Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 103: Placing a bee trap! Another way to keep bees!

Fang Hongan looked at the wooden barrel in his hand.

Yang Huaping also quickly asked: "Hongan! What is this broken wooden barrel used for?"

When he said this, everyone else looked over.

When Fang Hongan asked them to bring this broken wooden barrel up the mountain, they were quite curious.

At this moment, all the other things I brought came in handy.

But this broken wooden barrel is about to be brought down the mountain and has not been used yet.

“Give it to me first!”

Fang Hongan walked over and took the wooden barrel from Yang Huaping.

Then, he reached into the bamboo basket he was carrying and quickly pulled out a yellowish-brown paste.

He raised his hand in front of everyone and said, "This thing is beeswax! It's mainly made from beehives. We can make it after we get the honey out!"

After introducing beeswax, Fang Hongan stood up the wooden hole.

This wooden barrel is a completely broken barrel.

Not only the two handles had completely fallen off.

There are also many gaps at the bottom of the bucket, so it can't hold any water at all.

According to Lan Jianjun, this was originally intended to be used as firewood at the birthday party yesterday.

It was just that there was enough firewood later, so it was not burned.

Even if Fang Hongan didn't take it, it would be chopped up for firewood in a few days.

Although it was broken, when they took it out, they felt that Fang Hongan would not ask to take it for no reason, so Lan Jianjun asked Xue Fen to rub the bucket inside and out with straw.

So it is clean.

Fang Hongan squatted down, took the beeswax and began to rub the inner wall of the bottom of the wooden barrel vigorously.

Beeswax at room temperature is a bit like white wax.

It's solid, but not hard.

After rubbing it on the wooden board, some of the beeswax adheres to the inner wall of the bottom of the barrel.

After smearing the entire inner wall with beeswax, Fang Hongan found some dry grass and branches to make a simple torch. After lighting it with a match, he asked Lan Jianhui to help him turn the broken wooden barrel upside down on the branch of a tree, then put the torch inside and started to roast the bottom of the barrel.

Seeing that Fang Hongan was working so seriously, Lan Zhenshan and the others did not dare to ask too many questions or disturb him.

I just vaguely guessed that this should still be related to bees.

Everyone watched Fang Hongan's every step intently.

Glancing at their serious attitude, Fang Hongan saw that the wooden barrel was almost done, so he took the time to explain: "After the coated beeswax is slightly roasted with fire, the scent of the beeswax will be richer and the spreading power will be stronger!
This way, it will be easier to use this wooden barrel to lure bees!
Oh! I forgot to tell you that the whole period from May to September is the honeymoon season in our area!
During the nectar flow period, wild bee colonies reproduce very quickly and can easily produce swarming effects!
The swarming effect I'm talking about, to put it simply, is that some bee colonies will give birth to two queens, and one colony will become two! Then the new queen will lead her wave of bees to escape from the old hive and find a new place to build a nest!
I coated this wooden barrel with beeswax and baked it to attract swarming bees to come and build a nest here!
This way, you don’t have to wait for half a year to find the bee trail or dig. As long as you can find this wooden barrel, you can harvest honey! ”

As he spoke, Fang Hongan had already extinguished the torch, picked up the wooden barrel again, took out a knife and started chiseling the upper edge of the barrel. Soon, he had chiseled a small gap similar to the entrance and exit of a beehive.

After hearing Fang Hongan's detailed explanation, everyone's faces suddenly showed enlightenment.

This can actually induce bees to build nests on wooden barrels.

Doesn't that mean...

You can put a lot of wooden barrels like this on the mountain.

And then beekeeping?

Thinking of this, Lan Jianjun and the others looked at each other, their eyes shining, and even their breathing became rapid.

When digging wild honey, there will always be less and less in one place. Even if the honeycombs are kept and refilled, according to Fang Hongan, most of the bee colonies will still escape in the future.

Moreover, once the rest of the village knew about it.

From now on, there will be no shortage of people digging for honey all over the mountains.

But if you can use this kind of wooden barrel to attract bees for beekeeping, the situation will be completely different.

It saves labor, can be managed manually, and does not require you to compete with others for digging...

