Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 134: Beekeeping Promotion! Lan Wenxiu gave birth! (Two in one)

The practice of lending beehives for free to help pollinate crops and increase yields.

After further discussion.

Finally it was settled.

Of course, free is free.

Fang Hongan also put forward some clear prerequisites.

For example, when borrowing beehives, you must sign an agreement with the apiary.

The person responsible must be identified and it must be made clear that if any problems arise, compensation will be paid according to the price.

At the same time, the placement of the apiaries must be uniformly arranged by the apiary and cannot be changed at will.

Finally, all beehives will be sealed with paper before being provided free of charge. Except for the beekeepers who open them for daily management, other personnel are not allowed to open them at will...

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Set down these details.

After the old branch secretary and several others expressed their opinions, Fang Hongan quickly drafted the corresponding agreement document.

After handing the template over to the old branch secretary and others, they were the ones to push the matter forward.

On his side, he just had to wait for the old branch secretary to bring the agreement, and then he would coordinate the placement of the beehives.

Send the old branch secretary and several others away.

Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao also came over immediately.

I found out after asking.

It turns out that the rumor that bees pollinate and increase rapeseed yields has spread in the village.

At present, there are mainly two voices.

One voice, naturally, believes that this is indeed the benefit brought by Fang Hongan's beekeeping.

Another opinion is that the credit cannot be attributed to beekeeping, and the increase in rapeseed production in Shiwan Village must be due to other reasons.

Judging from the messages they conveyed, the two voices are currently quite equal in size.

However, it is gratifying that, at least in Shiwan Village, most people still think that it is related to Fang Hongan and his beekeeping.

Many people are grateful for this.

After the two men said this, Fang Hongan told them what he had just discussed with the old branch secretary and the others.

After hearing Fang Hongan's arrangements, the two applauded.

After arranging the specific matters for the two people and handing them over to them, Fang Hongan immediately went to take a look at the two apiaries.

Mainly I looked at the current condition of the beehives in the apiary, and after confirming that the beehives in the two apiaries were full.

Yesen first told Zheng Quan, Lan Shufang and Yang Lili the news that the beehives were going to be loaned out.

The main purpose is to ask them to adjust a batch of beehives that can be loaned out.

The overall scale is controlled at around fifty.

There are thirty apiaries in Bee Farm No. 1 and twenty in Bee Farm No. 2.

At this season, there are still many crops that require bees to harvest.

In the entire Sangmuling administrative village, the main crops are cotton, peanuts, and sunflowers. In addition... there is also a very distinctive local citrus fruit, which is now in bloom.

According to Fang Hongan's experience in his previous life, the use of bees for pollination can significantly increase the yield of these crops...

At the same time, crops like cotton, citrus, and sunflowers are all crops with strong nectar flow.

For beekeeping, it is also the main source of honey during this season.

However, not all bee colonies are suitable for assisted pollination.

Only after comprehensively evaluating factors such as the bee colony's proficiency, honey production, and the stability of the bee colony can the appropriate beehive be selected to achieve a win-win effect.

this part……

Zheng Quan has some experience here.

However, Lan Shufang and Yang Lili, who had just taken over, still lacked some experience, so Fang Hongan arranged for Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao to help with the selection...

Lay these out.

When Fang Hongan returned to the village, the whole village was already in a state of excitement.

It turned out that the village committee had already broadcast the truth about the increase in rapeseed production in Shiwan Village through a loudspeaker.

In addition, the decision to place beehives to increase crop yields through pollination was notified.

At the same time, some rules were formulated and made public according to Fang Hongan's request.

As soon as this news came out.

Not only did it quickly calm the previous debate.

It also aroused the interest of many people in the village.

The growth of rapeseed in Shiwan Village is real and many people have experienced it firsthand.

In the past, because rapeseed yields were not high and the oil yield was average, each household planted it mainly to cope with purchases from above.

After the acquisition, there is actually not much left.

Now, the yield per acre has increased by dozens of kilograms.

As long as it is planted, there will be a lot of rapeseed left this year.

It can be predicted that the conditions for oil consumption will be much more favorable this year.

And next...

There are also peanuts, cotton, melon seeds...

