Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 15 This is much more enjoyable than hugging a hare
Wang Tong had a lot to say, but after seeing Fang Hongan sit down and close his eyes, he could only force himself to sit down quietly.

Although his posture was the same as Fang Hongan's, his eyes were constantly looking around.

In his mind, he recalled Fang Hongan's actions over and over again.

Judging from the color and the smell, the liquid seems to be... brown sugar water?
Why pour red sugar water on thatch?
Wang Tong scratched his head and thought for a long time.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in my mind.

Could it be that he is...luring some wild animal?
Wang Tong's originally disappointed expression turned into anticipation again.

But immediately, he frowned again.

Wait, what wild animal likes to eat sugar water?

Wang Tong scratched his head and fell into deep thought again, but no matter how hard he thought, no answer came to his mind.

Just as he was feeling uncomfortable, Fang Hongan, who heard a buzzing sound in his ears, slowly opened his eyes.

Looking up, I saw three or five small flying dots on the thatch that had been sprinkled with bee-attracting water.

The bee-attracting water that Fang Hongan splashed today was slightly different from the one he used yesterday.

Yesterday's bee-attracting water was made entirely of honey and water.

Today, Fang Hongan added propolis to this bee-attracting water, based on honey and water.

Propolis is obtained by boiling, filtering, and condensing the powder combs and brood combs cut off before honey extraction yesterday.

The bee-attracting water with added propolis will have a stronger scent and a better effect in attracting bees.

Today's first batch of scout worker bees arrived obviously faster than yesterday!

Fang Hongan narrowed his eyes again.

Wang Tong on the side saw Fang Hongan suddenly open his eyes and thought that he would take action immediately, but in a blink of an eye, Fang Hongan closed his eyes again.

I had no choice but to continue scratching my scalp!
Five minutes later.

When Wang Tong had decided to give up guessing.

"gone!"

There was no warning.

Fang Hongan suddenly stood up.

He picked up his clothes and set off.

Wang Tong was shocked and stared at the thatch.

But he found that there was no sign of any wild animals except a group of insects buzzing around.

But Fang Hongan had already walked out. Wang Tong didn't have time to think about it. He quickly picked up his luggage and followed him.

After following for a while, I saw Fang Hongan in front of me looking up at the sky as he walked, and along the way, I could hear a buzzing sound in my head.

Even if Wang Tong was slow to react, he now knew that the wild animal Fang Hongan was luring was none other than the bees that he had completely ignored before.

Chasing bees???
Wang Tong deeply felt that his brain was totally inadequate.

Just as he resigned himself to giving up thinking, Fang Hongan in front of him suddenly stopped and frowned as he stared at a clump of prickly moss that had grown into a bush about fifty meters ahead.

When he came up to him, Fang Hongan seemed to have an idea. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the thorn moss: "Let's go! Cut in from this side!"

"it is good!"

Without saying a word, Wang Tong immediately turned into a vanguard soldier, rushed to the edge of the thorny moss bush, and started chopping the thorny moss with a hatchet.

Fang Hongan also took out his sickle.

Although we were successful in luring the bees today, this nest of bees really knows how to find a place and built their hive in this pile of prickly moss.

It was a big project from the beginning. Fortunately, after yesterday's fierce chopping, Fang Hongan had some experience in dealing with thorny moss, and his speed was much faster than yesterday.

As for Wang Tong...

Fang Hongan glanced at him out of the corner of his eye and saw him chopping with a hatchet in the air, making a sudden move.

His rank is obviously higher than mine.

With the combined efforts of the two, they were much faster than Fang Hongan had expected.

After making a hole for getting in, Fang Hongan stopped Wang Tong, and crouched down as far as he could to get inside. He searched for a while with his eyes and finally found the kind guide bee. Based on the position of the bee, he located the entrance.

After coming out again, Fang Hongan called out to Wang Tong, and the two of them continued to work hard at full speed.

Both of them were wearing short sleeves. It was still a little chilly when they went out, but after a hard fight, their backs were soon soaked with sweat. Fortunately, there were cool breezes blowing through the mountains in the early morning, bringing extremely comfortable coolness to their backs.

Although there were a lot of thorny mosses, the two men did not feel tired. Instead, they worked more and more vigorously. In less than half an hour, a passage leading to the entrance of the beehive had been completely cut open.

The two men crouched down and walked to the place where Fang Hongan located the beehive, and then continued to cut out a space about three meters long and wide to the side.

After stopping, Fang Hongan looked at the entrance and exit of the beehive.

This is the opening of a stone cave. On top is a huge stone more than two meters high, and below is gravel and soil.

It is impossible to pry open the rocks by brute force, the only way is to find a way to dig down.

After deciding on the plan, Fang Hongan turned around and started looking for thatch, preparing to start fumigating first.

Wang Tong stood there, staring at the entrance of the hive for a moment, feeling a little at a loss.

Although he is fearless, he always wants to go up the mountain to chase wild boars and badgers.

But I have had a trauma about bees since I was a child.

It was because he didn't know anything when he was a kid, so he used a bamboo pole to poke a hornet's nest and ended up getting stung and turned into a pig's head.

Looking at the yellow and black shadows of bees constantly going in and out of the hive entrance, he couldn't help but take several steps back in fear.

Fang Hongan, who came back with the straw, couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene. He took out sleeves, a bamboo hat and a bee cap from the bamboo basket and put them on, then picked up a set of the same and threw it to Wang Tong.

This set was naturally made by Lan Wenxiu last night.

Wang Tong followed suit, put on his sleeves and hat, checked himself again, and found that his whole body was protected. Only then did he feel relieved and followed Fang Hongan to the entrance.

Fang Hongan asked him to light the cigarette with the straw, while he picked up a hoe and started digging around the cracks in the rocks.

After two or three hoe strikes, many worker bees flew out from the entrance and exit of the hive.

At first, Wang Tong was instinctively a little scared, but when he saw that the bees didn't dare to fly towards this side under the smoke, he was completely relieved. He held the cigarette butt towards the hive exit in one hand and used the shovel in the other hand to help Fang Hongan shovel away the broken mud and rocks.

With everyone working together, they quickly dug a hole in the rock big enough for them to put their heads in.

Through this opening, you can already see the honeycombs inside.

Fang Hongan asked Wang Tong to put the cigarette handle into the hole and smoke it for about half a minute. Then, in front of Wang Tong's surprised gaze, he took off his bamboo hat and bee hat, leaned down, stretched out his hand and started to dig.

While Wang Tong was still worried about whether Fang Hongan would be stung, Fang Hongan had already taken out a piece of beehive and turned around to put it directly into the bamboo basket covered with plastic film.

Then the second piece, the third piece...

Wang Tong was shocked at first, then ecstatic, and then felt extremely excited.

In the bamboo basket, the pieces of beehives were tempting just by looking at the amber honey flowing from the cut ends.

What's more, the air was filled with a sweet taste that made him drool.

Why does this feel... It's much more enjoyable than hugging wild rabbits!

(End of this chapter)