If this can be achieved, it would be a surefire way to get rich by beekeeping.

Lan Jianjun and others thought so.

Lan Zhenshan, who had heard Lan Wenxiu talk about Fang Hongan's beekeeping before, knew from what Fang Hongan said that Fang Hongan was going to pass on all his beekeeping methods to them.

For a moment, his expression couldn't help but become excited.

"This bee outlet is ready! This bee trap is ready!"

At this time, Fang Hongan picked up the wooden barrel again and said to everyone in a loud voice: "Next, we need to find a suitable place to place the bee-luring barrel!"

"First of all, you need to be able to avoid the rain, and then it's best to find a place with good ventilation and a water source nearby!"

"Of course, we also have to consider concealment and safety, and whether there are any natural enemies in the wild..."

Fang Hongan said as he looked around.

Soon a place was found.

He carried the bamboo basket and led everyone down, and stopped under a rock.

This big stone is convex on the top and concave on the bottom. There is a small indentation about half a meter high near the root.

Fang Hongan tried it and found that the recess was just big enough for the wooden barrel to fit in.

Because there are stones extending out from the recess to cover it, it is completely protected from rain, and there is also a slope below, so there is no need to worry about water accumulation.

As for ventilation and concealment, they are quite good.

It's a perfect place.

"Brother! Remember this place!" After moving the barrel to make sure the entrance was facing the outside, Fang Hongan looked at Lan Jianjun, "Wait about a month, then you can come and see if there are any bees!
If you can attract bees, you can harvest honey in October! If there are no bees, just move it to another place! "

"Okay! Okay! I'll come and see you in a month!" Lan Jianjun nodded vigorously.

Fang Hongan saw that Lan Guihai and the others were also eager to try, so he smiled and said, "This is a natural way to raise wild bees! If you are interested, you can also try it!

However... this kind of pure free-range method can only harvest honey twice a year at most! It's not very efficient, so just treat it as a hobby!

If you really want to make beekeeping a living, come to Shiwan Village when you have time. I can teach you a more efficient beekeeping method. However, it will be much more complicated. You must be prepared for long-term learning and exploration! "

Professional beekeeping and hobby beekeeping just for the sake of honey are completely different in nature.

The time, energy, material and financial costs are completely not on the same level.

Right now, Lan Jianjun and the others seemed very tempted, but this was mostly caused by their own stimulation in the short term.

It's somewhat hot-headed.

Fang Hongan hopes to first use this natural wild breeding method to give them a preliminary understanding of beekeeping and honey sales.

If after careful consideration they are still willing, they will naturally go to Shiwan Village to learn from him.

Everyone has their own way.

Even the closest relatives.

Even if they need to join in.

Fang Hongan also didn't want to recruit them just out of his enthusiasm.

I take the initiative to teach and beg others to come and learn from me.

That is fundamentally completely different.

……

……

Set up the bee trap.

Next, everyone continued walking down the mountain.

In half a day, we dug up two large bamboo baskets of honey, and also learned a lot.

From Lan Zhenshan to Lan Jianhui, everyone was very excited.

Although there should be a lot of physical consumption.

But everyone was in high spirits and walked with great energy.

For Fang Hongan, this was probably the most relaxing time since he went up the mountain to dig honey.

Except for the time when I was holding the wooden barrel, which took some effort, I basically just talked easily the whole time.

It was such a cloudy day that I didn’t even sweat.

It seemed that Lan Jianjun was sweating profusely when he was halfway through the journey, carrying the bamboo basket on his back.

Fang Hongan was thinking of changing the bamboo basket and carrying it on his back.

But Lan Jianjun refused to change at all.

As for the other bamboo basket that was originally full, it was evenly divided into three parts.

Lan Guihai, Yang Huaping and Lan Jianhui each got about half a basket.

When they saw Fang Hongan turning his gaze to them, they all shook their heads like rattles.

It seemed as if they were afraid that Fang Hongan would snatch their gains.

There was no other choice, so Fang Hongan could only take a hoe and a crowbar.

Once again, I was the one who had the easiest time going down the mountain.

The group went down the mountain and returned along the same route.