These are crops that can be sold for money.

If it can really increase production.

Then wouldn't the income also be able to increase a lot?

The key is that you don’t have to do anything yourself. Just don’t touch other people’s beehives and take care of them as usual.

This saves time and effort and can increase production, which is simply a godsend!

After a lot of excitement, the people of Shiwan Village gave Fang Hongan and the apiary a rave review!
but.

There are also some who are still indignant.

For example, the three brothers of the Xie family.

I was completely stunned when I heard the news.

Beekeeping can also bring such benefits to the village.

Now everyone in the village is thanking Fang Hongan and his team.

They looked at it with such envy!

After all, they have been trying various methods to learn beekeeping for more than a month.

But no matter how hard I tried, I still couldn't succeed.

This made them jealous the first thing they did after hearing the news.

but……

Although they were jealous, they had no other choice.

Initially, the three men were thinking of gathering some people to spread some opposing news.

result……

After finding some people, I heard about this incident.

He immediately scolded the three brothers.

The village committee has confirmed that Fang Hongan’s beehives can increase everyone’s crop yields.

You still want me to spread rumors and ruin this matter.

I think I have a trap!
After a scolding, he not only did not follow these three brothers to do anything stupid again.

He also revealed the evil intentions of these three people.

result……

That night, many people rushed to the three people's row house and threw rotten eggs and shouted curses.

The three men were scolded so much that they dared not open the door.

Wait until the next morning.

The old village committee secretary Wang Xiangshun, the director Wang Shouping, the accountant Ou Daming, the women's director of Shiwan Village Xie Qiaomei, and the team leaders of several groups in the village found the three brothers together.

While giving the three brothers a severe lesson, he also said a lot of harsh words...

From this point on...

For the next few days, the three brothers went out early and came back late every day, looking too ashamed to see anyone.

Even so, you can often hear villagers scolding them behind their backs.

This situation...

The three brothers were completely scared!

It was this incident that silenced the three loudspeakers and three machine guns of the Xie family.

The plan to place beehives on farmland was officially launched on a sunny morning.

Because the plan has received unprecedented support, after investigation and statistics.

Fang Hongan had long discovered that the fifty beehives originally expected were totally insufficient.

After some adjustments, the number of beehives was directly adjusted to one hundred.

Every beehive placed is jointly guaranteed by farmers and village cadres.

When placing the beehives, people like Fang Hongan, Wang Tong, Fang Chengtao and others received a warm welcome and hospitality from the villagers.

And less than a week after all the hives were placed...

Each household, through observation of their own fields, soon saw gratifying changes.

After all, they are all experienced farmers, and they are experienced in judging the successful pollination and fruit setting of crops.

Comparing with the situation in previous years, it is obvious that the fruit setting has increased significantly compared with the same period in previous years!
This soon attracted widespread praise in the village.

It also makes the surrounding villages of Jiangjialing and Xichongling extremely envious.

Even village cadres from several villages came to Fang Hongan.

After some pleading, Fang Hongan had no choice but to agree.

After the pollination of this batch of trees in Shanmuling is completed, the beehives will be placed there immediately...

While the pollination results are remarkable, the speed at which honey accumulates in these beehive honey combs has also increased significantly.

These one hundred beehives had basically completed one honey extraction before being placed.

According to observation and estimation, once the honey is placed in several neighboring villages, we can collect honey at least once more in the next half month.

It should be no problem for these 100 beehives to produce 2,000 kilograms of honey.

This speed...

It is at least twice as fast as bee farm breeding!
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And it was at the same time that beekeeping to help farmers was being carried out vigorously.

On a scorching afternoon.

A jeep with "Xiaonan Daily" sprayed on it drove into Shiwan Village.

After a journey of dust and smoke, they stopped in front of Fang Hongan's mud house.

The first person who got off the car was Du Yuanbo, whom Fang Hongan and the others had met by chance last time.

Compared with the last time, Du Yuanbo looked obviously more energetic. His beard was shaved cleanly and his clothes were obviously newly purchased.

His temperament and aura were obviously far different from what they were a month ago.

It looks like he's getting a promotion and a raise.

Even after getting off the car this time, not only did the driver help me open the door.

