Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 307 Bee Hornet
"Brother Junqi, do you know where the wild beehive is? It's been almost half an hour and I haven't found the location yet." Liu Junhao wiped the sweat from his forehead and sat on the big rock complained.

"My daughter-in-law said it's on this mountain. Why can't I find it here?" Liu Junqi was also quite confused. He looked up and down the hillside just now, but couldn't find where the beehive was.There are many big trees on the mountain, but not many are suitable for bees to build nests.The location of the hive is very strict, that is, it needs to be properly sheltered from the sun and ventilated.Therefore, beehives are generally not built on those luxuriant eucalyptus trees, but on sparse neem trees or willows.This kind of honeycomb looks clear at a glance and is easy to be found.

"I found it, I found it, the beehive is under the leaves of the wolfberry tree, hurry up and take a look." At this time, Zhao Guangming suddenly stood under a wolfberry tree and shouted.

It was really on the eucalyptus tree, and the two of them suddenly felt something strange, the bee would also learn to hide and seek at any time.

Several people rushed to Zhao Guangming's side quickly, but after staring at it for a minute, they didn't find where the beehive was.

"What eyes do you have, do you see that bent branch sticking to the main trunk?" Zhao Guangming pointed to the eucalyptus tree.

"I saw it too, it's so long, so big..." Sun Yutao couldn't help but exclaim.Hearing the second half of his sentence in amazement, Xu Dongfang almost laughed out loud. If he listened to this sentence on another occasion, it would be misunderstood as something that violates harmony.

Liu Junhao discovered the location of the beehive from a different angle: it was really hidden, the branches of the medlar tree just formed a bow shape, and the leaves of the medlar tree were wide, each like a palm.In addition, the place is full of foliage, if you don't look carefully, it's really hard to find.

But seeing the hive clearly, he also sighed like Sun Yutao: "It's too big."

The hive was four to five meters high from the ground. The beehive was grayish brown and looked very long, about one meter long.It looks like an inverted stalactite, the widest part of the top is as big as a washbasin.But what makes people a little strange is that there is a layer of khaki protective film on the hive, which is rare on wild hives.

"How about it, buddy, just say it's good for me to keep up, otherwise you won't be able to find it in an hour. Let's talk about it first, how about sharing some with me if you get honey later?" Liu Junhao was still the first For the first time, I found that this guy is just a long-winded mouth, talking like a machine gun.

"Don't worry, you will definitely be indispensable. I will lure the bees and give you half of the honey later." Liu Junqi is also grinning from ear to ear, the hive is so big that he didn't expect it.Looking at it, there are hundreds of thousands of bees inside.With so many bees collecting honey, how much honey should there be in the hive?It is an underestimation to say that ten or twenty catties are underestimated.Calculated at 80 yuan per catty of wild honey, that is more than 1000 yuan.In addition, there is this bee... It is a constant source of money to catch and bring home.

The honeycomb was discovered by Zhao Guangming first, so it is normal to give him some.

"It's really rare to see such a big hive..." Xu Dongfang couldn't help admiring.

"Get out of the way, I'll go up the tree to pick the beehives." It is said that I am a hero, and the hairy boy climbs the tree as quickly as a monkey, so he naturally refuses to give in.Liu Junqi tied the screen cloth bag around his waist, then hugged the tree trunk with both hands, and jumped onto the branch after a few vertical jumps.

The people below all held their breath, for fear of accidentally scaring the bees away.Seeing that Liu Junqi had already climbed halfway up the tree, only one meter away from the beehive.He suddenly yelled: "My god..." Then he hugged the tree trunk tightly with his hands and remained motionless, as if his soul had disappeared.

"What happened, why didn't you climb up?" Zhao Guangming asked anxiously.

"..." Liu Junqi couldn't speak at all, and slid down while hugging the tree trunk with trembling hands.His movements returned to normal when he was two meters away from the hive, and he sprinted down the tree.

"Oh my god..." The man squatted on the ground as soon as he got off the tree, as if all the strength in his body had been exhausted just now.

"Brother Junqi, what's wrong with the beehive?" Liu Junhao had already vaguely guessed that the beehive was weird.

"Such a big hornet's nest... If I disturbed them just now, I would have been stung and fainted." Liu Junqi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and then said with lingering fear.

"A hornet's nest? How can there be such a big hornet's nest? It's obviously a wild nest?" Zhao Guangming turned his head to look at the tree again, but this time he still didn't see any difference.

