Chapter 6 100 Company
didn’t expect to wake up in the middle of the night.
The bees have already returned to their nests to rest, and there is no other noise in the forest except the chirping of insects. It is very quiet.
Hua Mi lay lazily on the chair, feeling that her energy was still a little sluggish, her stomach growled with hunger, and she didn't want to move.
"Ouch!!!"
A howl that sounded like a wolf but not a wolf came from deep in the forest.
Hua Mi was ejected from the recliner, and her consciousness immediately became clearer.
He took advantage of the moonlight and hurriedly moved the beehive back to the wooden house.
I checked the 10 bees injected with the Forest Swift Bee template and found that they had not broken out of their cocoons.
"It seems slower than the first Forest Swift Bee? Never mind, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
After returning home, Hua Mi read the alchemy notebook while eating.
The handwriting is beautiful and the sketches are exquisite and delicate. It looks very comfortable and suits his taste.
He focused on the various flowers recorded inside.
Just by looking at the description, you can't accurately judge whether it is a nectar flower. However, you can make a rough judgment based on experience based on the sketch, and it is probably close to 10%.
But the place names recorded in it are really confusing.
"Genting Plateau, Sea of Chaos, Nether Realm, Court of Storms, Giant Ruins... what the hell are these places?"
He knew nothing about other worlds now. He only knew that the place where the cabin was located was called the Black Witch's Forest, or the Black Witch's Forest for short. Black forest.
"It would be nice if there was a map."
However, there are dozens of species of flowers recorded in the Black Forest alone. His initial exploration must have been in the forest, so there was no need to go too far.
I wonder if I will ever have the chance to go out of the forest and take a look.
Of course this is a story for later.
The division of time periods in other worlds is completely different from that on Earth. According to the contents of the notes, it can be inferred that the water peak moon will be followed by the water rest month.
By then, the Moon Sleeping Flower will gradually decline.
Although the flowers will not all wither in an instant, honey will probably not flow by then.
There may not always be honey when there are flowers, and the flowering period is not equal to the nectar flow period. The latter period is much shorter, and nectar generally only flows during the flowering period.
Therefore, for beekeepers, chasing nectar is a very urgent matter. If you miss it, you have missed it, and there is no room for recovery.
"According to the records in the notes, there are several kinds of flowers blooming in the Black Forest in the Water-Breaking Moon. We need to plan in advance for the next stage of nectar collection... But the next 'ice age' will be more difficult to plan. "
The Ice Age, as the name suggests, must have been as cold and depressing as winter on Earth.
We don’t know exactly how high the temperature can reach. If it’s too low, we won’t be able to keep bees outdoors. We need to create an environment with a suitable temperature for the bees.
Bees can usually create heat in the hive to resist the severe cold outside and ensure that the colony survives the winter.
The ability of medium bees to withstand harsh environments is particularly strong, much stronger than that of Italian bees.
But there is a limit. Exceeding the limit will cause damage to the bee colony and consume too much. Beekeepers generally do not let the temperature drop below -2°C.
There are also nectar flowers that are also a problem.
After searching through the records in the Black Forest section of my notebook, I could only find one kind of flower that bloomed during the Ice Age.
Translated as "broken crystal flower", the sketch looks angular, like an ice sculpture.
Moreover, it was specifically mentioned in the notes that this is a kind of flower rated as "rare". It has very high requirements on the growth environment and its quantity is relatively small. There may not be many plants in a huge forest.
It is not necessarily a nectar flower.
"The plan to build a greenhouse must be put on the agenda as soon as possible. With a greenhouse, you can survive the winter safely, and it can be used to house and grow some rare flowers that have high environmental requirements. The sooner it is built, the greater the benefits." The space occupied is still high
. It's easy to say, a bit troublesome but can be solved.
But the construction cost really gave him a headache.
...
The next day, Hua Mi had a simple breakfast, packed up, and traveled to another world with large and small bags.
It's just dawn here, and it's quiet at dawn.
It is the time when day and night alternate. The roars of insects and beasts that can be heard during the day and night fall into silence at this time. It can be said to be the quietest time of the day.
Hua Mi piled the things on the floor of the wooden house and used her consciousness to explore the bee swarm. Everything was normal.
There is already some honey on the honeycomb of the beehive, and the wooden house is filled with a faint aroma.
