Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 142 Spring Harvest! Industry-University-Research Base!

Shortly after the astragalus was sown.

On the eastern ridge of Tianmang Mountain.

Soon the first small peak of honey production arrived.

Tangerine.

This kind of fruit, which is grown on a large scale on Dongling, has begun to bloom one after another.

Thanks to the big-pot era of production teams, every village has an orchard.

Citrus can be said to be the most common type of fruit in the orchard.

After going it alone, many citrus orchards in the village remained.

This fruit has high yield, is easy to care for, and has low soil requirements.

Therefore, in addition to the original citrus orchards in the brigade, many people also planted their own.

Compared to peach and pear blossoms which produce pollen but not nectar, citrus blossoms do produce nectar.

and so……

Citrus is also one of the most important nectar plants in early spring.

After the citrus flowers bloomed, the entire Shiwan Village and Shanmuling Village area became noticeably more lively than in previous years.

The only pity is that.

The flowering period of citrus flowers is not long.

About twenty days later.

During the entire flowering period, honey can only be collected once.

However, this is just the honey of this time.

The cooperative farmers have already tasted the sweetness immediately.

Among these cooperative farmers, many of those who joined last year also learned from the apiary and carried out wild bee trapping in the winter.

By the beginning of spring, most households already have two or three hives of bees.

Some diligent ones who learn quickly have even reached the scale of seven or eight beehives.

As for the new batch that joined this year, although the bee colony usually only consists of one box.

But it also perfectly caught up with this harvest period.

With the guarantee of technical training and guidance from an apiary.

The cooperative farmers began to collect honey when the citrus flowers were about to bloom.

The village committees, at the suggestion of the breeding farms, also compiled statistics on the honey collection of each household.

The statistical results are quite encouraging.

Among the more than 300 beehive farmers, the one with the largest number of beehives has nine boxes of bees and produces a total of 202 kilograms of honey.

The smallest family, although with only one beehive, still harvested 20 kilograms of honey.

According to the calculations based on the more than 2.5 beehive farmers, each has an average of 25.5 beehives, and each beehive produces an average of kilograms of honey.

After selling bees to Fang Hongan and his Linyuan Bee Farm, each household can increase their income by nearly 100 yuan on average.

This is almost half a year's income for most of their families.

These data are clearly displayed throughout the East Ridge.

There are more than 300 examples there, so you can ask easily.

Therefore, as soon as the honey collection results come out.

The entire Dongling, with Shiwan Village as its center, was boiling again.

The data is collated by the village committee and reported to the town government, which then reports it to the county.

It soon attracted another interview and report from the Xiaonan Daily.

While the cooperative breeders achieved a good harvest, the apiary also had a good harvest.

During an interview with Xiaonan Daily.

Three apiaries.

Then they started collecting honey at the same time.

The average yield per box is much higher than that of farmers.

It reached 31 kilograms per box.

The three apiaries harvested 15,000 kilograms of honey.

In addition, the apiary in Lanxi Village also harvested more than 5,000 kilograms of honey.

In the first quarter of 1985, more than kilograms of honey were harvested.

If we include the honey that will be purchased from farmers, the total output is close to 40,000 kilograms.

It’s a good start for the whole year.

This data.

When it comes to the apiary.

Even Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao were shocked.

Only then did he react.

Why Fang Hongan keeps opening up channels.

And we put ourselves in newspapers, established brands, cooperated with the government, and collaborated with agricultural schools...

This kind of output would be in vain if it only relied on the market in Xin County or even the Xiaonan area.

It's all very difficult to digest.

You have to go out.

Go to the province, go to the whole country!
……

While collecting honey, at the apiary, under the deployment of Fang Hongan.

It is also from this spring that the bee colony breeding program will be officially launched.

A swarm of wild bees in the mountains.

If you collect without restraint.

Sooner or later, the harvest will be over.

Moreover, after the cooperative promotion, it is not only the apiary that goes into the mountains to collect bees.

Many farmers also participated.

After losing the advantage of being the first to move, the efficiency of collecting wild bees has become very low.

At the same time, the current breeding scale in the three apiaries has reached more than 500 beehives.