"If you don't believe me, you can go up and have a look. You will be able to see it clearly. My god, it is densely packed with hornets. It is estimated that there are tens of thousands of them." Liu Junqi finally recovered his expression.

"It's really a hornet's nest." Liu Junhao felt a little strange just now. Now that he opened his eyes and looked closely, he realized that the honeycombs were not connected together at all, but distributed in layers. The layers were closely connected, like an upside-down Lingling The pagoda is average.What's more, it was obviously not a bee that was flying above.

"I don't believe it. Go up and see is believing." Zhao Guangming made a gesture of disbelief at all, and tried to climb up the tree, but he found that no one stopped him after waiting for a long time.

"Forget it" This guy really didn't have the guts to go up, so he could only find steps for himself.

"Is this what my sister-in-law saw last time?" Liu Junhao asked.This honeycomb has a unique shape, and it will definitely attract people's attention when it is taken off and hung in the yard.But now is not the time, you can only do it in winter or early spring. At that time, the hornet's nest is usually empty and there is no danger at all.

"No, she said that it seems to be on the neem tree." When he fully recovered, Liu Junqi remembered his wife's advice.

"Then let's look for it again..." After Liu Junhao finished speaking, several people dispersed again.

Within a minute, Zhao Guangming yelled again: "I found another one, you all come here..."

"Isn't it a hornet's nest?" Liu Junhao asked suspiciously.

"Damn, it's really a bee nest. I've seen bees." Zhao Guangming said confidently.

This time it was true, but the hive was a little smaller, only the size of a basketball, and it was far from the hornet's nest just now.The bees are flying back and forth between the branches, looking like a busy scene.

"I have the impression that bees and wasps are natural enemies. They cannot coexist. These two beehives are so close. How come there is no fight?"

"How is it possible? Hornets only eat bees. This hive of bees must have been eaten by hornets, but we didn't notice it." Liu Junhao deliberately checked the Internet when he gathered the bees a few days ago, so he happened to know this information, " The bees are not completely defenseless. When they encounter wasps, they will surround them in groups, use the crowd tactics to wrap the wasps tightly in the middle, and then continuously generate heat by flapping their wings, and then steam the wasps alive."

"Crap nonsense, if you still steam to death, it must not be [-] degrees. I guess the bees can't stand it... You say it's almost suffocated." Zhao Guangming clearly didn't believe it.

"This is true. I have read similar information. It is said that after the bees wrap the wasp, the temperature in the center can reach about 45 degrees in a short time, which is enough to steam the wasp to death, and the heat-resistant temperature of the bee is as high as [-] degrees. .” Sun Yutao interrupted.

He is considered a half-expert, and Zhao Guangming had to believe the same words when he said them.

"Don't talk about it, hurry up and pick the honeycomb." Liu Junqi couldn't wait to hear where a few people were chattering.

With the previous experience, he was very careful when climbing the tree this time.After crawling to the vicinity of the beehive, slowly unfold the opening of the window gauze bag, and then put the beehive into it bit by bit.

"Don't bees sting?" Zhao Guangming asked another question at this time.

"It's okay, as long as you move slowly and don't let the bees feel hostile, then they won't attack." Liu Junhao has picked honey before, so he knows the situation quite well.

After removing the hives, Liu Junqi carefully climbed down the tree with the cloth bag.

"I can't get the honey at this time. I'm afraid that the bees will fly away when the opening is opened. When you come back, you can get it at my house." He was still thinking about giving Zhao Guangming the honey, and he explained as soon as he stood firmly on the ground .

"Yes..." Zhao Guangming is a free and easy person, so naturally he doesn't care.

After collecting the hives, a few people remembered that there was still business to do.Liu Junqi rushed home with the hive, while the others continued walking along the mountain stream.

It is said to be looking for crested ibis, but this kind of aimless way is more suitable as a game.The eyes of Xu Dongfang and Sun Yutao are completely focused on the surrounding trees. The crested ibis usually inhabits tall trees and only flies to the mountain stream to find food when looking for food. Therefore, the direction of their attention cannot be said to be wrong. .

On the contrary, it was Zhao Guangming who looked around randomly, going up and down for a while.

"Wow, big fish" he exclaimed suddenly.Seeing that several people ignored him, this guy suddenly grabbed Liu Junhao and said, "Really, I saw it under that rock, and it seems to have four legs."