Behind him, there was a young man following with a pen and a notebook to take notes.

After Fang Hongan walked out of the door, Du Yuanbo immediately rushed up excitedly.

He shook Fang Hongan's hand excitedly and enthusiastically.

That situation...

It seemed that many villagers in Shiwan Village, who were watching from all sides, were wondering if this was Fang Hongan’s long-lost brother!
Xiaonan Daily is back this time.

Fang Hongan had actually heard the news a long time ago.

After all, this matter was directed by the old branch secretary.

Inspired by the last time Fang Hongan and his team helped the school and other villages to clean up poisonous bees and were reported in the newspapers, as soon as it was verified that the placement of beehives increased crop yields, the old branch secretary found the town and reported this exciting good news.

Secretary Chen of the town government was happy and quickly followed the old branch secretary's advice.

He took the initiative to contact Xiaonan Daily and directly found Du Yuanbo.

Speaking of Du Yuanbo, after the last report about Fang Hongan came out, it caused a good social response.

As a result, his superiors also highly praised his performance.

In addition, there happened to be a vacant position for a team leader, and Du Yuanbo took advantage of the opportunity to transform himself from a marginal figure to a team leader who was hailed as a reserve cadre class of the newspaper.

Fang Hongan and the others are grateful for this.

I heard that Fang Hongan and the others had made news again.

After asking around, I found out that it was unprecedented news that bees help increase crop yields.

A special plan was quickly formulated immediately.

After reporting to the newspaper leaders, they also expressed great appreciation.

Du Yuanbo specially sent a car and allowed him to bring an assistant with him this time to conduct a long-term investigation and then make a detailed special report.

Beforehand, the leaders of the newspaper had a special communication with the Qianmaping Town Government on one matter.

After confirming the itinerary, the town government consulted with Fang Hongan first.

Originally... I wanted Fang Hongan to make some preparations in advance.

However, Fang Hongan felt that there was no need for that. He just made some simple preparations and stayed at home today waiting for Du Yuanbo to come.

Some exchanges.

After explaining his purpose, Du Yuanbo did not conduct a direct interview or investigation.

Instead, he first talked to Fang Hongan about his thoughts on the entire special report, and then... solemnly asked Fang Hongan for his opinion.

Regarding the last report, Du Yuanbo could be said to be extremely grateful to Fang Hongan for the suggestions for revisions.

After all, if he had followed his previous line of thought, it would at best be a good feature report.

But after Fang Hongan's suggestion, especially elevating the theme to the role of the entire beekeeping industry in driving the prosperity of mountainous rural areas, the purpose of the entire report was completely elevated.

Afterwards, their newspaper also studied the matter.

If Du Yuanbo had followed his previous writing ideas, it would definitely not have caused such a big social response, and it would not have won the praise of the leaders at the top.

With the experience from last time, Du Yuanbo naturally would not waste this rare opportunity.

After some consultation, Fang Hongan also made some suggestions.

The main issue is still the direction.

Du Yuanbo, there is no problem with the previous structure and framework.

However, it is still limited to the thinking of the time, and the theme is only focused on increasing production.

But in fact, beekeeping, in addition to promoting crop yields, also has collateral benefits in limiting crop diseases and pests and improving the ecological environment.

It can be said that the effect of helping farmers is very wide.

Although, there is no way to verify it based on the data now.

But in fact, we can also do some theoretical extension discussion...

Elevate the theme to the big theme of helping farmers!
When Du Yuanbo was told this suggestion, the light in his eyes immediately shone...

These next few days.

Du Yuanbo is active in the fields of Shiwan Village, Shanmuling, Dongguawo, and Jiangjialing almost every day, taking photos and recording...

Five full days later.

He left Shiwan Village with satisfaction, carrying with him a long report that Fang Hongan had read.

That was three days after he left Shiwan Village.

In the "Xiaonan Daily", a long report about beekeeping to help farmers was published on the front page!

And a few days later.

This report also received important instructions from the main leaders of the region and was distributed to the counties in the Xiaonan region. After receiving the instructions, the leaders of Xin County immediately responded.

Another inspection team was organized to visit Shiwan Village.