In this case, it is entirely possible to carry out artificial breeding and grouping by ourselves.

In order to carry out breeding and grouping smoothly, we must ensure that the first phase of the breeding and group expansion plan is completed before the rapeseed nectar flow period arrives in April.

Fang Hongan had developed a detailed plan before the citrus flowering season arrived.

Neither Wang Tong nor Fang Chengtao had any experience in breeding grouping.

Therefore, Fang Hongan personally took charge of this project.

The first step of the plan is to select excellent breeding bee colonies.

To this end, Fang Hongan went through a week of careful screening.

From the three apiaries, about 40 beehives were selected from each of the three apiaries, and their scale reached the standard of super-strong bee colonies.

After selecting the breeding bee colonies, the next step is to start breeding new queens in the beehives of these breeding bee colonies.

After the bee colony reaches a super-strong colony, there is actually a trend of establishing a new king within the colony itself.

If left alone, as the citrus nectar fills up, the worker bees in the 120 beehives will naturally build royal cells and force the queen bee to lay queen bees.

Artificial breeding is to advance this trend through human intervention.

The operations and steps of human intervention are actually somewhat similar to those in making royal jelly.

The difference is that when royal jelly is produced, the royal cell wax cups are made in batches, and then the characteristics of worker bees feeding the queen bee are used to trick the young worker bees into secreting royal jelly in the queen wax cups.

During artificial breeding, she only placed one queen cell wax cup in each box of breeding bee colonies, and she also placed a larva in the queen cell wax cup as the queen insect.

After placement, place the movable frame containing the queen bee on the far left side of the beehive.

At the same time, the original bee colony and the already built honeycombs are concentrated on the right side of the beehive by adjusting the position of the movable frames.

Between the left and right sides, the movable frame with the nest foundation but no honeycomb has been built is placed.

After the queen cell wax cup containing the queen is placed in the beehive, it is affected by pheromones.

Worker bees will quickly discover the presence of the queen cell wax cup and the queen bee in the wax cup.

Then, a large number of young worker bees will gather and start feeding the selected queen insect.

Because it is to cultivate a new king.

Therefore, the queen insect in the queen cell wax cup does not need to be taken out.

Wait until the young worker bees are fed with honey and royal jelly for about five days.

The queen insect in the queen cell wax cup will begin to emerge.

At this time, the young worker bees will begin to build honeycombs on the movable frames that have already laid the nest foundation.

Prepare to welcome the new king.

The queen insect's emergence period is about nine to ten days.

Because it has consumed royal jelly for a few more days, after it emerges from the queen cell, it will be recognized as the new queen by the worker bees in the beehive.

Both the new king and the old king can secrete pheromones, which will have an impact on the entire bee colony.

Although the new king is weak, once a new king is born, a large number of worker bees and drones will think that the old king is aging, so a large number of worker bees will tend to the new king.

When a large number of worker bees and drones approach the new queen, it is necessary to place partition boards directly in the beehive to artificially divide the entire bee colony into two.

The bee colony approaching the new queen will quickly rebuild the honeycomb on one side and then reproduce quickly.

Although the original bee colony of the old queen has decreased in number, it has all the honeycombs, honey combs and brood combs, and the basic "construction" is very good. After a period of rapid breeding, it will quickly recover.

In this way, there are two colonies and two queens in one box, until both colonies reach the standards of strong colonies.

Just pull out the movable honeycomb frames built by the new queen's colony and replace them in the new beehive.

At the same time, when the queen bee is moved to the hive, the other worker bees and drones will naturally follow.

After the hive transfer is completed, the isolation board of the original beehive is pulled out, and the original one hive of bees is quickly turned into two hives of bees.

In this way, the entire breeding grouping is completed.

The entire breeding grouping process seems relatively simple, but there are still many details to consider.

Not just the technical aspect.

Timing is also critical.

The whole process, from preparation to final completion, took nearly a month.

The bee colonies separated from the boxes are temporarily kept in apiaries No. 1, 2 and 3.

As soon as the No. 4 apiary at Shanmuling was completed, it was immediately filled with joy.

