Chapter 42: Blooming
Hua Mi brought a useful rechargeable desk lamp from the earth to facilitate activities at night when there is no moonlight.
This desk lamp can adjust the color of the light from orange to incandescent with a knob.
Under the pure white light, the plant in the pot took on a strange black and white hue.
The stems and leaves are as black as the original buds, even darker than the buds.
The newly grown flower bones are pure white, and they even reflect dazzlingly when the light shines on them.
Turn the knob to adjust the light tone, keeping the stems and leaves black.
The flower bones change synchronously with the color of the light.
This shows that the flower bones reflect almost all light, which is exactly the opposite of the stems and leaves.
Hua Mi took some green liquid and poured it on the flower bones.
The green liquid seeped in slowly.
But Huaguduo itself has not changed much.
"Let the seven little ones cast a spell tomorrow... maybe they will bloom."
After the recent cold weather, not only were the seven pseudo-flower essences wilted, but the bees also stopped coming out.
One is that the temperature is low, and the other is that there is not much honey outside.
However, as long as the temperature is not lower than 0℃, it is not a big problem.
Even ordinary bee colonies can rely on self-made heat (simply speaking, heat generation through friction) to maintain the appropriate temperature in the hive.
Not to mention new bee species that have evolved to be more resistant to harsh environments.
Current bee colony structure: a total of fifty colonies.
Among them, 40 forest swift bees are the main force in honey production.
1 Pain Bee and 1 Armored Bee. These two are more focused on fighting, but they can also participate in collecting honey.
1 Iron-armored Swift Bee and 1 Ring-cutting Bee. They are pure combat troops and can be regarded as his elite troops.
There are also 6 ordinary bees as backup.
The structure is very healthy, both offensive and defensive, and the production aspect is also satisfactory.
The ringed bee is the bee species obtained from his second cross.
He also tried three more crosses on this basis.
But as the number of crosses increases, the difficulty increases exponentially.
With his current mental strength, the second hybridization is already the limit.
Tried three times but failed.
Of course, this is not the limit of hybridization, but his limit. The mental strength is still not strong enough.
As for the crosses between the pain wasps and the armored wasps, the pain wasps and the forest speed wasps.
Although both are a cross, he can do it easily.
But the hybridization results were not very ideal.
The main problem arises with the pain wasps.
Its main gene fragment makes it difficult for other bee species to combine with it to produce beneficial traits, and the hybrid results are not as good as those of the parent bee.
So it is a failed hybridization.
Hua Mi did not make a replica.
Of course, there is still some mutant lure left, and he can use mutation to create new mutant bee species as he did at the beginning.
But the success probability of this broken potion is really low.
The current demand for new bee species is not that urgent, so Hua Mi plans to maintain the status quo and delay the cultivation of new bee species for the time being.
...
Back on Earth, Hua Mi logged into his account and checked the background.
The total number of followers on the store has exceeded 1,000, and most of the more active ones are new fans.
They were all attracted by these two batches of magic honey.
"There are 34 new bottles of orders."
In just one week, a total of nearly 300 bottles have been sold.
Moreover, many people repurchase the next day.
Because each person is limited to buying 5 bottles per month, customers who repurchase can only buy up to 4 bottles. This is not conducive to fame expansion.
Hua Mi then revised the quantity limit so that each person could only buy 1 bottle per month.
Online shopping platforms all require real-name authentication. One ID card corresponds to one account, and there is no way to open a small account to scan goods.
In fact, for a person, based on the amount of one cup of honey water per day, it is not a problem to consume a bottle of honey for one or two months.
Hua Mi also made a special announcement explaining: The inventory of this batch of honey is limited. In order to ensure that more people can buy it, we have restricted each person to only purchase one bottle per month. I hope everyone can understand.
The floor was slowly raised under the announcement:
"Huh???"
"If I had known, I would have bought 5 bottles from the beginning."
"One bottle? What is enough for one bottle? I will finish it in a few days." "
Drink one or two every day. A cup is enough. Be careful about the amount. Eating too much of anything is not good for the human body." "
There is no need to limit the purchase. Whether you can grab it depends on your personal ability." "
I just added it to the shopping cart, but when I clicked to buy, it suddenly prompted me I exceeded the purchase quantity limit, what the hell..."
"It's miserable, upstairs, it's miserable."
"What? There's a purchase limit... Oh, so I've already bought five bottles, so that's okay Y(￣▽￣)." "Put it on
. Show off your superiority!"
"Boss, if the inventory is not enough, just restock. Why limit the purchase quantity?"
"Good honey takes time to brew. Come on, boss, waiting for you~" "
Looking forward to the next batch of honey (*^ _^*), I don’t know if it will have other effects.”
“The effects of both honeys are so surprising. For me who suffers from insomnia and poor skin due to anxiety, it is a blessing from heaven. You are my boss. God forever in my heart!"
"I bought honey produced by another Huayuzhen store. Although it also has zero additives, the taste is much worse and there is no obvious effect. The meal replacement plan failed, and the boss quickly introduced a new one." "Not afraid of purchase restrictions
. , Immediately call on the whole family to mobilize!"
"Recommended to my friend, he didn't believe it. He also suspected that I was bringing the goods."
...
The next day.
As soon as Hua Mi traveled through it, she suddenly felt that the temperature had dropped a few degrees, and the world on both sides was like a world of ice and fire.
He quickly took out his black robe and put it on to isolate himself from the cold air outside.
"I hope the temperature during the ice age will not be too low, and it is best to maintain it above 0°C."
Otherwise, the common bees, forest speed bees and pain bees with low vitality may not be able to survive the ice age simply by producing heat on their own. .
The vitality of the Painful Bee and Forest Swift Bee is similar to that of ordinary bees. They have not evolved beneficial traits in this regard, which is reflected in their relatively low ability to withstand harsh environments.
When factors such as external temperature become unfavorable to the survival of the bee colony, human intervention is required.
"Why don't you bring a heater over, the kind that burns wood. There is no shortage of wood in the forest anyway, and you can easily cut a tree into wood pieces with a ring cutter bee." Hua Mi silently kept the matter of heating the wooden house in mind
.
The flower that grew from the mysterious seed was still the same as last night. The contrast between black and white was obvious. The flower bud seemed to be a little bigger, but it was not obvious. Maybe it was his psychological effect.
He opened the window and looked outside.
Most of the trees have begun to lose their leaves, but some remain evergreen.
The whole forest became much quieter, and the chirping of insects and birds was rarely heard.
"I'm afraid it will be difficult to find new nectar sources, but if we can build a greenhouse during the ice age, it won't be a loss."
After all, the environment was even worse in the chaotic period after the ice age.
If there is a greenhouse, at least the source of honey can be guaranteed.
Hua Mi took some green liquid and poured it on the mysterious flower.
At this time, seven fake flower essences flew in in a queue.
"Good morning, beekeeper."
Xiaohong, the leader, yawned widely, and two drops of crystal water oozed from the corners of his eyes.
The seven little ones all looked sleepy, far different from their previous state.
"You came at the right time." Hua Mi greeted him with a smile: "Look, this plant has grown flowers. If you use magic to ripen it, maybe it will bloom." (
End of Chapter)