Elven settlers

Chapter 378 Another type of hive

"buzzing"

There was a sound of rapid vibrating insect wings, and in a golden birch forest, several small bee elves with strange shapes flew out.

This kind of elf is a bit like a small honeycomb with three hexagonal cylinders combined. There is a smiling face in each of the three holes of the honeycomb.

The upper two faces each have an antennae and a wing. The lower face has a ruby-like red dot on the face, and some have none.

These little bees with some special shapes are the three bees that Rock is more curious about.

After seeing the blond girl Queen Bee, the three bees flew in mid-air to salute her, and then flew away deep into the forest.

"Here we are, my bee farm is in front of us."

The blond girl led the way for Rock and his party. Judging from the raised corners of her mouth and brisk steps, she should be very satisfied with her bee farm.

After stepping on the thick yellow leaves and entering the birch forest, Rock found that there was something strange here.

The first thing that caught his attention was a very huge beehive. The color of the surface of this beehive was bright yellow, which was very similar to the color of the birch forest, so Rock didn't notice it from far away just now.

However, when you get closer, this hive becomes extremely conspicuous, and you can't even ignore it.

Because the size of the hive is so huge, it is difficult to completely hide it even in the dense birch forest.

"so big!"

"Gamai!" "Hey!" "Boom!"

After walking closer to the hive and looking up at the huge hive, Rock and the elves couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement.

The hive in front of me was built directly on the ground. It was in the shape of an inverted semi-oval, leaning on several tall and thick birch trees as pillars. The highest point was almost five meters high.

Unlike the hives of Rock's giant needle bees that resemble small tree houses, the hives of the three bees and the queen bee are like a small building, and all the three bees and queen bees live in one hive. .

This is due to the behavior of the three bees and the queen bee.

In a bee colony, there will only be one queen bee.All three bees are loyal to the queen bee and work hard day and night to collect honey to support and please the queen bee.

The queen bee releases pheromones to determine the number of bees she can control, which is the size of the colony.

Normally, the queen bee will breed larvae in her honeycomb-shaped abdomen. Those thumb-sized flying insects during the previous battle were the larvae of the queen bee.

It is worth mentioning that these larvae often remain in the form of larvae until death. Only when the number of three bees in the bee colony decreases, or the number of three bees that the queen bee can control increases, will there be a small amount of larvae in the larvae? The lucky one is catalyzed by the queen bee and becomes a new three bees.

This kind of relationship is a bit like a slave society. Although to some extent it is closer to the social nature of real bees before Rock traveled through time, but personally, he still prefers the hive relationship like the giant needle bee.

In the center of the hive, about one meter above the ground, there is a circular hole with a diameter of about [-] meters. Three bees come in and out of the hole.

As soon as she returned to the hive, the queen bee, who had experienced a great battle, flew directly in through the hole of the hive.

After obtaining the consent of the blond girl, Rock took a few steps closer and observed through the hole of the hive.

The lighting in the hive was not very good, and the light was slightly dim. However, Rock relied on his good eyesight and could barely see the scene inside the hive.At the bottom of the hive is a huge pool filled with golden honey.

From time to time, three bees that have brewed honey will replenish the honey in their bodies into the honey pool, and then fly out of the hive again to collect nectar.

At the same time, there are also three bees who have returned from an outing. They are neatly arranged on the inner wall of the apiary in a certain order and begin to quietly ferment and brew honey.

After the queen bee flew into the hive, she lay down on the edge of the honey pool and sucked the honey in the pool.

When it was full of honey, it flew to a protruding pillar in the center of the honey pool.

This pillar made of beeswax has a flat top, a bit like the queen bee's bed. It is the only piece of furniture-like structure in the entire hive, symbolizing the queen bee's absolute status in the hive.

At this time, the queen bee lying on the pillar turned her ruby-like insect eyes, looked at the dozen or so three bees attached to the inner wall of the hive, and waved casually.

The two three bees that were selected by it and had no red spots on their foreheads immediately flew over respectfully and stuck to the abdomen of the queen bee.

"It's quite enjoyable."

Rock looked at the queen bee who was enjoying the service of two three bees, and for a moment he felt that she did look like a lazy queen.

"The previous battle consumed too many of its larvae. Now it is replenishing its larvae, which it doesn't usually do."

The blonde girl felt a little embarrassed that her elf was seen doing that kind of thing by an outsider.She explained, and hurriedly left the hive with Rock and the others who had satisfied their curiosity.

Only then did Rock discover that there was a pink tent not far from the hive, which seemed to be the blond girl's camp.

In addition to tents, there are also some messy piles of debris scattered around the camp.

It seemed that it was rare to see visitors. The blond girl proudly introduced her camp and how she usually lived.

Rui, who saw everything new, listened with interest, but Roque frowned slightly.

From his perspective, the blond girl's camp layout looked a bit unreasonable, and there were many flashy items.

However, he only met the other party by chance, so he did not point out the person presumptuously, and politely closed his mouth and remained silent.

After a while, the blonde girl whose desire to share was satisfied finally thought of selling honey.

She found a clean spoon, scooped two bowls of honey from the honey pool in the hive, and handed them to Rock and Rui, generously saying that they could taste them first before buying them.

Rock looked at the honey in his hand, it was golden in color, a little darker than his big needle honey.

And the fragrance seems to be heavier, with a strong sweet fragrance that can't help but penetrate the nostrils.

He took a small spoon from the hand of the blond girl, poured half a spoonful of honey into his mouth and tasted it. The sweetness was indeed very strong, but the level of taste was not as rich as his own big needle honey. There was no feeling of energy after that.

The honey brewed by Three Bees is also called Tiantian. Rock feels that this name is worthy of its name, but it is still inferior to his own Big Needle honey.

(End of this chapter)