Chapter 48 - Chapter 48: Chapter 43 Bee Swarm i (2/2)

It was gathering pollen on an unknown small plant.

The plant was blooming with tiny white flowers no bigger than grains of rice; besides bees, even humans passing by would probably not notice it.

Nature is so magical that, no matter how small, as long as something exists, it will be noticed by other creatures.

The stem of that plant was too thin.

When a bee landed on its flower to collect pollen, it couldn’t bear the weight of the bee, and the branch immediately bent. The bee had to vigorously flap its wings to stabilize itself.

Its pollen collection technique was quite skillful, and it swiftly completed this challenging task.

You could see that its hind legs were already laden with quite a bit of pollen.

After collecting the pollen from one small white flower, it didn’t fly away but continued to the next one.

Because it needed to stabilize itself by constantly flapping its wings, the buzzing was exceptionally clear.

Qin Niu quietly approached it, carefully observing the bee collect pollen.

It landed on the blossom and worked hard with its three pairs of legs to sweep up pollen from the flower. It was very dexterous in its movements, first using its mandibles and forelegs together to scrape off the pollen.

Then it caught it with its midlegs.

Next, the midlegs brushed off rhe pollen that was stuck on the hairs of its chest and abdomen and passed it to its hind legs.

Then its two hind legs kept alternating their tasks.

The hind legs were very broad, and according to the Green Demon Bee Culture Techniques, on the hind legs there were pollen combs, pollen presses, and pollen baskets.

The hind legs first caught the pollen passed on by the midlegs with the pollen combs, then used the pollen presses to squeeze the pollen on the combs, compressing the previously sandy pollen into clumps, and finally pushed them into the pollen baskets on the hind legs.

The entire process of collecting pollen was quite ingenious, and the technique was excellent.

Qin Niu watched with relish.

You could see that its hind legs were now filled with pale yellow pollen balls, looking like two large clumps of pollen stuck to its hind legs.

Buzz buzz buzz!

It vibrated its wings and took off.

“Is it heading back to the hive?”

Qin Niu quickly followed it.

However, after following for less than twenty meters, Qin Niu immediately stopped in his tracks.

The Ancient Banyan Tree was up ahead; if he were to barge in carelessly, he would instantly get trapped inside.

Could this bee be a lure sent out by the Ancient Banyan Tree?

Qin Niu quickly realized he was overthinking it. Almost next to the Ancient Banyan Tree stood a rather tail pine tree, upon which hung a huge beehive.

By the looks of it, there must have been thousands of bees living inside.

You could see bees flying in and our, a busy scene.

Bees and ants are both very industrious small insects.

They are united, hardworking, and both are social creatures.

“If I knocked down their nest, rd surely get a lot of honey.”

Qin Niu licked his lips.

There were people in the village who kept bees, and they could harvest honey two or three times a year. The price was quite expensive, almost costing three Wen Money per jin. You know, a hive of bees can yield over a hundred jins of mature honey in a year.

Keeping a box of bees could increase one’s income by more than three hundred Wen Money a year.

However, not many people bought honey, and only villagers who were slightly better off would buy a couple of jins a year. They would only be willing to use it during the holidays and festivals.

Families like Wang Furen and Xu Zhenchang, who were mildly wealthy, were the main consumers.

They would eat as much as they wanted, without worrying about this small expense.

As for the Yan Family, they wouldn’t buy any because they had their own beekeepers who were responsible for beekeeping and honey harvesting.

The Yan Family also had some gifting needs, but regular honey certainly wouldn’t cut it.

They would have their hired beekeepers collect Royal Jelly, which they would then keep to give to powerful figures in the city.

Yan Ruohai and his direct relatives and wife probably ate Royal Jelly, not ordinary honey.

Qin Niu’s eyes were fixed on the beehive in the tree as he carefully recalled some bee-rearing techniques from the Green Demon Bee Culture Techniques in his mind.

If he were to take control, he definitely could only subdue a new Queen Bee..