Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 152 Provincial Demonstration Base!

Finalizing the details of the bee farm in Yellowstone Ridge.

After returning to Shiwan Village, Fang Hongan also began to make preparations.

The construction of this ghost bee breeding farm is an absolute new thing.

Fang Hongan felt uneasy about handing this matter over to anyone.

After much thought, I decided to do it myself.

When in Huangshiling, Fang Hongan had already told Secretary Yang and Huang Changda and his son about the construction materials and related requirements needed for the farm.

They also agreed to start preparations immediately.

The first thing to prepare next is to complete the drawings of the bee shed.

There is a big difference between raising ghost bees and raising honey bees.

The difference in toxicity is there, and the safety considerations in breeding will also be completely different.

Although it is also released into the wild for breeding.

But compared to bee farming, it is just surrounded by fences.

To breed black bees, usually a more enclosed breeding shed is built.

This can prevent uninformed people or free-range livestock from accidentally entering.

After the breeding shed is built, the shading and heat preservation performance is also better.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that this ghost-headed bee looks quite ferocious.

But in fact, their temperature requirements are far more stringent than those of bees.

Because they are large, they need shade to keep cool on hot days.

Moreover, the ghost wasp is a semi-hibernating insect.

Once the temperature drops, it is easy to enter a semi-hibernation state.

To ensure breeding efficiency.

Insulation is also very important.

The breeding sheds of this era did not have the frame-film structure of later greenhouses. From the perspective of cost and convenience, the only option was to build wooden breeding sheds.

in this regard.

Although Fang Hongan has some experience.

But just to be on the safe side.

Finally found the home of old carpenter Yang.

With the promotion of beekeeping.

Now, old carpenter Yang is a very busy man.

It can be said that there are endless beehives to be worked on every day.

At this moment, he not only brings his apprentice Zheng Peng with him.

Carpenters from Xichongling and Jiangjialing have come here to learn the craft of making beehives.

In this case, when it comes to beehives with movable frames, people in these two villages still recognize him as the one he made.

Many people are willing to come over, take their orders, and wait for him to do it.

Under such circumstances, Carpenter Yang accepted Fang Hongan's suggestion and recruited three more apprentices.

The entire process of making beehives has also become more streamlined.

These two apprentices, though not like Zheng Peng, were serious apprentices who were to be the successors.

But after the assembly line was put into place, I quickly became familiar with it.

With full power running at this speed, the speed of making beehives is several times faster than before.

If there are enough materials, it is no problem to make ten in a day.

As more beehives are made, the income naturally increases.

Although the old carpenter couple did not seem to take this aspect very seriously.

But once your wallet becomes fatter, your quality of life will naturally rise as well.

Years later, the old carpenter renovated his wooden house.

I bought a new planer and electric drill for drilling...

I also bought a lot of electrical appliances at home...

As for food and clothing, there is no need to mention it.

Like Aunt Hong.

She would often come over to bring food to little friends Lan Wenxiu and Fang Yuelan.

That evening, when Fang Hongan arrived at Carpenter Yang's house, the old carpenter and Zheng Peng were watching TV.

This 14-inch panda was the one that Fang Hongan gave to the old carpenter’s family last time.

After setting up the antenna on a high wooden stake, the signal is quite good.

The two of them also watched with great interest.

It was only after Fang Hongan stepped over the threshold that he reacted.

"Brother Hongan!"

The young man Zheng Peng reacted quickly and jumped up immediately.

With a bright smile on his face, he quickly ran to the side to pour tea.

In less than a year, he went from being a lonely, despised, and poor person to having a family...

The person he is most grateful to is the old carpenter who treated him like his own son.

That must be Fang Hongan.

He is a simple-minded and grateful person, and he never hides his respect and gratitude towards Fang Hongan.

Whenever I meet Fang Hongan, my first reaction is always to immediately show my enthusiasm and happiness.

"sit down!"

Old Carpenter Yang also pointed to a stool on the side, turned the chair around, and winked at Zheng Peng, who had poured the tea, to turn off the TV.

Then he said to Fang Hongan: "Your aunt was just asking if she wanted to go over there! It's just in time for you to come. There is a bag of rice flour on the cabinet inside. Your aunt ground it with rice mixed with corn, buckwheat, wheat and chestnuts!
Your aunt said that you can use hot water to make rice porridge for Nuannuan to eat!

