"Uh, I'm sorry, can you explain the difference between fixed-point beekeeping and grazing beekeeping?"

Since Hadley couldn't answer, Tang Hai could only ask the expert on the phone. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It was an old man who was talking over there, at least the voice was that old people of this age were generally more experienced.

Of course! This is people's subjective judgment, and then the elderly at such an age gradually have more basic technical positions......

"Mr. Tang, you know, beekeeping requires a nectar source."

"Yes."

"Generally, there is a honey source of about 4 acres, which is enough to raise a nest of bees. But 4 acres is also a big number, especially in some northern areas, it is difficult to find a source of honey in the cold season, so at this time, it is necessary to use a truck to load beehives to drive around to collect honey like grazing cattle and sheep. Familiarity with the farms, orchards, flowering seasons in each state, and preferably with local owners is essential to ensure that everything runs smoothly. Take-out can also help local fruit and vegetable farmers, grazing beekeeping can bring at least 20%, or even 50% income growth to various fruits and vegetables. It's a double win. ”

Tang Hai was greatly surprised when he heard this, this was very different from what he had known about beekeeping before.

"Hello, I didn't hear your introduction just now, what do you call it?"

"My name is Hill."

"Dr. Hill, what about the other fixed-point one?"

It is estimated that he was called cool by Dr. Tang Hai, and the other end of the phone smiled heroically: "The other fixed-point one is much simpler, as long as there is enough honey source nearby, and the honey produced by the bees is enough to eat, the fixed-point can be used!" In addition, there is a kind of high-rise beekeeping in the United States now, and some people think that New York and other big cities should set aside a place for beekeeping, which is unrealistic, but there are a large number of parks and flower beds in the city, and it is too wasteful to be idle, so there are companies that install beehives on the top floors of high-rise buildings everywhere......"

Tang Hairu listened to the book of heaven.

Dr. Hillbee finally recommended three varieties to Tang Hai.

Italian bees, this kind of bees are very mobile, but they are not very cold-tolerant, and may die in pieces if they are lower than 5 degrees Celsius, but if they are well protected artificially, or there are heating equipment near the beehive, they can be raised well in the warm and humid environment of Huazhou. This is one of the four major bees in the world.

Northeast China Black Bee, which is a species of Heilongjiang, originated from the descendants of the Russian Far East Black Front and European bees, and mixed with a certain amount of Caucasian bee blood, very cold-resistant, absolutely not afraid of the winter in Huazhou, that is, the amount of honey produced in a wave is certainly not comparable with the Italian bee. The Northeast Black Bee has the bloodline of the European Black Bee and the Caucasian Bee, and is stronger than the European Black Bee and the Caucasian Bee, which used to be a national treasure of China and is now open for trading.

Finally, the Chinese bees!

"Mr. Tang, you don't know that the 27.4 million natural, domesticated bee colonies in the United States have been attacked by a deadly bee mite for more than 10 consecutive years. The resistance of the world's four major bees to bee mites is weak, and the resistance of Chinese honey bees is strong......"

Tang Hai listened to it, and it became Yao Ming's emoji.

Resistance ...... of Chinese honey bees Is it stronger...... Why do you feel a deep sense of malice......

"Then what should I raise?"

"I recommend Chinese bees, but I'll have to wait for a field trip later."

"Thank you Dr. Hill then."

In fact, Dr. Hill didn't say one thing, the Chinese bee is resistant to bee mites, in fact, because bee mites were introduced to the Americas from Asia, and the Chinese bees, which have the strongest balance in Asia, certainly have antibodies. But this antibody is not absolutely effective.

Not only are the various deadly germs in the human world escalating, but so are the natural world.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Hai told the two friends on the boat about the difference between the world's four major bees, China's four major bees, and settled and grazing breeding......

The two of them showed contemptuous little eyes at Tang Hai's low-level show-off behavior, which they learned to sell in front of them.

Put on the waterproof mask, Tang Hai turned over and went into the sea.

Sea urchins, also known as "assassins of the sea", sound mighty and domineering, but they are very timid.

If you see a fluffy sea urchin washed up on the beach, it is not advisable to step on, kick it, etc., because their spines are limestone structures, which means that they can easily pierce people's flesh and skin.

Tang Hai just went down for a while, and when he came up again, the net was so heavy that Lisa almost couldn't pull it up, and it was a full 25 kilograms......

"Teach me!" Finally found the moment when she could be coquettish, and Lisa's reaction was much faster than that of ordinary Xiaomi.

The Wasp 2 is very large, with changing rooms and a lot of standard wetsuits.

After a while Lisa was back again, in tights......

Tang Hai taught her how to catch sea urchins......

"Usually after the typhoon season, some sea urchin seedlings are put into the sea, which is the size of a finger, and when it is in April of the following year, some of them grow fast and are the size of a fist. These little ones are very shy animals, but don't be afraid of them running away......"

Tang Hai dived into the sea.

Some sea urchins are vegetarians, but most are omnivorous or carnivorous, and they hide by rocks, seaweed, and corals, and eat quietly.

The diving depth of sea urchins is also different, there are weak chickens within 5 meters, there are also masters who can live in the intertidal zone of more than 100 meters, and the strongest is able to live at a depth of 7000 meters, and Tang Hai can't do anything with them...... Plus, many sea urchins are poisonous! I cannot touch it if it is not a familiar kind!

Tang Hai dived less than 1 meter before he saw the purple sea urchin that was released......