The construction of Bee Farm No. 4 was only started after the New Year.

However, because of the experience of the previous three apiaries and the increase in the number of partners, we received more help during the construction period than before.

The construction period is shorter than any previous one.

While replenishing the first batch of bees, the apiary also recruited another batch of beekeepers.

With the example of the group of beekeepers who joined the apiary last year, as soon as they heard that the apiary was recruiting, they responded in droves.

This time, with Fang Hongan's approval, the apiary directly recruited thirty people.

The source of people is not limited to the entire Shanmuling administrative village.

People from several large villages like Jiangjialing, Xichongling and Heishiling were included.

Once Bee Farm No. 4 is put into use, the construction of subsequent bee farms will be accelerated.

It was already mid-April by the time Bee Farm No. 4 was put into operation.

At this time, the rapeseed that was specially planted early this year has begun to bloom in large areas.

In the golden sea of ​​flowers, bees are buzzing everywhere, busy collecting nectar.

Also in this busy area.

On this day, a familiar jeep drove into Shiwan Village.

After learning that Fang Hongan was the owner of a apiary, they drove directly to the apiary and found Fang Hongan.

"Secretary Wang! Director Qin!"

Meeting these two leaders, with whom he had many dealings in the county party committee before, at this time and under such circumstances, Fang Hongan was no exception.

Secretary Wang is the secretary of County Party Committee Secretary Zhang Qingnan.

And this Director Qin is the director of the Xin County Agriculture Bureau.

During the agricultural school inspection last year, both of them accompanied the agricultural school research and investigation team to the mountain many times.

Later, the county party committee designated two contacts to connect the agricultural school and Linyuan Bee Farm cooperation project.

The fact that these two people are here now must mean that the cooperation with the agricultural school is about to be implemented.

Although the details had been finalized last year, while the apiary had to make preparations, the school also had to make corresponding preparations.

For example, the funding for the cooperation...

Academic preparation for the cooperative project...

For example, according to the cooperation contract, the agricultural school is going to send students here for practice...

The apiary is also not idle.

From the start of school in February to mid-April now, the apiary has specially renovated the No. 1 apiary that Zheng Quan was originally in charge of, and turned it into a base with the trinity of production, learning and research proposed by Fang Hongan.

In the blink of an eye, it was April.

Come to think of it, the school should be ready soon.

The agreed deadline has arrived. Secretary Wang and Director Qin came up the mountain at this time, and it must be for this reason.

"Comrade Hongan!"

After shaking hands, Director Qin of the Agriculture Bureau couldn't help but sigh: "On the way here just now, we saw a sea of ​​flowers along the way, and we also saw the scene of bees diligently collecting honey in the sea of ​​flowers!
Congratulations, congratulations! This year, your layout is very good and the momentum is also very good! I want to congratulate you in advance!"

As the leader of the Agriculture Bureau, Director Qin is quite down-to-earth.

His behavior is totally unlike some of the high-ranking department directors in later generations.

Not only does he have considerable experience in agricultural production, but he often goes deep into the fields and communicates with farmers in person.

Because he often wears a straw hat, many people call him "The Straw Hat Chief".

Of course, this is not a derogatory term, but a honorific title.

As a leader in the agricultural sector, he has some understanding of the situation in Dongling.

I know that in previous years, rapeseed was planted later on this mountain than in the areas below the mountain. This year it is so early, and on such a large scale.

That must be because Fang Hongan promoted beekeeping.

So, when I saw the sea of ​​golden flowers, I stopped the driver on the road, got out of the car and took a closer look.

At a glance, you can easily see the busy bees.

This is the case for several pieces in a row.

After arriving, I couldn't help but sigh.

"Haha! Thanks to Director Qin's concern this year, the situation is indeed pretty good. Thank you Director Qin! Let's... rejoice together!"

After expressing his gratitude, Fang Hongan also winked at Director Qin.

Humanity is so sophisticated.

Having lived two lives, Fang Hongan can now handle things with ease.

Director Qin also benefited greatly from listening to Fang Hongan's words.

