Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 124: Wild Boar in the Jungle! An unexpected reward!

This trip to the county town.

It is true that we come and go in a hurry.

By evening, the three returned to Shiwan Village.

Outside the earthen house, Lan Wenxiu was waiting early.

This time, he moved a bench and sat at the door.

As soon as the truck arrived, they came to greet us.

After helping the three people unload some small items, he returned to the fire room.

The food had already been prepared and was being kept warm in an iron pot.

After dinner, Fang Hongan hurried to the old carpenter's house.

When the cart parts were sent over, the old carpenter readily agreed. However, he was very busy at the time.

As for the delivery period, Fang Hongan took the initiative to request it to be completed before the end of the month.

Anyway, if you want to transport goods, this bucket truck is basically enough.

In the following days, Fang Hongan basically led Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao to work in the apiary.

During this period, I also went up the mountain twice.

But the harvest was quite average.

Seeing this, Fang Hongan simply changed his strategy.

After collecting a number of discarded wooden barrels, broken boxes, and some scraps, he led Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao to the old carpenter's workshop and spent three days nailing a number of bee-attracting barrels.

Prepare to go up the mountain to lure bees.

Since it is difficult to find the location on the mountain and the efficiency is low, let's use this method to improve efficiency.

However, this method is obviously not applicable to places like Mashiling and Laoyaling where the bees have been almost collected.

Think about it.

Fang Hongan chose Gouyaling as the location to lure the bees.

First of all, we harvested this ridge in a hurry last time.

When the bees came back to collect the food later, many of them had already fled.

Secondly, on the back of Gouyaling, in the dense forest near Jiangjialing.

According to Fang Hongan's speculation, there should also be a lot of bees.

However, the mountains there are too vast and dense. It is extremely difficult to locate the beehive by following the bee trails. It is even more difficult to go directly into the mountains to look for it.

This time, I just wanted to do an experiment using this method of luring bees and releasing them into the wild.

present.

The day after the first batch of bee traps were made.

The three of them pushed a cart loaded with twenty bee-luring barrels and headed straight to Gouyaling.

Because the last time he dug wild honey, Fang Hongan had already made some observations on the terrain of Gouyaling, and at that time he had selected some locations to place some bee-luring barrels.

Although I can't say I remember everything clearly after so many years, when I stand at the foot of this mountain and recall it, more than 90% of it comes back to me immediately.

He stopped the bucket cart at a secluded place at the foot of the ridge, locked the iron chain, and instructed Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao where to place the bee-luring barrel.

The three of them started to act separately.

After the last digging and collecting of bees, the number of bee-luring barrels placed on the entire Gouyaling Ridge should not be too many.

After several trips back and forth, about twelve bee-luring buckets were put down.

Fang Hongan stopped Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao.

Fang Hongan planned to place the remaining eight bee-luring barrels in the jungle on the back of the mountain.

This is a completely different environment from the ridge on this side.

Not to mention the risk of getting lost, there have always been many wild animals in this jungle.

For safety reasons, Fang Hongan decided to act together with three people.

At the same time, some precautions were emphasized.

Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao also heard Fang Hongan's serious attitude.

But while his expression was firm and serious, there was also an irrepressible excitement.

Fang Hongan was also quite aware of their excitement.

It's nothing more than finally entering the real mountains. The new environment brings new challenges, but for them, it is also a new experience.

Not to mention, these two guys have always been longing for hiking and hunting.

Glancing at the two men, Wang Tong specially put his fine steel knife on his waist.

As for Fang Chengtao, he specially replaced the sickle he used to carry with a hatchet.

A hatchet is heavier than a sickle, and its lethality when chopping is far greater than that of a sickle.

As the junction of the two villages, Gouyaling can be regarded as a shortcut connecting Sangmuling Village and Jiangjialing Village.

In this era when roads were basically made by foot, there was a road around Gouyaling that could bypass this mountain.

Although the journey is a bit longer, it is faster than going to the top of the ridge and climbing over it directly.

The three of them pushed the cart again. After going around a section of mountain road, a dense forest appeared in front of them.

This is the back side of Gouyaling.

The area in front of us is the territory of Jiangjialing.

Similarly, he found a place to lock the bucket cart, tied up the beehive with a hemp rope, picked it up, found a small path and climbed up the mountain.

Although this forest is vast and wild, there are also many traces left by mountain hikers.

At first, there was an obvious path on the ground, but as we walked deeper, the traces of the path gradually disappeared.

The habits of bees in the dense forest are very different from those of the bee colonies in the barren mountains.

There are even quite a few differences among populations.

This is also the reason why Fang Hongan wanted to go into the mountains.

The bees that were lured previously were basically swarms of bees from the wilderness.

In terms of population, they are highly similar.

Compared with the bee colonies in the dense forest, the bees in the wild mountains are actually more efficient in collecting honey and have a stronger ability to reproduce.