"Oh no, predator spotted!" Sea urchins are frightened.

Tang Hai looked at it quietly, and after 1 minute, it moved about 0.01 centimeters, which is fast in the sea urchin family, and they can't move 1 meter a day after they are full of strength......

The cute little thing was hooked by Tang Hai's hook and went into the net pocket.

In the end, Tang Hai picked up more than 20 kilograms, and Lisa also had about 3 kilograms.

There is a special tool for opening sea urchins, a kind of clamp, the front section is inserted into the mouthpart position, and the back is clamped, the front end of this pliers is not closed, but opened, so that the limestone texture of the sea urchin shell is opened.

The middle part is black entrails, washed with water, and then carefully drawn with a spoon to create a pale yellow "sea urchin yellow" ......

The texture is somewhat like caviar, liver, and it is easy to crumble.

Peel it and eat it, it tastes very fresh!

Tang Hai found Dahlia's cook, and a few people worked for most of the day, and in the afternoon, people from Dadan Bee Industry Bee Company came.

The company has a monopoly on 90 to 95 percent of the beekeeping industry in the United States, has 210,000 registered beekeeping users and employees, and controls more than 3 million bee colonies......

In other words, artificial beekeeping in the United States is less than 15% of the natural wild bee colonies! The United States is too big and has too little population, so you can't drink all the honey! And many Americans don't trust wild honey and feel that it has not been tested according to a unified standard......

There are more and more beekeepers, and companies like Dahlia have a leading role, so the main person in charge of Huazhou is here.

Hill is a bearded man, in his 60s, and with several assistants, he directly brought bee equipment.

It just so happened that Malena also came home from school, so she went along.

"A few years ago, dahlia did wetland projects, dahlia and various flower garden breeding, I wanted to suggest Mr. Tang you beekeeping, but I couldn't contact you at that time......"

"I've heard that drinking too much honey can lead to precocious puberty, is that true?" Mary asked.

"This, only royal jelly has hormones...... Royal jelly is different from honey. Generally, when the number of bee colonies is too large, they will divide into nests, and the worker bees will build a queen bee platform, secretly move the young bees in, and feed their own secretions, that is, royal jelly, for them to eat. The average young bee eats only a few meals of royal jelly, then eats ordinary honey, and slowly develops into worker bees. If you keep eating royal jelly, you will eventually develop into a queen bee under the stimulation of hormones. Here you can see the magic of royal jelly......"

Old Hill has a beehive installed on the edge of the flowing water, not far from the flower bed, and the variety, price, and specifications have been negotiated before.

Old Hill said while installing: "The queen bee will not allow the new king to provoke her, and if the new king leaves, at least 1/3 of the bees will be taken with him, so the queen bee will look for an opportunity to kill the new king." But that's a long time later...... Our company uses 7 boxes to make a giant bee colony, which can hold more than 5 million bees, and generally does not produce new kings so early. When the time comes, we will have a specialist to help you see if a new queen bee has been born, you can choose to sell it to us, or let our employees help to do a "wedding flight" to separate new groups...... Probably in the future, one person can control up to 1,000 bee colonies......"

"There are 5 million bees in a colony, and there are not 5 billion bees in 1,000 bee colonies!" Marlena exclaimed.

"It's not so much, there must be two or three billion."

"Then Marlena will have endless honey!"

"Haha! And indeed it is! ”

There are bees in the hive, but there are not many, as long as there is a king who has ended his "wedding flight".

If there is no king, there are only bees, then the bees will eventually fly away, and they have the same strict social nature as termites and ants.

Buzzing and flying, raising a resistant, gentle personality of the Chinese bee, not stinging, in fact, unless a person has a peculiar smell, or deliberately killed one of the bees, the bee will spread the message of "this person killed me" to the companion before death, otherwise the bee does not take the initiative to attack people.

Tang Hai felt very amazing that in the past, all kinds of small animals liked to lean on him, but this time they didn't, it seems that the sociality of bees is very interesting......

Malena has 2,000 acres of gardens, which can house at least 3,500 bee colonies, in addition to the wetland plan, and there can be dozens of vegetable gardens in dahlia......

But there's no need to rush to get it done in a day or two.

By the evening, 60 bee colonies had been installed, and Marlena asked Tang Hai if he had anything to eat.

"It's done."

"Shall we treat Dr. Hill to a paella then?"

Sea urchin sushi, scrambled eggs with sea urchin yellow, and a kind of sea urchin shell cut open, put the rice in and steam for 45 minutes, and peeled sea urchin yellow is spread on the abalone shell, and after baking, it can be kept fresh for a longer time.

Takeout isn't just about sea urchins......

"Dr. Hill, I still have a lot of junior series here, and I've already had a few boxes ready for you to put in your car."

"Ah, that's embarrassing!"

"Even if it's a private gift."

Seeing Tang Hai like this, Hill hurriedly ordered a subordinate: "I still have a few cans of lychee honey in my car, Charlie, you go and get it." ”

Lychee honey, one of the four major honeys.

Not all flowers produce nectar is stable, people have summarized for many years, vitex honey, jujube nectar, acacia nectar, lychee honey, four kinds of honey honey production is the most stable, the effect is also the best.

Tang Hai sent the young series, and Hill hurriedly returned the gift of lychee honey.

Malena was already licking her lips, and she loved to eat honey as cream on bread......

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[There are two days left before the month ends, don't rot the monthly pass in your hands!] (To be continued.) )