Reborn in the fiery age, I am a salted fish in the mountains

Chapter 97 Domestication of wild bees

It is estimated that the python meat can be sold outside the mountain, and it should not be sold for much money.

After all, there are many people in the Bashu area who don't eat snake meat, and snake meat is white meat, and there is no oil or water.

So even if he got more than 10 catties of meat, Han Xiaokang didn't intend to go outside the mountain to sell it for money.

In the past two days, cousin Liu Hongdong and the others have a lot of things to do, and there are still many details to be perfected in Aju's small hut.

So Han Xiaokang, who slept refreshed, started tidying up the yard early the next morning.

In front of the small courtyard is a large open space, estimated to be less than an acre. According to Aju's vision, this courtyard is mainly used to grow rapeseed, soybeans and the like.

Rape seedlings can be used as vegetables, and when they grow up, rapeseed can be harvested for oil.

Interplanting some soybeans in it can improve the soil.

In fact, it is called nitrogen fixation, but Aju does not know these scientific theories, but she has practical experience in operation.

Large pieces of land are used to plant rapeseed and soybeans, and those corners can be turned into small vegetable gardens, where some seasonal vegetables are planted.

According to Aju's plan.

When I am not too busy in the future, I will sort out the open space behind the hut and try to see if I can grow some sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn.

In the corners, plantains can also be planted.

In the wetland by the stream, some taros are transplanted. If there are too many taros, they can be made into vermicelli, which can be preserved for a long time.

But before starting to open up wasteland today, Han Xiaokang had to settle the wild bees.

So next, Aju was busy at home cleaning clothes, tidying up the house, cooking, and taking care of the hen that was hatching eggs.

Zhou Min was busy digging and removing weeds in the yard.

Han Xiaokang found a large piece of wood, hollowed it out with a chisel, and then put on that weird protective suit again.

Take the finished simple beehive and the package containing the wild bees to a place far away from the yard.

When Han Xiaokang was about to take out the wild bee nest and put it in a log beehive for feeding.

At this time, they saw Liu Hongdong and Zhou Jian approaching from a distance.

"Xiaokang, what are you doing so early in the morning?"

Liu Hongdong's eyes were sharp, and he saw the honeycomb in Han Xiaokang's hand from afar, "Hey, are you going to domesticate wild bees? Don't put them in first. I will help you with these things. You are not professional."

"Zhou Jian, go back and get my disinfectant alcohol and the stockman's medical kit."

Liu Hongdong has no other hobbies.

He likes to tinker with and breed these things, "To domesticate wild bees, there are several important steps, and none of them can be missed. Xiaokang, you start to drive, and you dress like an engineer who is engaged in atomic bombs. Where are the wild bees? Is it that scary?"

Liu Hongdong twisted his buttocks and pushed Han Xiaokang aside.

"Because of ignorance, you will act recklessly, and if you are reckless, you will have bad luck!

If you know the habits of the wild bees and don't mess around, they won't be able to sting you desperately.Give you a needle, and it won’t survive.”

While talking, Liu Hongdong started to work, carefully looking for the queen bee in the center of the hive.

When he found the queen bee, Liu Hongdong cut off more than half of the queen bee's two wings with the dagger Han Xiaokang handed over.

After finishing these tasks, Liu Hongdong found 2 honey spleen and 2 wild bees with honey spleen, and cut off their wings as well.

This kind of spleen bee usually has to rely on them to take good care of the daily life of the queen bee.

If the queen bee encounters an accident.

For example, if you eat nectar that has been sprayed with pesticides, or encounter a wasp invasion, resulting in the accidental death of the queen bee.

These daughter spleen wild bees, they just can be cultivated into a new generation queen bee by bee colony at any time.

Wait until Liu Hongdong has dealt with the most critical and important queen bee in the entire bee colony, as well as the queen bee candidate.

At this time Zhou Jian had already returned with his things.

Liu Hongdong pulled off the rubber cork on the alcohol bottle, and gulped down a big gulp of alcohol in his mouth.

Then he sprayed alcohol on the log honeycomb that Han Xiaokang had just made.

Wait 2 minutes for the smell of alcohol to dissipate.

Only then did Liu Hongdong carefully put the entire beehive into a brand new beehive.

Then, some wood chips were used to make the hole that Han Xiaokang made for the wild bee nest smaller: "It takes a few days for the wild bees that have just moved out of the box to adapt to the new environment.

At this time, don't expect them to go out to collect honey.So we can only reduce the frequency of wild bees' activities and feed them a little more syrup.

Only when the wild bees adapt to the new environment can they gradually return to normal. Hey, Xiaokang, do you have sugar to feed these wild bees?If not, this cannot be domesticated! "

Professional people do professional things.

Han Xiaokang scratched his head, "I don't have sugar, but I have wild honey."

"that would be great!"

Liu Hongdong was overjoyed, "Using puree to feed wild bee colonies is much better than white sugar.

Especially this queen bee, before you feed it more and more royal jelly, so as to stimulate the queen bee to lay eggs as soon as possible, I thought you had no honey. "

In fact, Liu Hongdong's cognition just now is also correct, because many beekeepers, even if they have honey in their hands.

In winter, when the food for bees is scarce, they are also reluctant to use honey to feed the bees.

You know, honey is much more expensive than sugar.
If not, how come so many people in later generations use white sugar, add flavor, and add some honey to sell it as pure honey?

Wait until Liu Hongdong fixes the wild beehive.

He asked Zhou Jian to pick a tree nearby, and cut off the trunk at a distance of about 1 meters from the ground.

Then put the beehive on it, fix it, and you're done.

With Liu Hongdong's help, the domestication of wild bees seems to have been more than half successful.

After finishing the work, Han Xiaokang took Liu Hongdong and Zhou Jian back to the small yard and started to cultivate the land.

Now there are two laborers who come to your door, so there is no use for nothing.

"Xiaokang, I'll come over to help you fix this land in the next two days. In a few days, I have to take your tools and go back to my side."

While working, Liu Hongdong discussed with Han Xiaokang, "I plan to reclaim 2 to 3 mu of land there, and plant them all into sweet potatoes, corn, soybeans, etc., as a supplement for pig feed.

After these things are done, I still want to plant rice in the fields by the stream. What do you think of my plan? "

Seeing that his cousin has plans to take root here for a long time and actively develop the planting industry, Han Xiaokang is of course eager to see it!
Because there are many crops, if too few are planted, there will be a lack of sources of pollination, which will lead to lower yields.

Of course, the more land Liu Hongdong and Zhou Jian have reclaimed, the better.

Although Liu Hongdong has a monthly ration of 32 catties, and the feed grains for the four piglets, the Animal Husbandry Station will allocate the same amount every month.

But the situation in the mountains is changing, and there are more and more people eating now.

At that time, no matter whether there is more food on Liu Hongdong's side or more food on Aju's side, everyone can make adjustments to each other.

In this way, you won't have to worry about being hungry in the future.

It seems that in this deep mountain and old forest, there is really a lot to do, no one cares about self-sufficiency, and there is no need to pay public grain.

As long as there is food on hand, how can we survive the next three years!

(End of this chapter)