When I reached the entrance of the village, I met many villagers from Lanxi Village one after another.

Seeing this whole family holding hoes and tools, they couldn't help but come up to them curiously and ask what was going on.

Faced with such inquiries, Fang Hongan didn't need to say much. Lan Zhenshan simply shook his hands and said that he was going to dig Pueraria root.

Anyway, when they went down the mountain, they cut a lot of kudzu vines and used them to cover the bamboo baskets.

After passing the archway, we soon saw the black eaves of the large red brick tiled house.

at this time.

On the square in front of the big red brick and tile house.

Xue Fen, Lan Wenhui, and Lan Wenjuan were all pacing, looking towards the intersection.

Lan Wenjuan was the most anxious. She couldn't help but walk towards Lan Wenxiu who was lying on the recliner again: "Wenxiu! They have been gone for such a long time and haven't come back yet! Aren't you worried?" "No worries!" Lan Wenxiu rubbed her eyebrows and said calmly, "Don't worry, second sister! Hongan is here, don't worry!"

"It won't take that long! It looks like it'll be four in the afternoon! You should be hungry by then!"

"Maybe... I was so happy to receive the goods that I couldn't bear to leave!"

"Ok?"

Lan Wenjuan couldn't help but pick her ears, and for a moment she couldn't believe her ears.

Are you too happy to receive the goods?
reluctant?
What is this all about!

Seeing that her third sister pursed her lips and didn't want to say anything, Lan Wenjuan stomped her feet and walked towards Luo Dongqing who was knitting a woolen hat: "Mom! Otherwise... let me and my eldest sister go and take a look!"

Luo Dongqing blinked and shook his head: "Don't go! Be patient and wait! Listen to Wenxiu, Hongan is here, don't worry!"

"..."

Luo Wenjuan was a little confused after hearing this!

What does it mean that as long as Hong An is here, there is nothing to worry about?

What kind of logic is this!

She was so anxious that she couldn't help stamping her feet and ran towards Lan Wenhui in a hurry, ready to encourage this equally anxious elder sister to speak up too.

Unexpectedly, Lan Wenhui, who had been staring at the intersection, suddenly stretched out her hand and exclaimed, "You're back!"

"Ok?"

Lan Wenjuan quickly looked over.

When I looked up, I saw a large group of people walking quickly towards me at the intersection.

Not only were her husband's men there, but even her father Lan Zhenshan, who said he was out chopping wood, was there.

Moreover, these people were completely different from what she had imagined, weak, hungry, and exhausted.

They walked with brisk steps, looked full of energy, talked and laughed, and did not look like they were hungry at all.

"This……"

Lan Wenjuan stood there in a daze.

Wait until you are fully awake.

The group of people had already turned the intersection and walked up step by step from the steps at the bottom of the square.

She was stunned for a moment. Seeing that her mother Luo Dongqing and her elder sister-in-law Xue Fen had already gone to greet them, Lan Wenjuan also hurried over.

"Huaping! What's wrong? Where have you been? Why haven't you come back for so long? Have you eaten? Where did you eat?" Lan Wenjuan rushed to her husband Yang Huaping and asked.

She asked so many questions at once that Yang Huaping didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Seeing that there were neighbors in front of the house looking over, he could only lower his voice: "Go home! Let's talk about it when we get home! Anyway... this trip was great! If it weren't for Hong An's insistence on asking us to come back! We wanted to wait until dark before going down the mountain!"

"What do you mean???" Lan Wenjuan was confused.

Want to go down the mountain after dark?

How come Third Sister really came true? She was so happy with the goods that she didn’t want to go down the mountain!
What on earth is this going on?

She glanced at the bamboo basket her husband was carrying and saw that it was covered with a lot of kudzu leaves.

It can't be... digging Pueraria root, right?

Not really!

Just a few kudzu roots, a man like him wouldn't even look at them.

Turning around, I wanted to look for the answer on my eldest brother and the others' faces, but I found that they were also mysteriously pulling my eldest sister-in-law and the others, saying that they would go home and talk about it later.

On the contrary, Fang Hongan looked relaxed. After coming back, he casually put the bamboo basket at the door.