The dense forest bee colony also has characteristics that the wild mountain bee colony does not have, such as flying ability, honey collection radius, and the discipline of the entire bee colony...

Although they all belong to the Chinese honey bee, the differences in their living environments have led to these different characteristics.

Bee colony breeding requires combining all these characteristics to cultivate better bee colonies.

For example, by exchanging the queen bees of the Wild Mountain Bee Colony and the Dense Forest Bee Colony, hybridizing the colonies, and then through breeding, you can cultivate a colony that has the advantages of both colonies.

In an era when genetic breeding is out of reach, this breeding method is the simplest, most direct and effective model for breeding superior varieties.

As we went up along the edge of the mountain, the light became dimmer.

In this dense forest, where the foot of the mountain transitions to the mountainside, there are many large camphor trees, and there are many vines on the camphor trees.

The whole area grows densely and wildly, giving a scene of covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

After passing this section and reaching the top of the mountain, the trees become sparse again, and the sunlight is able to shine through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and the light gradually becomes brighter.

According to Fang Hongan's experience, the environment above the mountainside is where honey can survive.

It took almost an hour to finally reach the environment we were looking for.

Fang Hongan found a big tree growing towards the sun, climbed to the place where the first branch forked, took out a hammer and nails, and set the first bee collector on the tree.

After walking towards this area for more than ten minutes, Fang Hongan saw a flying bee on the road. He made a quick decision and found a gap under a stone nearby and put down the second bee-luring bucket.

Then, the third, the fourth...

The terrain of the jungle was complex, so the three of them walked straight in the same direction, placing things along the way and not forgetting to make marks on the trees and rocks along the way.

In this way, eight beehives were placed, and looking up at the sun in the sky, it was almost at its highest point.

The three of them found a large rock to sit on, took out the prepared lunch, and started eating.

After lunch, there is an empty space for rest.

While Wang Tong was sighing at the lush forest, he also sighed with some regret: "Alas! It is said that there are many wild animals to hunt in the lush forest of Gouyaling. How come we didn't encounter any this time? At least there is a rabbit hole for us to dig out!"

When he said that, Fang Chengtao on the side also echoed: "Yes! I just looked along the way! It seems that there are no wild animals to hunt! Could it be that they have been hunted clean? I heard that in this area of ​​the mountain, in addition to the people from Jiangjialing, there are also people from Xichongling who come here to hunt."

As the two talked, their eyes naturally turned to Fang Hongan. Fang Hongan knew what they were thinking, and smiled, "How can the goods in the mountains be caught by just a few hikers in one village? There are still a lot of goods in this jungle, but the route we are looking for is not for wild goods, so naturally we can't see them!

Take the wild rabbit that Heizi mentioned, there is no way you can find that thing in this kind of environment!
Besides, with our current equipment, we should just pray that we don’t run into any wild animals! If we want to catch up with the hunting, we need to have hunting dogs and hunting rifles! At worst, we need to know how to set traps!”

After Fang Hongan said this, the two of them became a little bored.

Fortunately, these two people were also optimists and nodded in agreement with Fang Hongan's statement.

Wang Tong comforted himself: "Forget it! It's troublesome to catch up. I think making honey is much more interesting and profitable!"

Fang Chengtao suddenly thought of something and said to Fang Hongan, "Hongan! I heard that there is a kind of good honey called cliff honey! Can we get this kind of honey here?"

"Yihmi?"

Hearing these two words, Wang Tong immediately became interested.

As he got to know honey better, he realized that he had heard of this kind of honey.

Deep down, I also yearn for it.

"Here we are?"

Fang Hongan shook his head: "No hope!"

He explained, "The bee colonies that produce cliff honey are black bees, which are different from our Chinese bees. This kind of bee is mainly found in high mountainous areas. In our country, it can only be collected in Yunnan Province!

They are only found on cliffs, but it is really exciting to collect them. A large nest of cliff honey can yield more than 100 kilograms of honey! That honey is really valuable. If it is real cliff honey, one kilogram is probably worth two kilograms of our honey!"

Speaking of this, Fang Hongan himself couldn't help but show a look of longing.

In his previous life, he had watched quite a few documentaries.

For this kind of cliff honey, it can be said to be a yearning in the heart.

Seeing Fang Hongan showing a longing look, the longing on Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao's faces became even stronger.

Wang Tong said directly, "Brother! When we have a chance, take us to harvest this cliff honey!"

"This..." Fang Hongan pondered and grinned, "It's possible!"

Our motherland is vast, and in addition to the Chinese native bees, there are several other species of bees.

In his previous life, Fang Hongan had only raised Chinese bees and Italian bees.

In this life, since he plans to make beekeeping his main business, Fang Hongan also wants to make some new attempts.

Like the black bees in Northeast China and the cliff honey in Yunnan Province, these are all very unique. If there is a chance, Fang Hongan would also like to experience them.

After hearing what Fang Hongan said, Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao became even more interested.

