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The cave is extending downward. It is obviously an inclined crack. Bai Xiaobei was shocked when he entered. No wonder these guys couldn't finish eating for several days. Is this too much?
There are dozens of beehives in the eye. All of them are rooted on the rocks, on the rock walls and on the beehives. There are too many bees.
”Why so much?” The more you go inside, there will be more and more beehives and more and more bees. The temperature here is a little low, but the bees are still very active. Bai Xiaobei feels that the bees are not afraid of the cold.
This is impossible. The worker bees of Apis cerana cerana can normally collect when the temperature is about 7 ℃, while the ABA subspecies in Aba area of Sichuan Province go out to collect when the temperature is between 3 ℃ and 4 ℃.
When the temperature was below 14 ℃, the average number of worker bees collected by Chinese bee colony was three times higher than that of Italian bee. The temperature for safe collection of Apis mellifera was 6.5 ℃, while that of Italian wasp was 11.0 ℃. The temperature collected by Chinese worker bees was about 3 ℃ ~ 5 ℃ lower than that of Italian bees. If the Western honeybee replaces the Chinese bee, the pollination of some species, such as Eurya, Elsholtzia, Compositae, Cruciferae and so on, will be seriously affected.
It's obviously close to zero. Bees are still so active. The most important thing is that they don't go out to collect honey. Now there are a lot of wild chrysanthemums and flowers in the mountain, but these bees seem to be gathering on the rock wall.
Can honey be collected from the rock wall? Bai Xiaobei doesn't believe it. His strength is very strong. He easily realizes that these bees are collecting rocks, infiltrating some liquid and inhaling them into their stomachs.
Stone milk? The formation of stalactites often takes tens of thousands of years or hundreds of thousands of years. Due to the long time of formation, stalactites have important research value for ancient geological investigation. In limestone, water containing carbon dioxide will dissolve calcium carbonate when it seeps into limestone cracks. When the water dissolved calcium carbonate drips down from the top of the cave, the dissolved calcium becomes solid again due to the evaporation of water and the escape of carbon dioxide. It grows gradually from top to bottom and is called ”stalactite”. It can be used as medicine.
The more you go down, the bigger the bees are. These bees are a little white in color. The more tiny cracks in the rock wall are, all of them are full of bees. The little pangolin jumps up and eats more than a dozen bees directly. It seems that the bees nearby don't see it and continue to collect.
Daqing walked beside Bai Xiaobei and yelled: ”this is what the little pangolin dug through when he was looking for the mountain treasure. Originally, there were only a few fist sized holes here, which we broke open.”
”Yes Bai Xiaobei marvels and understands why so many bees have not been found. These bees can not be called bees. They can be said to be stone bees. He feels a small amount of aura in them. Under the perception of the great earth pulse technique, there is a stalactite below!
Karst caves are distributed in the mountain area composed of limestone. The main component of limestone is calcium carbonate. When water containing carbon dioxide is encountered, it will react to form calcium bicarbonate with high solubility.
When the water containing calcium bicarbonate encounters heat or when the pressure suddenly changes, the calcium bicarbonate dissolved in the water will decompose, regenerate calcium carbonate, deposit and release carbon dioxide. When the water at the top of the cave is slowly leaking downward, the calcium bicarbonate in the water will react as mentioned above. Some of them are deposited on the top of the cave, and some are deposited at the bottom of the cave. Over time, stalactites are formed at the top of the cave, and stalagmites are formed at the bottom of the cave. When the stalactites are connected with stalagmites, stone pillars are formed.
This is a scientific statement. However, in the world of friars, stalactites are liquefied aura substances. The low-grade stalactites formed over tens of thousands of years may not be of high value, and the stalactites secreted are not precious, but the stalactites with hundreds of thousands of years or even millions of years are different!
Each drop of clock milk is a precious thing, can be taken directly, can refine pills, but here, unexpectedly let a piece of bees to occupy!
Fortunately, the temperature below reached more than ten degrees below zero. After Bai Xiaobei went in, the dense honeycomb disappeared, leaving only the rare giant honeycomb. Each stone bee was the size of a thumb.
There is no hostility and no means of attack. Even if the companion is allowed to eat it, it seems that he has not seen it.
Karst caves are mainly formed by the destruction of limestone by groundwater. Due to the damage of groundwater to rock and rock collapse, the cave expands continuously. Later, due to the rise of the ground or the decrease of the groundwater level, the karst cave dried up and exposed to the surface.
The rainwater and so on seep into the cave through the cracks in the rock at the top of the cave. In this way, the water containing calcium carbonate solution will slowly drop down from the top of the cave. At the same time, calcium carbonate will precipitate and form a long strip-shaped or milky sediment like a hanging bell from top to bottom.
When the water in the lower part of stalagmite drops to the bottom of the cave, calcium carbonate precipitates to form a bamboo shoot like protuberance, which is called stalagmite; when stalactite and stalagmite develop continuously, they will eventually connect and become stone pillars. But this kind of sediment can form various irregular forms, and people often like to give many moving names according to their rich imagination. In fact, these vivid forms are the result of the dissolution sculpture of limestone by water.
When Bai Xiaobei came to the bottom, his eyes widened suddenly. The caves where stalactites and stalagmites were made of limestone. There are many cracks in the top of the cave, and there are water drops in each crack. When the water evaporates, there will be some calcareous precipitation, accumulated over time, the more and more lime on the roof of the cave, and finally formed a nipple. After that, a layer of calcareous was wrapped around the nipple, and the longer it was, the more stalactites were formed.This piece of stalactites is not as cold as a cold mountain or rock, but fire red. A vertical stalactite with different sizes and postures appears in front of Bai Xiaobei.
”The marvelous workmanship of nature
Bai Xiaobei feels that this place is just like that in the spirit gathering array, and the spiritual power is more fresh. This is the original cultivation treasure!