"That's a toad with four legs," Liu Junhao replied in his mouth, but he was quite surprised in his heart, he wouldn't have encountered a salamander.

In order to distract him, Liu Junhao could only think of another trick, asking Zhao Guangming to find a bird's nest to identify him.

Like Pang Xu, this guy was also very suspicious of Liu Junhao's ability, and kept pointing to the bird's nest on the tree for him to guess.

"No way, Liu Junhao, you are too awesome." After finding a dozen or so bird's nests, Zhao Guangming had to admit that he was indeed tall.

Only then did Xu Dongfang and the others know why Liu Wuye recommended Liu Junhao to be their guide. He really has something in his belly.

It wasn't until twelve o'clock that several people stopped.Liu Junhao's unique skill of catching fish once again stunned everyone. Zhao Guangming was so envious that he insisted on following him to learn from him.

After sprinkling the fish with seasonings and roasting it on the fire, Liu Junhao patted Xiaopi on the head again and told him to lead the black panther to catch rabbits in the woods.

"I also followed. I didn't have a chance to show off with the crossbow all morning." Upon hearing that he was going to hunt, Zhao Guangming became interested.

"Take it easy. Once your crossbow bolt misses, it will be very difficult to get it back. When there is no crossbow bolt, this thing will become a decoration. If we really encounter a wild boar, we still count on it to help..." Liu Junhao hurriedly warned.

"Don't worry, my buddy has practiced countless times at home. The poplar tree with a thick neck ten meters away has a hit rate of more than 90.00%. He is definitely a sharpshooter." He explained complacently.

"The poplar tree with the thick neck of the shooter is still called the sharp shooter, don't disgust me." Liu Junhao almost laughed his teeth out, he really didn't blush when he said this.

"Damn, try it out and I'll tell you that the accuracy is already very good." Zhao Guangming said very unconvinced.

"I'm not used to using high-tech things, a slingshot is enough." Liu Junhao took out the slingshot pinned to his waist, took a bullet and pointed to a branch about ten meters away and said, "If you can see clearly, you can That branch."

The "snap" was not bad, and the branch slightly thicker than the thumb snapped off.This slingshot was specially made last time. It has four rubber bands and is quite powerful.

"Try your luck, you hit this plastic sheet." Liu Junhao said, clamping a small piece of plastic sheet in his hand to the branch.

"Pa" Zhao Guangming had just turned around, the plastic sheet had already been knocked down.

"This is the real sharpshooter." Sun Yutao couldn't help applauding.Although he doesn't play slingshots, he also knows how difficult it is to achieve such an accuracy.

"I don't dare to call it that. There are many people in the village with a higher level of slingshot than me." Liu Junhao shook his head and put away the slingshot.

"Sun, 'Ji Shengyu and He Shengliang' would have known not to come with you, the blow was too great, and now I have no self-confidence..." Zhao Guangming sighed, and then honestly put away the crossbow.

"If you want to play, you should play this, there are plenty of stones in the mountains."

"Just try it," he gritted his teeth and pulled the slingshot away, and shot at the poplar tree not far away, but...hit the nearby pine tree.

In less than half an hour, Xiaopi and Heibao ran back with a hare in their mouths.

This time Liu Junhao brought a short blade, which was just right for peeling rabbits.He did the job smoothly. In 10 minutes, the two rabbits were stripped clean, washed in clean water, and hung on the branches.

The fat rabbit legs squeaked quickly under the fire.When it is half-cooked, sprinkle with the seasoning that comes with it, and a scent will come to your nose.

"I didn't expect you to have such a hand!" Zhao Guangming couldn't help but yelled.

"Haven't you heard the saying 'In the big forest, you can't be like a guest, you should be like a host' Just like you, if you throw it in the mountains for a week, you will starve to death." The rabbit leg passed it over, "How about a taste?"

"Hiss...so hot, fragrant, slippery, chewy...it suits my taste." Zhao Guangming eagerly took a big bite, then jumped up and down on the spot hot.After finally swallowing the rabbit meat, he leaned forward and shouted: "I didn't say anything, Brother Liu, I love you so much."

"Don't disgust me, get out of here." Liu Junhao kicked the man's ass, and then gave the remaining rabbit legs to Xu Dongfang and each of them.

Four people have exactly four hind legs, plus those grilled fish, they are completely full.The rest of the rabbit meat was distributed by Liu Junhao to Xiaopi and Heibao, after all, the two contributed the most.

(End of this chapter)