After being together for so long, they all understood that Fang Hongan was not the kind of person who would make random promises. If he said it was possible, then it would definitely come true.

Imagine being able to go to the cliffs and collect giant honey combs...

That’s more than 100 kilograms of honey at a time!
That feeling...

Just thinking about it made their blood boil.

In comparison, the disappointment of not seeing the prey is completely insignificant.

The three of them rested for a while, and when they felt their strength had almost recovered, they got up and walked down the mountain.

Because there are signs along the way, going down the mountain is much easier than climbing up.

However, this relaxation did not last long as it was interrupted by a sudden noise.

The noise was like some ferocious beast suddenly leaping in the woods, rapidly knocking branches and grass aside, making rustling sounds accompanied by occasional tearing noises.

At first the distance seemed quite far and the sound was faint.

But the direction of the movement seemed to be towards the three people. It was getting closer and the sound was becoming clearer.

Mixed in with the sound of jumping, you can faintly hear some grunting sounds.

"What's this!"

After listening for a while, Wang Tong suddenly took out the small knife from his waist and became nervous.

Just from the sound, you don't need to think to know that it must be a wild animal.

"Wild boar?"

Fang Chengtao on the side also quickly clenched the hatchet in his hand, and the expression on his face suddenly became tense.

"should be!"

Fang Hongan nodded, confirming Fang Chengtao's judgment.

In the dense forest of their area, the only wild animal that could make such a noise was the wild boar that had entered the mountain, which was known as the king among pigs, bears and tigers.

Tianmang is different from the Greater Khingan Range in the north. There are basically no blind bears there. There were rumors of South China tigers in the early years, but that was 20 to 30 years ago.

At least Fang Hongan has never seen it.

According to Fang Hongan's grandfather's experience, this should be a wild boar.

However, although wild boars are prone to becoming enraged and crazy, under normal circumstances, they would not jump around like this.

The situation before us...

Fang Hongan concentrated for a moment and quickly thought of a possibility.

Hearing the sound of movement approaching, Fang Hongan looked around and saw a large rock next to it. He quickly said to Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao, "Let's go behind that rock first!"

"Let's hide and wait for him to come over, right?"

"Good! Good!"

Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao nodded in unison.

This big rock is only about one person tall. After the two men arrived, they heard the sound getting closer and couldn't help but stand on tiptoe and try to stick their heads out to look over there.

"Get down first! We'll talk later!"

Fang Hongan's face turned stern and he pushed the two men down.

"Brother? This..."

Although he paused, his face was full of confusion: "Didn't they say that when this wild boar runs, it just runs around aimlessly? We're just watching it like this, it shouldn't be able to spot you!"

"It can't find you!" Fang Hongan rolled his eyes at him in annoyance, "But aren't you afraid of getting your head blown up by a bullet?"

"Bullets? Where did the bullets come from?"

Wang Tong stared with an even more confused expression.

Fang Chengtao scratched his head and suddenly thought of something: "Hongan! What you mean is... this wild boar is being chased by a hunter in the mountains?"

“It’s just possible!”

Fang Hongan explained in a deep voice: "From the sound of running away, it should be someone chasing them. But if it is a hunter, there should be hunting dogs chasing them. It is strange that we only heard the sound of running away but no dog barking."

"So it doesn't mean that someone is chasing it? It's just that the wild boar has gone crazy?"

After listening to Fang Hongan's explanation, Wang Tong was a little confused. Fang Hongan also felt strange, so he couldn't help but join in the conversation and guess.

"It's unlikely that they are just crazy!" Fang Hongan shook his head and directly denied Wang Tong's guess. "After going crazy, the wild boars are so reckless and aggressive. If they are just crazy, they won't jump in a straight line like this. They will only jump in a straight line when they really feel their lives are threatened!
Forget it, don’t guess anymore. Judging from the noise, they will come here soon. When we make sure there is no one here, we will see what happens next!

If there really is no one chasing us away, we might have an unexpected harvest today!"

At the end, Fang Hongan's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Judging from the noise, it must be a giant beast weighing at least 200 kilograms.

If this can be achieved, it will definitely be a huge gain.

He remembered that his grandfather once shot a wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms.

However, it caused a sensation in the whole village.

The cost of food for those two months increased sharply.

"Ok!"

After hearing the meaning of the words, Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao nodded vigorously, with excitement in their eyes.

Wang Tong couldn't help but pick up the dead leaves on the ground and began to wipe the fine steel knife in his hand, while Fang Chengtao simply took the hatchet and started sharpening it on the stone on the side.

Seeing the two men eager to try, Fang Hongan couldn't help but give them a few more instructions. After making sure that they had listened carefully, he leaned against a big tree and listened carefully.

In just a short while, the sound of jumping was already quite close.

Huff, huff, huff…

The sound of intense breathing seemed to be ringing in my ears.

At this distance...

It sounds like it’s probably only about 20 to 30 meters away!
(End of this chapter)