Nuannuan is already over half a year old, and she needs to eat this kind of rice, so that she can grow well and eat well in the future!"

Speaking of Nuannuan, the expression on the old carpenter's face changed completely.

Gentle and kind without saying anything.

Even the voices became softer.

He also gave a long speech, which was rare.

"it is good!"

Fang Hongan nodded and said, "When the weather is good tomorrow, I'll let Wenxiu bring Nuannuan to see you!"

"Okay!"

The old carpenter's face was full of smiles.

After saying this, Fang Hongan asked about the situation on the old carpenter's side.

I learned that this is still based on the daily workload of about ten beehives, which usually only takes about eight or nine hours a day.

I felt relieved.

This was the period when bee farms were opening rapidly and the number of farmers increasing.

In order to catch up with the progress and ensure the smooth implementation of Fang Hongan's plan, the old carpenter was working a little too hard.

It was only after Fang Hongan went to his house and persuaded him for a while that he finally stopped.

After Fang Hongan asked this question, the old carpenter quickly understood Fang Hongan's purpose.

The old carpenter raised his eyebrow and said, "I heard that... you are planning to set up a breeding farm for ghost bees in Shizhaiping at the foot of the mountain?"

The matter of breeding ghost bees.

Since the livestock were not raised in Shiwan Village, Fang Hongan did not tell the old carpenter much.

But there is no need to hide this matter.

After returning from Huangshiling, the news spread immediately.

The old carpenter knew it and was not surprised at all.

Fang Hongan nodded directly: "Yes! That's right... I came here this time to ask you to help me take a look!"

Fang Hongan took out the blueprint of the breeding shed and handed it over.

The old carpenter took it in his hand, half-closed his eyes, and looked at it carefully.

The old carpenter was no longer surprised by Fang Hongan's ability to draw blueprints. After carefully looking at it for a while, he pointed at the blueprint and said, "I will draw a blueprint for you."
"This... should be a beehive exit! If you design it this way, you have to consider the orientation. I looked at the blueprint and it seems to be facing east. You have to consider the wind direction of the breeding site. If it is facing the wind direction, it is best to add a rain shield outside!"

"Also... although the roof of this shed is sealed with tree bark, if we consider the load-bearing problem, we still need to add a beam here!"

"here……"

The old carpenter made many suggestions in succession. Fang Hongan also responded quickly.

If you have your own considerations, explain them immediately.

And those areas that were not fully considered or were lacking when they were indeed considered were immediately corrected on the spot.

that's it……

The two discussed and optimized at the same time.

About an hour later, the new drawing was finally finalized.

Fang Hongan nodded with satisfaction and put the drawing away.

After all, we still lack experience in breeding sheds.

Not as good as an experienced old carpenter.

This trip was very fruitful and well worthwhile.

Zheng Peng, who was standing by, witnessed the entire discussion between the two.

That is also shocking.

He has been following Carpenter Yang for so long that he has some skills.

But just now, while watching the two people discussing, I found that I couldn't keep up with their pace in many places.

If this was what his master said, it would be fine if he didn't understand.

The key point is that he couldn't understand some of Fang Hongan's ideas and words for a while.

It takes some careful thinking to understand it.

This made him think of what his master once lamented.

It is said that if Fang Hongan didn't engage in beekeeping, he would also be a good carpenter.

Zheng Peng didn't feel very deeply about this sentence before.

And today, that is enough to see.

After putting away the drawings of the breeding shed, Fang Hongan also gave the old carpenter the drawings of the beehives used for breeding black bees.

When raising black bees, there is no need to build honeycombs in the beehive, and naturally there is no need for movable frames.

The structure of a beehive is actually a large wooden box with an exit for bees and open side panels.

The structure is quite simple.

The meaning of giving it to the old carpenter is to ask him to make two samples.

The rest will be handed over to Huangshiling and let the local carpenters in Shizhaiping do it.

such……

It not only did not add any more workload to the old carpenters, but also saved them the trouble of transportation.

The old carpenter took a look at the drawing and threw it to Zheng Peng.