The specifications of this inspection team are even higher than last time.

The inspection was led by the county secretary himself.

Upon hearing the news, not only the old Party Secretary Wang Xiangshun, but even the town's Secretary Chen was so excited that he could hardly sleep.

On the contrary, Fang Hongan, the person involved, seemed very calm.

Coping with this inspection seemed like a piece of cake.

It didn't seem like any special preparations were made, but we still managed to make the secretary and everyone in the inspection team quite satisfied.

After the county inspection team finished their inspection, the district inspection team also arrived at Shiwan Village a few days later...

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After the two inspection teams completed their inspection.

Several reports were subsequently published in the Xiaonan Daily about Shiwan Village's beekeeping to help farmers.

Among them, there is an official positive experience recommendation...

And after dealing with these inspections.

The old branch secretary also came to see Fang Hongan.

And it brought some very explosive news.

Last time, after inspecting the apiary, the city's inspection team also conducted a special investigation on the road construction matter they reported last time.

And just yesterday.

He received the message.

The city has already officially decided to make the reconstruction of the Tianmang Mountain winding road a key project.

Hopefully...

Construction will officially begin next year.

And besides that...

After receiving this news.

The county's power supply bureau has also drawn up plans to resume power supply, which was originally scheduled for the end of the year.

Start planning in August...

According to the estimated construction period of about two months...

The entire Shanmuling administrative village is expected to have full power supply in October.

The old branch secretary told Fang Hongan these two pieces of news when he was so excited that his ears turned red.

Fang Hongan was also surprised after hearing this.

The timing of these two events is completely different from that in the previous life.

This is undoubtedly the butterfly effect brought about by his rebirth.

It also made him more determined that even in these mountains, he could still achieve something with the support of the mountains.

And this news.

The old branch secretary didn't make it public.

But then, it quickly spread.

These two things were undoubtedly earth-shaking events for Shanmuling Village and even for the tens of thousands of people in Dongshan.

After learning all this, there is no need to deduce, and you will know that this is naturally closely related to Fang Hongan and the apiary in Shiwan Village.

If it weren't for Fang Hongan, the leaders above would never have paid attention to their place in the mountains.

Not to mention, it is said that the application for road construction was written by Fang Hongan himself!

All of a sudden...

Not only had Fang Hongan's reputation spread throughout the entire Dongling, his prestige had also reached its peak.

This is especially true in Shiwan Village.

Nowadays, whenever Fang Hongan goes out, whenever he meets someone, the other person will ask him a lot of questions.

The polite ones would even immediately bring out something and put it into Fang Hongan's pocket.

Although people in the mountains have some petty ideas, they are also prone to gossip about other people.

But in the face of such a major issue and visible grace, the change happened quite quickly.

Not to mention, those who previously ridiculed and mocked were only a minority.

……

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In this joyous atmosphere.

Time quickly passed and it was the hotter month of August.

After completing the pollination of peanuts, sunflowers and cotton, fifty of the one hundred loaned beehives were returned.

Only fifty remained.

Part of it is still for pollination of peanuts and sunflowers, which have a longer flowering period.

Others are scattered throughout the villages, helping with pollination of crops such as beans, cucumbers, and eggplants.

One hundred beehives, after the peak honey harvesting period,

A honey extraction was carried out.

Just as Fang Hongan estimated, this time, more than 2,000 kilograms of honey were directly shaken out.

Although collecting honey is more troublesome than collecting it at the apiary, with the farmers helping with the transportation, it doesn't cost much extra labor.

This batch of honey was shaken out, plus the nearly two hundred boxes of honey remaining in the apiary.

By mid-August, the apiary had extracted nearly 4,000 kilograms of honey.

This amount of honey gave Fang Hongan confidence instantly.

Three thousand kilograms of canned honey were used, and the remaining one thousand kilograms were left to the Third Food Factory.

After a series of reports in newspapers, the reputation of Linyuan honey spread quickly.

People kept calling the Qianmaping Town Government.

The fastest-acting ones were the supply and marketing cooperatives in several surrounding counties, such as Ning County, Gui County, etc.

Then...some evil people like Liao San went straight to Shiwan Village...

