A Beekeeper in a Magical World Chapter 5: Forest Swift Bee

The appearance of the worker bee has not changed much. The body surface is still mainly yellow and black, but the color has deepened. The wings have become thicker and no longer transparent, with fine black lines all over them.

I can feel that its vitality is much stronger.

The most important thing is that its wings flap very quickly.

Hua Mi controlled it to fly several times in the air, and its speed was estimated to be twice that of an ordinary bee!

And it shows no adverse traits.

Hua Mi generally uses three attributes to evaluate the strength of a bee species.

One is lifespan.

The second is fecundity.

The third is productivity.

The third productivity is mainly related to the structure and movement ability of the bees themselves.

Bees have a structure called a honey sac, which is a place where nectar is stored. How much nectar can be carried back to the nest at one time depends on its size. The larger the honey sac, the higher the efficiency.

Needless to say about mobility, the faster the flight speed, the shorter the round trip time.

This mutant bumble bee is twice as fast, and its efficiency in collecting honey is naturally greatly improved.

"Although it's not a particularly outstanding mutation, it can still be used."

Now this mutated bumble bee should be the fastest bee in the world.

It's a pity that there is only one.

The method of using mutagenic agents to induce mutations is uncontrollable, and the probability of successfully evolving beneficial traits is very low. Evolving 1 out of these 50 animals feels like protection for novices. According to the probability under normal circumstances, it may take one A new bee can evolve at the expense of the bee colony.

But after you have more bee colonies, you can use some of them for experiments.

After there are many mutant bee species, you can try to use hybridization to create new bee species.

If mutagenic agents are understood as chemical means, then hybridization is a biological means.

Compared to mutagenic agents, hybridization is safer and less expensive.

The bees just need to cheer up.

And hybridization can summarize the rules, control the direction of mutation to a certain extent, and create more and stronger bee species in a planned way.

"In short, building more bee colonies is a top priority."

Hua Mi took out his alchemy notes, turned to a blank page, and wrote the six-character title "Illustrated Book of Mutated Bee Species".

"The characteristics of this mutant bumble bee are its fast speed and the fact that it was born in the forest. Let's just call it the 'Forest Swift Bee'."

Hua Mi wrote the words "Forest Swift Bee" on the paper.

"The Forest Swift Bee is a mutation of the Chinese honeybee. Its flight speed is twice that of the Chinese honeybee. Its activity time is the same as that of the Chinese honeybee. It rises during the day and stays at night. Its appearance is mainly yellow and black, and the color has deepened. The wings are It becomes thicker, no longer transparent, and covered with black fine lines..."

In addition, there are three attributes of bee colonies: lifespan, productivity and fecundity.

It is necessary to make a record.

If the Chinese honeybee is used as the standard, the three attributes are all set to 1.

Then the productivity of the Forest Swift Bee should be set at 2. The amount of nectar collected in a single time has not increased. The advantage is mainly reflected in the speed of action...

In addition, there is lifespan and reproductive capacity.

He originally thought that this would require observation to determine.

However, after releasing his consciousness and "touching" the forest speed bee carefully, he found that he could clearly perceive the physical state of the bee and abstract it into attribute information.

By comparing it with ordinary bees, you can probably figure out how many times its lifespan and reproductive capacity are.

[Lifespan: 0.5]

[Fecundity: 3]

[Productivity: 2]

The lifespan is only half that of ordinary bees. It's no wonder that the physiological activities of the swift bee are more "rapid" and burn life, so it is reasonable for the life span to be shorter.

The reproductive capacity gave him a small surprise, it was three times that of ordinary bee species.

This makes up for the shortcomings of lifespan. High reproductive capacity means that it takes a short time to breed a new batch of bees. Just like the birth rate of human groups is higher than the death rate, the overall bee colony will show strong vitality.

The number of individual bees in the colony will increase significantly, and the colony's ability to resist risks will also be significantly enhanced.

Not to mention its ability to collect honey, which is estimated to be more than twice that of ordinary bees.

The more Hua Mi explores, the more delighted she becomes. No beekeeper can refuse the temptation of excellent new bee species...

Suddenly, the place on the back of Hua Mi's hand where she was stung felt strange again, and it began to feel hot and numb.

This strange feeling spread from the back of my hand to my forehead.

He had another vision of the small blue bee, and the shadow of the blue bee was right in the middle of his field of vision.