He immediately said: "Comrade Hongan! This time Secretary Wang and I came here, I believe you know why, as for the specific situation... Let Secretary Wang tell you..."

After getting to the point, Director Qin immediately gave his seat to Secretary Wang beside him.

Secretary Wang is not tall and is very young. He wears a pair of glasses. Compared with Director Qin, he looks very bookish.

He is a serious college student. To be able to become a secretary to a high-ranking county official at this age, he has remarkable ability and vision.

Knowing that Fang Hongan is not an ordinary mountain farmer, Secretary Zhang of the county treasures him very much.

He took the initiative to smile at Fang Hongan, and then explained the situation: "Director Fang! The agricultural school called me a few days ago! They have already made relevant preparations..."

We have had a preliminary communication with them about your preparations. They want to come over for inspection in a few days...

If the acceptance is suitable, the first phase of funds will be available! Then... they will send ten students over...

Also... I heard that Professor Lu is very interested in your idea of ​​"Industry-University-Research Base". I want to ask you if you have prepared any written summary materials or idea materials in this regard...

If there is, they hope to promote it as a highlight to the department or ministry in their line!
See if we can apply to become a provincial or national model demonstration site..."

The first half of Secretary Wang's words basically did not surprise Fang Hongan.

After all, this was something that had been agreed upon in advance.

The agricultural school is just implementing it step by step.

But what happened later regarding the "Industry-University-Research Base" really surprised Fang Hongan.

The idea of ​​this "industry-university-research base" was mentioned by Fang Hongan based on his experience in his previous life during the subsequent communication after Lu Zhengyuan and his team had investigated the apiary.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this statement was made, Lu Zhengyuan and Lin Zhenyun both clapped their thighs in excitement.

It was then that Fang Hongan realized that this idea, which was very common in later generations, was not yet used at that time.

Many other places have mentioned the combination of practice and teaching.

But if we add scientific research into the mix, many places may actually be doing this.

But I have never summarized it this way.

Although Fang Hongan's proposal does not refer to a new model, it summarizes this model in an accurate and highly concise way.

This new statement and new direction undoubtedly opened the door to a new world for Lu Zhengyuan and others.

In excitement, the two professors pulled Fang Hongan aside and asked him many questions about this matter.

However, Fang Hongan was in a hurry at that time and just gave a simple summary to deal with it.

And from what Secretary Wang said now, the agricultural school represented by Lu Zhengyuan should be very interested in this.

There is an intention to make it a business card for their agricultural school.

Written summary material?
Fang Hongan smiled slightly.

It’s true, after his hasty response last time, Fang Hongan actually thought about it and summarized it carefully afterwards.

With the help of his previous life's experience and the practice of this apiary, he actually wrote a lot of ideas and things in his little notebook.

It is not difficult to refine it into a written material.

Of course, what really moved Fang Hongan was the statement that the agricultural school was going to be recommended to the provincial department and the higher-level ministries...

This could be an important card for the Aggies.

But at the same time, it is also a rare opportunity for the apiary.

In this barbaric era, there are certainly people who use all kinds of unconventional means and perform all kinds of incredible operations to quickly rise to success.

But from a long-term perspective, many of the benefits brought by unconventional means are only temporary.

The backlash of negative effects can also come easily.

If you really want to go far and high, you still have to lay a solid foundation and build a solid base.

Among these, the most important thing is of course official support and endorsement.

Just like the current bee farm, if there is no support from the county and the region, in this era when many policies are still not very clear, many of Fang Hongan’s actions will probably be difficult to implement.

And precisely because of the support and endorsement from the county and the region, Fang Hongan can not only boldly implement his own plan, but also successfully achieve his goals by cooperating with universities such as the Agricultural School.

In the future, if the apiary can be developed into a provincial or national demonstration base.

That would be like having another golden signboard for the entire apiary.

Let’s not talk about anything else, this is the advertising effect.

That is absolutely unique in this era.

Thinking of this, facing Secretary Wang’s expectant gaze.

Fang Hongan nodded: "Secretary Wang, please wait a moment... After lunch, I will prepare some materials for you!
By the way, please help me polish and revise it, as a top student!"

"really have?"

