm lie on his backpack and wait. The survival backpack instantly became a secret weapon.

The reason for this is because compared to following, this command is relatively simple and requires less energy to maintain.

"I'm so witty."

Hua Mi proudly affirmed herself.

But he felt that his energy consumption had been too great. Although he could continue to explore, considering that he still had to leave a certain amount of room to return, turning around in time seemed to be a wiser choice.

Once he loses energy and loses control of the bee colony, he may lose the bee colony.

It would be nice if we could find nectar flowers or other valuable things earlier, but the probability is relatively low. It is not a good deal to risk losing an entire bee colony for an exploration that has a high probability of being fruitless.

"Don't be too anxious in the early stage. It's better to be steady and take your time. Besides, there are still bees to take care of at home, so I don't feel safe if I leave for too long."

Let’s explore the area ahead later.

In the coming Water Moon and Ice Age, it’s really not a big deal if there is no nectar source. After working hard for more than half a month, what’s the point of letting the bees take a rest?

Only by combining work and rest can you live longer, and only by living longer can you create more value.

He can take advantage of the honey-gathering window to focus on cultivating new bee species and preparing for the construction of a greenhouse.

Moreover, there is so much honey flowing in that sea of ​​moon-sleeping flowers.

According to his observations, if this momentum continues, his more than 30 bee colonies are conservatively estimated to eventually produce 500 bottles (based on a net weight of 500g per bottle) of dormant flower honey.

Enough for him to sell for a while.

In this way, due to lack of experience the first time, Hua Mi only walked three or four miles in one direction, so she chose to retreat bravely and turned around to go home.

Finally managed to return to the cabin alive.

But the energy consumption was too much, so I fell asleep.

I slept until dark and woke up with a slight sense of emptiness. I stared at the simple and plain ceiling of the wooden house and thought about life for a while.

Empty, lonely and cold.

"Although I didn't accomplish anything today, I still worked hard for myself."

Hua Mi sighed, got up and took a few mouthfuls of honey to replenish energy. Seeing that it was getting dark and the bees had returned to their nests, they went outside to move the beehives back into the house.

Soon, forty beehives filled the cabin to the brim.

Two of the beehives are specially placed at the front.

It's full of bees doing mutation experiments.

Counting the time, it’s almost time to break out of the cocoon.

"Come on, let me see your potential."

With so many experimental bees, he didn't believe that he was so weak that he didn't even have a single successful individual.

After a while...

"Damn! There really is only one!"

Hua Mi couldn't help but curse.

To be honest, it's a bit defensive.

Out of more than 16,000 bees, only one has evolved beneficial traits. This probability is indeed too high.

Others are either dead or disabled, and a small number have no obvious attribute changes. They are undoubtedly cases of evolutionary failure.

"Is my face too dark, or is the mutagen itself just urinary?"

Hua Mi is a little doubtful about life, which is called depression.

The only successful bee has evolved a rather miraculous ability.

To put it simply, it can harden body parts.

Let’s just say it’s magical. It’s indeed magical.

But to say it is useful, it doesn’t seem to be of much use.

This trait does not help the efficiency of honey collection at all, but actually slows down the speed.

When it comes to combat effectiveness, the improvement does not seem to be very obvious.

After a simple test, the hardness of the hardened parts is really not low. The hardened appearance looks like crystallization, and the pincers can be easily penetrated into the hardwood of the cabin.

However, due to the limitation of the size of the pincer, no matter how hard it is, it is just that, and it is not a big killer.

And after the whole body becomes hardened, the ability to move will be greatly reduced.

It is worth mentioning that the stingers of this new bee species will not fall off after being stung like ordinary bees. It can harden the body and its ability to resist harsh environments should also be enhanced. From this perspective, Bee survival rates will increase.

"And if you breed a group of them and they all become hardened and stand in front of you, it will be equivalent to a shield. It should be able to withstand ordinary attacks... With the pincers pointing outward, it will be a shield of thorns, and it will also cause damage. ."

Hua Mi further diverged his thinking. If the number of bee colonies was large enough, he could even harden the bees and cover them on his body, and find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com to fuse the armor together on the spot.

Of course that scene may look a bit strange...

If you think about it this way, it is still somewhat useful.

Although his ability to collect honey has not been increased, it can improve his sense of security when moving around in this world.

In the final analysis, it is because only such a beneficial trait was born in a large swarm of bees, a single seedling. Even if you cry, you still have to say that it is useful.

Its ability is to harden, so let’s call it “Iron Armored Bee”.

“To me, mining bees and combat bees are equally important. One protects production and the other protects life... When evaluating bee species, in addition to the three attributes of lifespan, reproductive ability and productivity, perhaps combat effectiveness should also be added. ."

Combat power generally considers attributes such as attack, defense, and speed. You can refer to the game.

He hasn't thought about the specifics yet, and plans to go back later to plan carefully and record this new bee species in his notes.

"Copy it first."

Hua Mi copied the template of the Armored Bee.

By the way, we also need to deal with those bees that failed to evolve.

This work is too important to allow for mistakes, lest they contaminate the gene pool.

The treatment method is very simple. After humane destruction, they are all thrown into the flower fields to fertilize the fields. Bees are not heartless creatures, they turn into spring mud to protect flowers.

As for the small number of bees that have not changed significantly, they are reorganized and dispersed to various bee colonies, so that they can once again devote themselves to happy production work.

"Wait, this bee..."

When assigned to one of the bees, Hua Mi sensed something unusual.

On closer inspection, I found that this one had also evolved new traits, but the external manifestations were not obvious, so I had not discovered them before.