Throughout August, Fang Hongan received a group of people almost every two days.

When demand is concentrated and expanding, and supply cannot fully meet it for the time being, the seller's market effect is quite obvious.

Under such circumstances, Fang Hongan did not dare to take too big a step. Except for Pang Sishun and the supply and marketing cooperatives in the two surrounding counties, he declined most of the others who came to purchase goods on the grounds that the timing was not yet ripe.

And after sales increase every month.

The construction of Bee Farm No. 3 began naturally.

This apiary was not built in Shiwan Village like the previous two apiaries. Instead, construction began directly on a small hill near Goubeiling in Shanmuling Village.

As soon as the construction of the apiary began, many people were excited and ran to the mud house of Fang Hongan in Shiwan Village.

after all……

For the first two apiaries, Fang Hongan made it clear that all the available people were used.

This new apiary definitely needs new people.

Seeing that the door was about to be broken down, Fang Hongan had no choice but to spread the word, saying that he was willing to select 30 people from the entire Shanmuling administrative village to provide free beekeeping training.

After completing the training, ten of them will be selected to stay in the apiary and help with beekeeping.

As for other people, if they wish, they can also purchase bee colonies from a apiary, sign a special honey purchase cooperation agreement with the apiary, and then raise bees on their own.

When purchasing a bee colony, you do not need to pay in advance. You can wait for the apiary to purchase the honey and then deduct the money from the honey settlement amount.

At the same time, the apiary can also provide free technical support for bee breeding in each household.

As soon as the news came out, the entire Shanmuling Village was in an uproar.

Although, I had heard that Fang Hongan would promote honey farming and the conditions would be quite favorable.

But I never expected it to be so generous.

And, it is something that cannot be doubted.

This plan not only received strong support from the village committee of Shanmuling Administrative Village.

Even the town got the news.

Deputy Mayor Li even made a special trip to Shiwan Village to hold a mobilization meeting for Fang Hongan's plan.

After the meeting, people flocked to the village committee to register.

For a time, a long queue formed in the village committee's office area.

The result is……

Although the village committee conducted the screening based on Fang Hongan’s pre-determined age requirement of 20 to 40 years old and only one person per household could apply.

The total number of applicants exceeded two hundred.

It directly surprised Fang Hongan.

After being persuaded and pleaded with by the old branch secretary and several others, Fang Hongan thought about it and asked Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao to go through the bee-luring barrels placed in the mountains. They counted and found that about sixty colonies of bees could be retrieved.

Fang Hongan agreed and agreed to take advantage of this opportunity to implement the entire beekeeping promotion plan ahead of schedule!
Not only did the number of people in the first training session increase to fifty.

Moreover, they promised to hold five consecutive sessions...

This is how everything is properly arranged.

While this promotion plan is being fully implemented.

The book "Practical Technical Manual on Chinese Bee Breeding" that Fang Hongan has been writing has finally been completed.

With sufficient practical experience and reference from many beekeeping reference books in previous lives, the content of the entire book is quite detailed.

After showing it to Wang Tong, Fang Chengtao and Zheng Quan, they all praised it.

I got this book as a blueprint.

Fang Hongan took two days to write a simpler training manual.

After it was handed over to the old branch secretary and then submitted to the town government, more than a hundred copies were quickly mimeographed and sent back.

Each of the fifty people who participated in the first training session received a guide.

The entire training is divided into two parts, the first is about two days of theoretical training.

The remaining eight days were spent on practical training at the apiary.

Taking into account the busy farming season.

The two days of theoretical training are held in the evening.

The practical training is only two hours a day.

As for the training instructors, Fang Hongan was only responsible for the theoretical part, while the practical training part was handed over to Wang Tong, Fang Chengtao, Zheng Quan, Yang Lili, Lan Shufang and others.

There are two apiaries, and each person leads a group.

In addition to on-site demonstration teaching, in the last two days of the training, trainees will be allowed to personally experience each link.

In order to ensure that this first training session was a success, it was not only Fang Hongan who was running back and forth all day long.

Even the old branch secretary Wang Xiangshun, the brigade director Wang Shouping and other village committee cadres help out at the apiary all day long.

The first training session of ten days is over.