"Wait?"

Secretary Wang suddenly became delighted and nodded, "Okay! Okay!"

Afraid that Fang Hongan might have misunderstood, he hurriedly explained, "I mean, it's really good that you have the materials!"

"As for the revisions... you are joking. The most I am doing is... learning!" Secretary Wang said modestly.

……

Had lunch.

Fang Hongan quickly took out a piece of paper and a pen, and started writing quickly, learning the format of research materials, with the concept and plan of cooperation between the bee farm and the agricultural school to create a "production, education and research base" and far-reaching analysis as the theme.

Because the previous draft was already quite mature.

In my previous life, I have read many related articles.

It is quite easy to write.

Swish!
He buried his head and wrote frantically.

Even so.

It took me nearly four hours to write.

It was finally completed.

When Fang Hongan stopped, he rubbed his sore hands and handed the several pages of information to Secretary Wang and Director Qin who were waiting on the side.

The two of them read the entire article of more than 5,000 words in astonishment.

The shock on his face could be said to have reached an extreme level.

"Director Fang!"

"This material of yours will surely amaze the Agricultural School!"

"I think I can already wish you and the Agricultural School success!"

……

Secretary Wang and Director Qin carefully put away the papers. They didn't even have time to eat dinner. The jeep roared out of Shiwan Village in the sunset.

After Secretary Wang and Director Qin returned to the county seat of Xin County.

Zhang Qingnan was also found overnight.

After reporting on the thriving development of Linyuan Bee Farm, Secretary Wang immediately took out Fang Hongan's material.

Zhang Qingnan finished reading it with great concentration.

He stamped his feet with excitement.

The next day, Secretary Wang and Director Qin were sent to Xingcheng.

Even so, it would take a day and a night to drive from Xin County to Xingcheng even if a car was dispatched.

The two set out in the morning and arrived at Xingcheng Agricultural School in the evening.

Although they were exhausted from the long journey, they were so excited that they did not even have time to rest and immediately found the security guard of the agricultural school.

After a series of twists and turns, they finally found Lu Zhengyuan, who had climbed onto the bed and taken a nap.

I heard that someone from the Xin County Party Committee was here, and they insisted on finding him late at night.

Lu Zhengyuan was also somewhat puzzled.

But thinking that this matter was probably related to the apiary, he immediately got up and hurried to the school security department.

But after he saw Secretary Wang and Director Qin, and took Fang Hongan's materials from Secretary Wang and took a look at them, his sleepiness and confusion were immediately swept away.

I was so excited after reading the entire article.

He rushed to Lin Zhenyun's house and woke up the already sleeping Lin Zhenyun. The two of them turned on the lights and discussed until who knows what time it was in the early morning...

Wait for the next day.

Secretary Wang and Director Qin had just woken up from a period of tiredness in the guesthouse.

The person in charge of the project docking at the agricultural school came up to me immediately.

Conveyed the agricultural school's intention.

We are preparing to organize people to go to Xin County immediately to conduct research on the "Industry-University-Research Base" of Fang Hong'an Materials.

The team leader is no longer the previous Lu Zhengyuan.

Instead, he was replaced by a vice-president of the agricultural school.

Lu Zhengyuan and Lin Zhenyun participated in the whole process as team members.

The research team is very powerful.

Secretary Wang and Director Qin hurried back to Xin County to report.

I learned that the research specifications have been raised again, this time...

A regional leader from Xiaonan area also came to greet us specially.

For a while.

The standards for receiving leaders in Shiwan Village were refreshed once again.

The inspection and research went quite smoothly.

“Industry-University-Research Base”

It's never the hardware that matters.

It's the concept and design.

In terms of concepts, having the material written by Fang Hongan is equivalent to using a general outline.

When facing any questions during the inspection, Fang Hongan basically answered them fluently.

Even when it comes to some issues, I combined the experience of my previous life and made some divergences and expansions based on that article.

Throw out some "new stuff".

It can be said that everyone was shocked again.

In terms of design, Fang Hongan paid great attention to teaching and production when he built Bee Farm No. 1.