Because there is no wax secretion at this time, the aroma is more floral than honey. It is very similar to the fresh and elegant fragrance of Moon Sleeping Flower.
"This is the first batch of Moon Sleeping Flower honey in the two worlds."
Hua Mi felt a sense of satisfaction in creating an invention.
It is a bit exaggerated to say that you have witnessed history, but this is just the beginning. Even legends have their origins in insignificance, right?
I am looking forward to the moment when the first batch of magic honey is brewed. I wonder if it has any special effects compared to ordinary honey besides the taste.
As expected, all ten Forest Swift Bees have been transformed.
This is the first new bee species he has cultivated. Due to the influence of magic factors, the difficulty is actually not that high, but it still feels very fulfilling.
Hua Mi admired the heroic appearance of the forest bees for a while, and then asked them to join the nectar gathering team. Among the buzzing bees, it is easy to distinguish which ones are common bees and which ones are forest swift bees.
It looks like the forest bees are playing at 2x speed. Compared with ordinary bees, it is really obvious. They are simply special forces among bees.
With the support of these ten powerful new bee species, honey collection efficiency has been greatly improved.
"If all 30 bee colonies are converted into forest swift bees, the speed of collecting honey will more than double, and the originally expected time can be shortened by half."
Continue the transformation today!
"By the way, there's one more thing..."
Hua Mi went to check the status of the 100 bees.
As expected, after a night of brewing, the experimental bees that received the mutagenic agent were ready to emerge from their cocoons.
After a brief scan, I found that only a dozen bees died this time. The proportion was much lower than last time, which was a good sign.
"It's the exciting time to open the blind box again."
Hua Mi rubbed her hands excitedly and squatted in front of the beehive to wait without doing anything else.
Finally, under his gaze, the first cocoon broke open, and the bee inside first poked out a small head, and then climbed out entirely.
energetic.
But...where are your antennae?
The head is bald and the antennae are gone!
The antennae of bees are mainly used for smelling. How can they find the source of nectar if they are gone?
This is like a soldier going to the battlefield without a gun and just playing around.
fail!
But it doesn’t matter, this is just the first one, there will be many opportunities later.
After humanely destroying the bee that failed to evolve, Hua Mi continued to squat expectantly.
Immediately afterwards, the second wasp emerged from the cocoon.
"Oh, this one looks very powerful!"
The yellow part of the bee's body turned into light red, and every organ was missing, and he could feel the strong vitality in the bee's body!
Hua Mi controlled it to fly into the air and was about to take a closer look at its features.
Suddenly, the red color on the surface of the bee's body became more and more vivid, and it actually glowed faintly.
At the same time, Hua Mi sensed a surging energy in its body that was ready to go out...
"Not good!"
With this thought, Hua Mi subconsciously took a step back.
puff!
When the fire suddenly appeared, the bee instantly turned into a small fireball, burning Hua Mi's face at close range.
"Self-destruction bee."
This vitality is too much!
There is no doubt that it is also a failed evolution.
This time there was no need for him to destroy it humanely.
Looking at the remains of bees burned to ashes on the floor, Hua Mi felt mixed.
"It's booming, it's booming, it's a good sign...and this is only the second one, there are many more to come."
Hua Mi adjusted her mentality and prayed for the next bees.
The third one failed.
The fourth one was terrible...
This time, nearly half of the bees still died in the cocoon-breaking stage, needless to say.
And among the remaining ones, not one of them successfully mutated into a beneficial trait.
As the first ray of sunlight shines into the forest in the morning, the last mutant bee emerges from the cocoon.
When Hua Mi saw that its wings were badly damaged and couldn't even fly, she knew that this time its face was as black as coal and it was completely smashed, even its underwear was damaged.
"There's no guarantee for even 100 companies. It's so damn shameful!"
If this were a game, the players would scold him for planning it.
But he didn't intend to give up just yet, the experiment had to continue.
If a person has no dreams, what is the difference between him and a salted fish? What's more, his opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If he doesn't make good use of it, it will be worse than a salted fish.
The laws of history show that primitive accumulation has always been bloody and cruel.
The most important thing in cultivating new bee species is the initial accumulation stage. There is no other way but to risk the lives of the little bees.
Fortunately, there are enough samples.
When there are more mutant bee species, we can try more scientific and efficient hybrid mutations.
"Moreover, maybe we can discover new means of evolution in the future. After all, this is a magical world, and anything is possible."
(End of Chapter)