There are some bees at home. I want to know what kind it is, so that I can find a nest. Let's help.

There are many kinds of bees nesting underground in China, including wallbees and bumblebees. In fact, some wild bees also nest underground. This photo looks like a little bee.

Soil bees, also known as Chinese bees, are the whole insects of the family Soil Bees. It is big, round and long, about 2 cm long, generally black, and its larvae can be used as medicine to treat spider bites.

You think you know what bees are like: they make honey, live in a hive with the queen bee, and sometimes sting you, right? Well, all this applies to some bees, but just like there are many different kinds of rodents-big and small, species that live in trees and underground, species that like to nest and other species that just want to leave-the earth is home to about 20,000 kinds of bees, and they are all a little different.

Bees are our most important pollinators. Many parts of the world are home to social bees. Industrial and agricultural operations spend millions of dollars every year to rent beehives to pollinate crops to increase production.

Bees and queen bees live together in the hive, and the queen bee is responsible for the reproduction of bees. But most bees on earth are not bees-in fact, there are only a few kinds of bees in the world. However, each continent has its own native bees, which occupy most parts of the earth, from the Arctic to deserts, tropical forests, grasslands and most places in between. In North America, there are about 4,000 species, and new species are being discovered all the time. Surprisingly, most bees live alone, which means that every female provides her own nest, and about 70% of local bees live underground.

Klebold, a photographer who specializes in the natural history and protection of local bees, said: "You can imagine lonely bees as hard-working single mothers who provide pollen and nectar in the form of steamed buns from sunrise to sunset to provide these for future generations."

Zhu chaodi

Bees that nest on the ground like different ground types, but in most cases, they nest in dry and hard soil, similar to places where you might see ant nests.

"They often appear on both sides of roads, or in exposed soil that most people take for granted," Bolt said. "They can also nest under leaves-that's why homeowners should leave a leaf in the yard-or leave an important hint in rotten wood. Most don't destroy wood or dig holes in wood, but use pre-existing insect caves. "

A single hive is a tube about 6 inches (15 cm) long, which is dug by female bees in dry soil. Nesting underground will bring many challenges: predators; Humidity and flood; Extremely hot; The challenge of winter; People, vehicles and other large animals disturb the nest; Pesticides are only part of it. In order to cope with the natural threats faced by ground nesting bees, they have formulated many strategies to protect their young bees. Bees decorate their nests with hard soil, chopped leaves and chewed petals. A kind of bees that nest on the ground is called "cellophane bees" because they cover their nest walls with transparent and waterproof things. No matter what materials are used, the nest lining can keep the young birds dry enough to keep the nest intact.

They usually have no backbone.

Because most of us associate bees with their stinging tendency, we often try to remove bees or yellow jackets (actually wasps) in the yard and around the house. However, bees that nest on the ground are not dangerous. Many lonely bees are so small-smaller than a grain of rice-that they can't sting. If they can sting people, their venom is too weak to do much harm.

"Lonely bees seldom sting," Bolt said. "The most aggressive of all bees is bees, because they have a hive to protect. On the other hand, if a bee is stabbing someone or something and being killed in the process, the lonely bee will lose everything. If mother dies before she dies. The cub has been offered, and then her lineage ends. The most common bees hover around lonely hives, which may be male, but they don't actually sting. "