"Is there any staying power?"

Hua Mi's eyes flashed, and then he saw a hazy blue light extending from the blue bee, connecting with the forest speed bee.

This process lasted less than a minute before the connection was disconnected.

Hua Mi hurriedly investigated and found that there was no problem with the Forest Swift Bee individual, and he was relieved.

Under the blue bee in the field of vision, there is the shadow of another bee, which looks exactly like the forest speed bee!

This was a phenomenon he saw intuitively, and he understood its meaning almost instantly.

The blue bee just now, no, to be precise, it was myself who was given super powers by the blue bee, replicating the excellent traits of the forest speed bee!

Moreover, he can pass this trait on to the evolutionary parent, which is the ordinary Chinese bee, allowing the ordinary bee to evolve into a forest speed bee!

"Try it."

Hua Mi controlled an ordinary worker bee to fly over.

He concentrated his attention, and in his mind, he injected the forest speed bee template into the body of ordinary worker bees.

Soon, obvious changes occurred in the worker bee, and a force that was ready to go appeared, just like the bee before it mutated into a forest speed bee.

The worker bee also flew back to the hive and began to secrete wax cocoons.

“But converting one by one is still very troublesome.”

You have to know that there are at least seven to eight thousand individual bees in a bee colony. If you transform them one by one, what else should you do?

Hua Mi controlled a group of bees to stop collecting honey and flew back. The remaining bees in the beehive also came out and lined up neatly above the beehive.

He concentrated his attention, this time the target was not a certain individual, but the entire swarm.

Have the Forest Swift Bee template cover the entire swarm.

Although it took a little longer this time, about two minutes, it was still successful!

The bee colony changes collectively and returns to the hive to secrete waxy cocoons.

"Great!"

With this ability, there is no need to spend a lot of time and energy considering the problem of breeding individual new bee species and expanding them into bee colonies.

In just one night, he can create an entire new swarm!

Hua Mi took a deep breath to calm down.

"In other words, as long as a new bee species mutates, I can record this new bee species and expand it into a bee colony in a short period of time."

……

Hua Mi did two things next.

The first thing is to gather 50 drones and 50 worker bees from the remaining 29 beehives, with an average of three or four from each beehive, and let them take the mutation lure to try to evolve.

The structure of a bee colony is actually very simple. In addition to worker bees, a beehive has only one queen bee and dozens of drone bees.

Drones have only one role, which is to provide male reproductive cells for the queen bee.

Generally speaking, the queen bee only mates with multiple drones in a short period of time throughout her life, and then stores the male reproductive cells in her body for lifelong use.

Under normal circumstances, the peak queen can lay thousands of eggs in 24 hours, say less than seven or eight hundred, which is no problem.

Most develop into worker bees, and a few develop into drone bees. The proportion mainly depends on the number of worker bees and drone cells.

After laying eggs, the queen bee generally does not need to mate anymore because her internal reserves are sufficient.

After completing the mating task, the drone is no longer needed, because the reproductive organs remain in the queen bee's body and the internal organs are torn out, resulting in death. Even if they survive, they will be driven away by the worker bees and starve to death.

He did not experiment with the queen bee. There is only one king in each bee colony. Without the king, the bee colony will have big problems. It is possible to rescue it, but there is a high probability that the whole army will be destroyed.

"I hope there will be individuals that have successfully evolved, even just one."

This way he can copy the template and create a swarm.

Hua Mi silently prayed to the Patriarch for blessings, but then she thought that the Patriarch might not be heard when she prayed in another world.

That’s all, it’s better not to rely on metaphysics. Following the objective laws of science is the key to success.

"We must use scientific methods to cultivate magic bees and brew magic honey."

The second thing is that Hua Mi wants to transform all of her ordinary bee colonies into forest swift bee colonies.

Of course, in the process of evolution, bees will inevitably have to stop collecting honey for a period of time.

But sharpening a knife does not make you a chopping wood.

Bee species with twice the collection capacity mean that the production time of a batch of honey can be shortened by half. What beekeeper can resist this temptation?

But when he transformed into the tenth swarm, he felt that he was distracted and could no longer concentrate.

"Template transformation is not without cost, it requires mental energy..."

Hua Mi had to stop. At this time, his brain was as fragmented as if he had been doing advanced math problems for three hours in a row.

I lay down on the recliner, tilted my head, and fell asleep peacefully.