Later, when we were planning to transform this place into a cooperation base with the agricultural school, we added venues and designs with scientific research attributes.

For example, breeding rooms, student accommodations, etc. were added...

When these are presented to everyone one by one, the whole plan feels quite mature.

The only regret is that it is a bit simple.

And this simplicity was what Fang Hongan deliberately presented to everyone.

Look...

We need to build provincial and national demonstration bases and improve the quality of construction...

I have all the plans and plans in place.

But our bee farm is also short of funds...

……

And sure enough.

At the subsequent consultation meeting.

Agricultural schools, regions, and counties have all expressed their willingness to allocate funds.

Make every effort to improve quality.

This apiary serves as a temporary production, education and research base.

then……

A new and higher-standard "industry-university-research base" will be built near the No. 2 apiary.

The property rights belong to the bee farm.

However, agricultural schools have the right to cooperate in scientific research and student practice.

After the details of this new collaboration are finalized.

Just three days later, the first group of ten students organized by the Agricultural School to participate in the "Industry-University-Research" project set off from Xingcheng.

After taking the train to Xiaonan area.

We took a bus and arrived in Xin County.

After resting for a night in Xin County, we took a special bus arranged by the county to Shiwan Village the next day.

……

……

The mountain road is rugged.

The car was jolting.

Although it was a special car, it had obviously been cleaned and dusted.

But the diesel fumes were mixed with a weird, compound odor in the cabin.

It still made He Yunfeng miserable.

One hand covered his mouth and the other hand covered his stomach.

The window next to the seat had been opened long ago.

To prevent a situation where one may feel overwhelmed and vomit continuously at any time.

He Yunfeng is from western Hunan and is also a native of the mountains.

This is not the first time I have taken a car on a mountain road.

But this is the first time I’ve felt so uncomfortable.

It is really……

It’s too rushed.

I won’t talk about the hasty notification that they were leaving.

They set off from Xingcheng by bus early yesterday morning.

We rushed to Xiaonan area, had some brunch, and didn't even have much rest.

So I got on the bus to Laixin County.

There were some accidents with the car along the mountain road.

It was already late at night when we arrived in Xin County.

As a result, after a night's rest, we had to catch the bus early the next morning.

This mountain road is even steeper than the one we took from Xiaonan yesterday.

After being bumpy for a while, He Yunfeng felt that he was almost reaching his limit, as he had managed to hold on until now without vomiting.

He also secretly observed other students.

Some of them were already vomiting profusely.

The remaining few who didn't vomit were in a similar situation to me.

Each and every one of them had an expression on their face that showed a feeling worse than death.

Seeing this, He Yunfeng suddenly felt a little regretful.

Well, why should you sign up for this project?

It wasn't easy for him to get out of the mountains, but now he's going back into this kind of mountainous area. What is he trying to achieve?

He turned his resentful eyes to Huang Bin.

This senior, who is one grade older than them, is the leader of their practice group this time.

Not only is he Professor Lu's favorite student, but he has also been confirmed to stay at the school to teach.

He is also the object of admiration and learning among these younger classmates.

The itinerary and arrangements for this trip were also decided by him.

After arriving in Xin County, everyone wanted to rest for a while, so Xin County arranged for them to rest for one day and go up the mountain tomorrow.

But Senior Brother Huang Bin flatly refused and urgently asked to go up the mountain today.

This made He Yunfeng feel both resentful and puzzled.

Let’s talk about Senior Brother Huang Bin now. Actually, Huang Bin is the one who vomits the most among the few people.

If He Yunfeng remembered correctly, he had vomited at least four times.

The force of the vomiting made He Yunfeng suspect that if he continued vomiting, he would vomit out all the yellow bile.

But even so, Senior Brother Huang Bin had no intention of stopping the car to rest.

Instead, he calmly told the driver to drive as usual and that they could handle it.

When he heard this sentence, if it wasn't Huang Bin who had taken extra care of them at school before, if it was someone else, He Yunfeng would probably have yelled out curses.

He Yunfeng just couldn't understand why Huang Bin's gaze was so determined.

Does this apiary on the mountain really have such magical powers?
(End of this chapter)