Earthen bee
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Variety of earthen bee – features living.
Earthen bee – This is a wild species of insects, who live in deep burrows underground.
They are quite different from honeybees.
Their housing – This underground system of mink, tunnels combined into one big hive.
The walls in burrows constructed of earth loosened, fastened saliva, and additionally fortified quick nectar.
Their stocks of honey bees remain in the mini-closet, located in deadlock.
Features of earthen bee
- Most bees are earthen dark color with purple highlights on the wings and black or brownish-black head.
- Preferably living underground in sandy soil or ground cover with a small amount of land. Also, they can often be found in the woods.
- The adult individual reaches 1,5-1,8 cm in length.
- Females of a few millimeters more males, but had very different, so it is difficult to distinguish.
- In the male calf is black fluff, and the jaws – yellow spots.
- Legs and wings near fluff brownish-red color.
- Brood appears in just two weeks, and sometimes faster.
- Progeny or live with all the swarm, thus constantly expanding the boundaries of the hive, or building its underground beehive near the parent.
- The basis of the family is the uterus. She first develops new territory and create a colony. Typically, as the basis for new housing use old rodent burrow.
- There are also rare species. They live in the bark of trees.
Variety of earthen bee
There are many varieties of earthen bee:
- Nomad – type ground bees, which looks like a Adding. in addition, often they enclose the eggs into the wrong beer mink. Their larvae are voracious enough and can destroy a bee-mistress, to eat its nectar.
- Andrena klarkella – this type of collecting nectar from dandelions, mother and stepmother and transfers it to the rear legs hairs. Outwardly, they look like little bumblebees, with red bottom of the hind legs. Males without sting, slimmer and slightly smaller in size females. Also characteristic of male female difference is the presence in the last tendrils.
- Sherstobity not belong to the species, which themselves can build something, so suddenly occupied by strangers holes. His offspring are grown in cells, created with villous plants.
- Halikt sfekodes – This small bee original bright red or green. The life span of this species is relatively small. The male dies in fall burrow, but the female lives up to spring.
- Bee-lystorizy (mehahily) – very interesting view, which has a big strong jaw. As sherstobity, living in the wrong holes. Through its jaws they cut the leaves into pieces, cut holes in them. Can leaf close the entrance to the hole.
- Nematocera bee collects nectar mainly from leguminous plant varieties. An interesting fact is, that this kind of living in a nest just two females.
- Mellitidy, as bees nematocera, collect nectar from Bean, as well as with composite plant.
Actions under earthen bee sting
Ground bees mainly peaceful and not touched you, if you do not disturb their colony.
bee sting dangerous, as a part of their venom is histamine, which can cause immediate allergic reaction.
It can provoke inflammation of the soft tissue and muscle spasm. Therefore, you should immediately remove the sting and wound process protivogistaminnye drugs in any form, especially if you are allerhikom!
If this drug at your fingertips no, you can rub the bite and make a solution of sugar or cool compress. 
Use alcohol-based substances is strictly prohibited, otherwise you can get severe poisoning.
Allergy is on the ground bees are all in 2% population, but to risk their lives should not.
If you suspect, you get into these percentages, seek immediate medical attention!
Ground bees are considered rare kind. Despite this, Often they are considered pests and are trying to get rid of them.
Many species of bees settle near ground whole colonies, that quickly grow in size and occupy a large area.
Consider the basic methods of dealing with them, this flood and the use of poison.
Colony can quickly flood, poured into the hole of boiling water mink. important to note, in this case, you both need plenty of hot water, as the need to flood all possible moves in a hole.
When using the surviving copies may remain, which again revive the colony at the same place.
More effective and less costly way for the effort is poisoning earth bee venom.
At first they paralyze using smoke, and then poured into the hole, or pour venom and destroy entrance.
It is important to remember, in any case, all operations should be carried out only in a protective suit!
And try unless absolutely necessary not to destroy these bees, Yet now they are quite rare kind.
