Chapter 57: Beekeeping
On this day, Zhang Fan was observing the strawberry field in the valley, and he could already vaguely see the green strawberries exposed, and the ripening day should not be far away.
The strawberry field is full of hard-working bees, and Zhang Fan was worried about whether he needed to introduce bees, who knew that the flowering of strawberries attracted a large number of bees in the mountains.
At this time, pollination is very important. With the help of bees, everything will be logical and save Zhang Fan a lot of effort. If you pollinate by hand, you will definitely vomit blood.
The eldest aunt and the second aunt and aunt were working in the vegetable field on the other side.
Their concept is the same as Li Quan's, thinking that vegetables are the big head, strawberries take a long time to harvest, the yield is definitely not so high, and the profit is small. As a result, they focus most of their efforts on vegetable cultivation.
On the strawberry field, Zhang Fan is mainly staring.
In fact, the main thing is to pay attention to the lesion problem, and Zhang Fan doesn't care about the others. There are basically no insect pests, and he has a large number of chickens and ducks here, "patrolling" every day, looking for insects and they are more anxious than anyone else.
Weeding and watering are a little labor-intensive and tiring. Zhang Fan had long thought that when the next account was in place, he would get a batch of drip irrigation equipment back.
Uncle looked at the tree, the bees are building their nests at an astonishing speed, yesterday, it was only the size of a basketball, and now a hive is the size of a wooden box, dense bees in and out, and the scalp is numb.
The honeycomb structure of the bee is very compact, adaptable and material-saving. The hive is made up of an infinite number of holes of the same size, all of which are hexagonal, each surrounded by the others, separated only by a wax wall.
Surprisingly, the bottom of the hole is neither flat nor round, but pointed. This base is made up of three identical diamonds.
These creatures may seem inconspicuous, but their ability to build nests is something that even human engineers are impressed.
The regular hexagon of each hole is exactly the same size, so precise that it is hard to imagine that it was built by a thoughtless being.
In fact, human beings have been inspired by the structure of the hive, and have made a lot of products by copying bees, and they are also high-end products, such as the current space shuttles, artificial satellites, and spaceships that use a large number of honeycomb structures inside, and the shells of satellites are almost all honeycomb structures.
"It looks like it's going to settle down. Uncle said to Zhang Fan.
"Very good! We'll have honey to eat soon. Zhang Fan is happy to see it.
He was worried about how to keep them, but he didn't expect that some of them should have bees transformed into queen bees, gathering a large number of subordinates, and "occupying the mountain as kings" here.
"If it goes on like this, the tree will be ruined. "What Uncle is really worried about is the tree.
You know, the first surprise was given by these guava trees. So he has a big problem with the bee taking over one of them. If his nephew hadn't stopped him, he would have stabbed the beehive as soon as possible.
"I think it's better to ask the third uncle for help and move the hive to the hive. "At the end of the day, he still doesn't want to give up the tree.
Zhang Fan was speechless, so he had to nod along with his meaning: "Okay, then ask the third uncle to help make a few beehives." ”
The third uncle used to be a beekeeper in the village, and he kept it at home, so he put the bee barrel on the outer wall of the door, a large row, which looked quite scary.
Not to mention people, even the dogs in the village did not dare to pass by his door before.
It's also strange that bees don't sting the third uncle's family, just open the bee bucket and dig out the honey from it, nothing at all. Other people's children chase after them as long as they have a little smell on them.
However, I didn't continue to raise it later. Beekeeping is even less profitable, especially in the countryside, how much can honey be sold for?
Seeing that his nephew did not object, the uncle immediately went to the third uncle and moved those bee barrels from his previous to use, which was very convenient. In addition, it is better to transfer the dangerous matter of the honeycomb to a professional like the third uncle.
Soon, the third uncle and the younger uncle Zhang Liye came over with a few wooden barrels.
The third uncle has no relationship with Zhang Fan's family, but everyone in the village shouts like this, and everyone follows the call. He wears liberation shoes, a pair of white-washed blue pants, and a white vest on his upper body.
Knowing that Zhang Fan had something to ask for, he immediately rushed over to help. Who in the village doesn't want to have a better relationship with Zhang Fan now?
The third uncle's family also planted several acres of vegetables, and at the beginning, they also asked Zhang Fan what to pay attention to.
"Third uncle, aren't you going to order anything else?" Zhang Fan couldn't help but remind.
The third uncle casually asked, "What else do you need to prepare?" Fortunately, I didn't throw away all the bee buckets before. I think three bee buckets are enough for the bees here, and the rest are kept for backup until the colony grows. ”
As he spoke, he climbed up the tree and plucked the beehive that had not yet formed with his hands.
A large swarm of bees landed on the third uncle's head, and his face and shoulders were crawling with bees, and Zhang Fan's eyelids jumped when he saw it. If the bees suddenly go crazy, they probably have to lose their skin!
This is the courage of the legendary artist! Anyway, Zhang Fan doesn't have that guts.
"Go far away and don't step on them. "The third uncle drove the uncle away.
In fact, bees don't hurt people at will, as long as they don't press them, they won't fight with you.
As we all know, bees sting people have to pay for their lives, once the bee needle is separated from the body, it will soon die, are people so stupid? Only when they are hurt, or their companions are hurt, will they fight with you.
The third uncle carefully stuffed the hive into one of the bee barrels, and then closed the lid of the barrel. The lid of the bucket is covered with dense bee holes, which allow the bees to enter and exit freely.
He then laid the bucket flat and secured it with a shelf.
After doing this, he gently shook the bees off his hair, and nothing happened.
Zhang Fan admired, he had been stung a few times before, and his memory was still fresh. According to the reaction of ordinary people, when a bee approaches, we dodge at the first time, and if we can't dodge, we will shoot it away.
Sometimes, just because of such an action, they will be chased and killed by bees.
"Clean the tree so you can see the bees nesting there the next day." The third uncle reminded Zhang Liye.
"Thank you, third uncle, I have to ask you how to manage bees in the future. ”
The third uncle looked at it for a while and nodded: "There are a lot of flowers here, and beekeeping is very good." No problem, something happened to me. ”
The two were about to continue chatting for a while, when a little guy rushed towards this side, and shouted: Uncle Xiaofan, someone is looking for you!
After Zhang Fan returned to his hometown, he often bought snacks for those little ones, and he had a good relationship with the children in the village.