(part 26,)









With the help of the muscle in his arms and legs and the spread of his toes, plus a vine draped around the tree and himself, the man climbs tirelessly to the hollow in the old palm tree.
From there, the meliponini bees fly back and forth, ignorant of the fate that awaits them.
Meanwhile, the natives under the tree have. Something that looks like a torch set on fire.
A thick plume of smoke clinks up through a shell of woven leaves
The man, who is now close to the bee's nest, draws the smoking torch attached to a long vine to him.
He directs the smoke at the bees. Because this gets in the way of their breathing, they fly away.
However, there are still a few courageous soldier ants who treat him with their vicious, hard mandibles.
You hear the man wailing in pain
But still, he doesn't give up

After all, he is expected to bring a lot of honey to their location.
He even sticks his left hand and arm all the way deep into the hollow.
You can see from his painful features that the bees inside do not let this happen without further ado.
But the man continues to pick in their wooden house until he gets to their honey jars They lie around each other in a spiral and most of them are closed with a wax lid.
This is formed by meliponini bees with resin that they extract from the trees. They mix it with their saliva to make wax.
They do all this with their mendibles. A kind of hard work on their mouthparts.
Papa empties the entire nest while keeping the smoke to the entrance of their nest.
So he gets bitten less by the bees.
From a long distance, the bees see how their life's work is completely shattered by that big animal.
Their queen, who has grown far too big to flee, falls to the floor from her bridal room
For her, this means the end.
She can now send out so many pheromones, the bees won't bring her honey or a juicy bug anymore.
The bees themselves have completely lost their home.
They live on the nectar that the flowers provide them.
But they don't know where to go
They will probably see the ruins of their enclosure afterwards and the surviving bees will build a new home in the hollow of the tree.
But they must see that they will soon find another queen.
Normally, this is done by feeding a special food that they prepare themselves.
An ordinary bee is then lucky to receive this.
When she crawls out of the bowl that the bees made for her
does she still have to be fertilized by the males
This is therefore also taken care of at the same time
When the males crawl out of their cribs, they fly out to fertilize the female one by one.
For example, she has stored sperm for a lifetime and can set up a new colony.

Papain has removed all their honey jars from the nest and placed them in the basket on his back.

Under the tree, adults and children are already cheering.
For them, honey is a real sweet treat.

That is why Papainzich specializes in collecting honey.
It makes him happy that everyone is waiting for the honey. Young and old alike.
When he sees the children's happy faces, he immediately forgets the bites that some bee's defense has caused him.

Once downstairs, the children are immediately handed a few honey jars.

In the Amazon rainforest, children's hands are therefore quickly filled.
They are satisfied with what we get and have fun in the forest. They also help their father andmothers with small tasks that they are asked to do.
Sometimes they swim in a branch of the Amazon River.
Then we jump from a rock or from a tree into the water
Then you'll hear their laughter.

The basket is filled to the brim with honey jars.
This will be fun for several days.
Some of the honey is set aside to make ointment or to be used as a medicine.

Excited, the group heads back to the village.

Because Mimosa stood next to Chris, he couldn't help but say something to her.
his plancom He could therefore forget about keeping a distance.
He also had to admit to himself that he has feelings for her. (Continued)




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