Fang Hongan finally selected ten people from the fifty, and after consulting their opinions, he recruited them into the apiary.

The remaining forty people all signed cooperation agreements immediately.

As soon as they purchased the beehives, they immediately started collecting bees and transferring them to the hives...

After one period of training, these people have mastered some basic beekeeping techniques.

Even if there are any problems during the breeding process, Fang Hongan and others, as technical instructors, will immediately provide guidance and help.

that's it.

Before the start of the second training session.

The first group of people who received bee colonies for breeding in the first training session have now completely stabilized their colonies, and clear honey combs, pollen combs, and brood combs have been formed on the honeycombs.

Seeing honey accumulate in such a short period of time has greatly boosted the confidence of these farmers.

At the same time, it will undoubtedly give great expectations and motivation to those who will participate in the subsequent training.

After the second phase, the third phase will be coming soon...

Wait till the fourth issue is finished...

It's already mid-September.

After the first two training sessions, during the next two training sessions, the ten people who joined the bee farm after the first training session had become fully familiar with the training and became teachers.

Therefore, the subsequent two training sessions were a few days shorter than the previous two sessions.

On the premise of providing assistance, Fang Hongan and his team also focused on collecting bees and breeding and dividing bee colonies.

This fully guarantees that those who sign subsequent cooperation agreements will be able to get at least one group of bees for breeding after training.

Of course, for the first batch of trained beekeepers, after one month of breeding, they have accumulated preliminary experience. They can not only manage the bees normally, but also begin to learn the models of attracting bees and releasing them into the wild.

Some people who are quick have increased their bee colonies to five boxes!
Others use the bee-raising method in bee-luring barrels.

In the mountains, we have successfully raised a number of barrels of bees through the free-range model...

Anyway...

After the full promotion.

The entire Shanmuling Village is a thriving scene!

Seeing that the situation has stabilized.

Get your apiary in order.

On September 1984, 9, Fang Hongan called a jeep and took his wife to a rental house in the county town to prepare for the birth of the baby.

Although he was accompanying his wife as she was about to give birth, Fang Hongan was actually not idle either.

After knowing that Fang Hongan came to Dao County, Wang Gui, Liao San and Pang Sishun visited him several times to ask for advice.

Even Secretary Chen and Deputy County Magistrate Song came to visit Fang Hongan and took the opportunity to talk to him about the next step in the promotion of honey farming...

And then……

It’s Du Yuanbo.

After learning that beekeeping promotion had been rolled out in Shanmuling Village, his new reporting plan was quickly put forward.

After visiting Fang Hongan in the county town, I went to Shanmuling Village to conduct another field investigation.

Afterwards, he went to the county town and looked over the first draft written by Fang Hongan.

After being polished over the previous two drafts, this draft is impeccable in terms of its theme, approach, and structure.

After getting Fang Hongan's approval.

This guy left with a smile.

However, this guy didn't just come to bother Fang Hongan for advice. When he left, he also took away a copy of Fang Hongan's "Practical Technical Manual on Chinese Bee Breeding".

According to him, Fang Hongan's book can be published by a publishing house.

Although the possibility of getting a job with a publishing house in this city is low, it should be possible in the provincial capital, and he just happens to have a classmate who works in a publishing house in the provincial capital.

That was the third day after he returned to the area.

A report was published in the "Xiaonan Daily" about how Sangmuling Village in Xin County has comprehensively promoted beekeeping, which has helped increase the income and wealth of farmers in the mountains.

This went on for about ten days.

Du Yuanbo wrote a letter to send the message.

The "Practical Technical Manual for Chinese Bee Breeding" has successfully passed the review of the Provincial People's Publishing House. Someone will be sent to discuss with Fang Hongan and arrange the publication immediately.

At noon that day, his wife Lan Wenxiu suddenly began to have abdominal pain, and then there were signs of amniotic fluid breaking...

After being sent to the delivery room of the People's Hospital, Fang Hongan paced and waited for a full five hours, followed by a loud baby cry.

Good news came from the delivery room.

Lan Wenxiu successfully gave birth to a baby girl.

Weight: 6 jin.

Mother and daughter are safe!

(End of this chapter)