For now, he just let Zheng Peng do this kind of simple work with confidence.

After receiving the drawings, Zheng Peng patted his chest and said that he would finish it and give it to Fang Hongan tomorrow.

……

The next day.

As expected, Zheng Peng delivered two large beehives early in the morning.

Give the beehives and drawings to Wang Tong and Fang Chengtao, and ask them to go to Huangshiling.

Send the drawings and beehives over first, and let them start preparing accordingly.

Fang Hongan began to inspect each bee farm.

Even if the preliminary work is ready for the bee breeding farm in Huangshiling, it will take at least ten days or half a month for Fang Hongan to go there and get everything on track.

During this period of time, Fang Hongan still wanted to arrange some things in the general direction.

The first place we came to was, of course, Bee Farm No. 1.

Oh!
The accurate term now is “Provincial Bee Breeding Industry-University-Research Base”.

After receiving Fang Hongan's analysis materials, the Agricultural School has been promoting the implementation of the concept of "industry-university-research cooperation".

With the attention of the agricultural school and the growing reputation of Linyuan Bee Farm, the ten agricultural school students headed by Huang Bin also frequently published various experience materials and successful research.

Hard work pays off.

The agricultural department in Xiangnan Province also responded quickly.

After fully recognizing the concept of "industry-university-research cooperation", the "industry-university-research cooperation" model was put forward as a focus of innovation.

In addition, the "industry-university-research" model is listed as a new model.

The idea was proposed to establish and select a number of provincial industry-university-research demonstration bases within five years.

As the initiator of this model, Linyuan Bee Farm was naturally the first to be selected.

At this moment, there is no listing.

But the relevant documents in the Department of Agriculture have already been issued.

It's a done deal.

When this good news reached the apiary, it not only inspired the entire Linyuan Bee Farm.

As a result, the ten agricultural school students led by Huang Bin were also very happy.

The enthusiasm is getting higher day by day.

Now, each of them has fully immersed themselves in it.

From managing the apiary, helping the paired beekeepers to answer questions, and also researching various research projects of his own choosing.

The days were so fulfilling.

The last time the two girls met Fang Hongan, they even said that they really wanted to stay in this base and didn't want to go back to school.

This shows the sense of identity and belonging here.

The first time Fang Hongan arrived at the demonstration base.

Huang Bin and several other students at the base immediately came forward to greet them warmly.

During this period, in order to let them work freely, Fang Hongan rarely went up the mountain to the demonstration base.

Because I was busy, I haven't seen Huang Bin for a while.

When they suddenly saw Fang Hongan coming over, Huang Bin and the others were naturally very excited.

After entering the apiary with Fang Hongan, Huang Bin and others demonstrated their respective research topics, and also showed off their new research results and some new ideas.

It has to be said that scientific breeding is the direction of the future.

Although their new ideas are not yet mature.

But it also gave Fang Hongan great inspiration.

Combined with Fang Hongan’s experience.

After following a few people's discussion for a few hours.

Some new plans were quickly put forward.

Some of these solutions can solve some problems that have troubled Fang Hongan for a long time.

Even Fang Hongan was very excited!
Coming out of the demonstration base...

Fang Hongan was inspecting several apiaries behind.

Huang Bin and a few others were also brought along.

Let them quickly promote the new plan to the remaining apiaries during this period.

By the way, he also called together several bee farm managers for a brief meeting and made some arrangements.

Do it all.

Fang Hongan went to the county town again to check the latest construction progress of the processing plant.

Found the old tailor in Dongmenjing.

It has been a while since I last ordered bee-proof clothing.

The old tailor had already sent a message saying that we could go and pick up the goods.

After Fang Hongan picked up the goods, he called a taxi and transported them and his luggage directly to Huangshiling.

This side of Huangshiling.

After a period of intensive construction, the breeding shed has begun to take shape and a batch of beehives have been accumulated.

Huang Xiaobing, according to what Fang Hongan said, has basically figured out the distribution of the ghost bees on the mountain.

in this way.

Fang Hongan asked Huang Xiaobing to select a few capable and obedient young people from the village.

The day after he arrived at Huangshiling, he began a vigorous bee collecting operation.

(End of this chapter)