Gao Mingcheng had to admit that he was relieved when he saw that the beehive was safe and sound.
He first went to check the situation in the beehives. He had a total of twenty beehives. Except for the two intact ones, the rest of the beehives had just attracted honey to build their nests. Although there was a shallow layer of honeycomb inside the honeycomb, There is a layer of honey, but it is small and thin, and it takes time to brew.
Honey that is too thin has a high water content, and the honey will be liquid and can be sloshed around. The taste will be bland and not very sweet.
The brewed honey will have a thicker texture, taste sweeter, and can be stored longer.
In the two intact beehives, the honeycombs are already full of honey, and the color is darker, because the honey has been completely brewed.
The wild bee colonies in the mountains on Gao Mingcheng's side are classified as Italian bees, so the bees he introduced into the hives are also Italian bees. Italian bees are suitable for breeding large groups because Italian bees are easy to maintain a strong colony. Bees can be gradually added to each beehive. Spleen can be added up to eight pieces.
There are a total of sixteen beehives in these two beehives, and both sides of each beehive are full of honey.
It's strange to say that at first, Gao Mingcheng had to wear protective clothing to prevent bees from stinging him, but as he came into regular contact with bees, when he came closer to the beehive, the bees would buzz around him. , but was never stung again.
In this case, Gao Mingcheng no longer wore homemade protective clothing. After all, it was not convenient to operate in protective clothing.
He first took out a honeycomb and shook it gently to disperse the bees covering it.
Although the honeycomb is full of honey, it will not flow out because it is covered with a wax cap at the top. Before shaking the honey, the wax cap must be cut off with a knife, so that the honey inside will be released under the action of centrifugal force. Down, it is thrown from the honeycomb into the wooden barrel for shaking honey, and is collected by the wooden barrel.
Gao Mingcheng used the dagger he carried with him to cut off the wax cap. In this step, his hands must be steady and he cannot cut too much, otherwise it will be a waste. If he cuts too little, the wax cap will not be cut off, and if his hands are unstable, it will be easier to cut. crooked.
Gao Mingcheng didn't master it well at first, but after trying it, he quickly found the angle and strength of the cutting. As a boxer, his hands are extremely stable, so the wax cover on the honeycomb was quickly removed by him. Lost.
After cutting it off, you can put it into the honey shaker. This honey shaker is not big and can only hold two pieces, one on each side.
After Gao Mingcheng cut two honeycombs, he could shake the honey.
He placed the two honeycombs on the frame inside the barrel of the honey shaker, and then quickly pulled the rope to make the honeycombs rotate with the axis of the barrel. At this time, the honey in the honeycombs could be thrown down to the wooden barrel. Bottom of the barrel.
Gao Mingcheng pulled the rope and looked at the rapidly rotating axis and honeycomb in the machine barrel. He no longer had any worries in his heart. This honey shaker made by the carpenter was pretty good to use.
It's just that my hands are useless for pulling the rope, but this is not a big problem. Gao Mingcheng has plenty of strength.
So he shook two beehives one by one. After all sixteen beehives were shaken, less than half the bucket of honey had been collected in the bucket.
This is because there is too much honey in these two boxes. Since the beehives were introduced last fall and the honey was harvested in mid-April this year, there is naturally a lot of honey.
Next is the season when flowers are in full bloom, and there is no shortage of nectar sources in the mountains. Honey can be shaken once every two months, or even every month and a half, depending on how much honey is in the honeycomb.
"Completed!" Gao Mingcheng looked at the collected honey and smelled the sweet smell, feeling a little happy in his heart.
However, seeing so much honey coming out of two beehives, Gao Mingcheng thought to himself, if the other eighteen beehives were intact, more honey could be shaken out!
Heartbroken, a loss of 100 million!
But it has happened and it was not stopped in time, so the consequences can only be accepted.
He continued to put the honeycomb that had shaken the honey back into the hive. As long as the honeycomb was not obviously damaged, it could still be used. The bees would repair it, and although most of the honey was shaken out, it was still in use. The remaining bit is stuck to the honeycomb, and this part can also be used as food for the honeys.
After placing the honeycomb and closing the beehive lid, Gao Mingcheng was ready to go home with the honey shaker.
At this time, the black tiger on alert suddenly started barking, and the elf also barked in a certain direction.
The barking of dogs is full of the sense of crisis facing a powerful enemy.
Gao Mingcheng instinctively clenched the dagger and looked in the direction where Black Tiger and the others were staring. His eyesight was good and his hearing had improved, but he had been focusing on shaking honey before and was not so vigilant about the surroundings.
But that's also because the black tiger and the elves are there, and the hunting dogs can play a very good warning role.
At this time, he listened intently and heard the sound of the mountain forest shaking. This was the sound of a huge beast running in the mountain forest.
Is it a tiger? Or a black bear?
He has never seen a tiger in the mountains, but he has seen a black bear. In addition, there is a small bucket of honey next to him. The sweet smell of honey permeates the nearby air. Black bears have very sensitive senses of smell and hearing, and they follow the wind. You can smell smells half a kilometer away and hear footsteps 300 steps away.
However, they have poor vision, so they are called "black blind people".
At this time, the huge black bear that Gao Mingcheng had encountered before was running towards where Gao Mingcheng was.
In fact, black bears are not active during the day. They usually choose to sleep in caves or tree holes during the day, and do not come out until night.
But this is also a general rule, not absolutely the case.
Some black bears also come out to look for food during the day. The last time Gao Mingcheng encountered a black bear, it was also during the day.
It only took half a minute from the moment I noticed the situation to the arrival of the black bear.
Gao Mingcheng had no time to escape and had no intention of escaping.
When the huge figure of the black bear was reflected in his eyes, his usually peaceful eyes gradually changed and became full of aggression.
I just felt so distressed that the honey was wasted by the black bear, but this black bear still dares to show up!
He couldn't escape. He had to subdue the black bear, either drive it away or kill it directly. Otherwise, how could he keep bees in the mountains?
These twenty hives of bees are just his initial attempt. If it goes well, he will add more hives in the future. By then, he will be able to make a lot of money in a year just by selling honey.
But with the black bear, a honey thief, in the mountains, beekeeping becomes uneasy.
Gao Mingcheng didn't bring a blunderbuss or a javelin. He only had a dagger with him. At this time, the dagger was still stuck with some wax cover and honey.
"Woof woof!" Although facing a formidable enemy, Black Tiger did not retreat even one step. He still stood in front of Gao Mingcheng, vowing to protect him to the death.
The elf was a little scared. It turned its body uneasily, as if it wanted to escape, but in the end it did not escape.
The master is still there, the eldest brother is still there, how dare the younger brother escape?
(End of chapter)