He took the water handed to him by Lan Wenxiu, drank two sips, then took Lan Wenxiu's hand and went to the backyard, talking and laughing.

With curiosity.

Lan Wenjuan followed them back into the house.

It’s not enough when you get to the main room.

Lan Zhenshan led them directly to a storage room on the second floor.

Wait until everyone is inside and close the door.

Then, one bamboo basket after another was put down, and the kudzu leaves covering them were torn off.

Once the film bag was opened, the honeycomb with a sweet smell appeared in front of everyone.

This dazzling scene seemed so shocking even to Lan Zhenshan and his companions who had personally participated in the event, let alone Lan Wenjuan and her companions.

Lan Wenjuan was originally standing on tiptoe, leaning forward to look, and when she saw the honeycombs filled with amber honey, she was so visually impacted that she staggered and almost fell forward.

Lan Wenhui and Xue Fen beside her, although their movements were not as exaggerated as his, also stared with their eyes wide open, their expressions frozen in shock for several seconds...

……

……

At nightfall.

After dinner.

The door of the big red brick and tile house was closed early.

The main room, which outsiders cannot see, is already a busy scene.

"Mom! Find some clean gauze and put it in the jar first. Make sure it's double-layered!"

"Sister-in-law, look here! Only the ones with the caps at the bottom have honey. Cut those out first."

"Second sister, let's use chopsticks to pick up these dead bees, branches and leaves!"

……

"Two people will hold each side, and one person will go and squeeze through!"

"Alas... it's a pity that we don't have the honey shaking machine made by Hong An. It would be much easier to use that thing!"

……

In the hall.

Several women were busy.

And this time, the person giving the command was undoubtedly Lan Wenxiu.

She issued instructions in an orderly manner.

From Luo Dongqing to Xue Fen, and then to Lan Wenhui and Lan Wenjuan, each of them was full of energy and began to work step by step according to what Lan Wenxiu had said.

About twenty minutes later, Xue Fen twisted the white gauze and squeezed it hard.

At the bottom of the gauze, an extremely tempting amber liquid flowed down.

In the main room, there was an immediate exclamation...

And at the same time.

In the jade-belt-like Lanxi River, there is a stream beach about fifty meters away from the corner of the pond.

With the addition of Lan Zhenshan's clam-catching team, a fierce competition broke out again.

An hour and a half later.

When Fang Hongan walked ashore carrying the net bag containing 13 large river clams.

Once again, the five people including Lan Zhenshan were impressed.

After all, everyone tried their best today, and in the end, Lan Jianjun only got 6.

Yang Huaping, who was at the bottom of the list yesterday, ended up with nothing today.

Although Fang Hongan had several fewer people than yesterday.

But each one of them was even bigger than the one yesterday.

There is no reduction in weight at all.

This is an incredible achievement that many people have to admit.

Apart from lamenting that Fang Hongan was born to be a jungler, there were really no other words to express their shock.

The group returned home.

The honey at home has also been processed.

It filled up two 20-jin jars!
While making everyone smile, it also strengthened their determination to continue climbing the mountain tomorrow.

And the next day came.

Fang Hongan woke up before dawn.

Lan Jianhui has to rush to the town school today.

The young man got up early, and although his movements were very quiet, Fang Hongan still woke up.

Get up and go downstairs.

The main room on the first floor was already a busy scene.

In addition to Lan Jianhui packing his luggage, Lan Zhenshan, Lan Jianjun and his group were also packing their luggage.

As for Luo Dongqing, Xue Fen and the others, they were making breakfast and lunch.

On that day, according to Lan Zhenshan's suggestion, they tried to work on the mountain for a whole day and fill everyone's bamboo basket before going down the mountain.

Naturally, we will have to have lunch on the mountain.

The only one who was free was Lan Guihai, who had gotten up earlier and packed his things from home!

When the group of people saw Fang Hongan coming downstairs, they immediately burst into enthusiasm.

This situation is exactly the same as when Hei Zai first started.

that's it.

After a simple breakfast, the group gathered their gear and climbed up the hill they had visited yesterday before dawn...

(End of this chapter)