The next day, Liang Chuan met Zhaodi and asked him, "Brother Zhao, do you like honey?" Liang Chuan was stung by a bumblebee. Instead of being afraid, Liang Chuan even missed the delicious food. In an era when sugar was so valuable, if you could make honey, it would be equally valuable.
Needless to say about honey in this era, even in later generations, a pound of local honey costs almost two hundred yuan, and it is not a matter of money. The key is that it has a price but no market. All the honey on the market is adulterated honey with water and sugar added. Real honey Only acquaintances can get it.
The bumblebees here are so lethal that if they sting someone, they will die. Liang Chuan believes that if these strong bumblebees make honey, it will definitely be first-class honey. If he sells it to rich people, he will definitely make a lot of money. One stroke.
Zhaodi's eyes lit up green when he heard about eating, especially for something as good as honey. When he heard about it, his ears perked up, "Third brother, do you have honey?"
"No." Liang Chuan said seriously.
Zhaodi looked resentful, "It's not as exciting as you said, it's just trying to whet my appetite."
"Is our honey expensive?"
“It’s expensive, and it’s not available.”
"How about we raise some bees ourselves and make honey?"
"I don't know how. I used to steal honey from bumblebees, and I was stung by them a lot. Black Nose followed me and got a lot of bee stings. The feeling was not pleasant. Third brother, doesn't your face hurt? .”
Liang Chuan's mind was completely focused on the honey, and he couldn't care less about the pain. Besides, wealth and honor are sought in danger. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cub.
"Brother Zhao, I promise to let you eat honey, but you can use some strength and we can cooperate together." Liang Chuan was like a wolf grandma, seducing Brother Zhao.
Zhaodi looked at the weird Liang Chuan, "You... why do you want me to go?" Zhaodi had an intuition that Liang Chuan wanted to sell him, but the honey was still very tempting, and he was a little shaken.
Liang Chuan collected the leftover materials for making the sand table, called Zhao Jinyu, and asked him to hand over the wood to Zhao Jinyu and ask him to help plan it. The texture of cedar wood is light, strong and durable, and it is not easy to deform or crack. The wood is also available everywhere. This kind of wood is most suitable for making beehives.
This was also very fast. Zhao Jinyu thought he was going to do something big, so he planed a few boards. He called a young apprentice to help Liang Chuan do it.
This young apprentice was afraid that the box wall he made for Liang Chuan was not strong enough, so he deliberately staggered the joints on the two adjacent walls up and down when the side walls were connected to the front and rear walls. The two joints could not be connected at the same level in order to ensure that the box wall was not strong enough. The box is strong, and a dovetail is made at the seam to fix it. In order to reassure Liang Chuan, this young apprentice specially asked Liang Chuan to break it. It didn't move at all. It was indeed very strong.
"Boss, are you making a wooden box? Why do you leave so many holes? Reptiles can get in through these holes."
"These openings are for ventilation." Liang Chuan would not tell him that these were beehives for beekeeping. This was his way to make money. If there were more people who knew it, he would have no advantage. He was worried about Zhao Jinyu at first. Once you have experience, you will learn your own skills, so if you send a young apprentice, you will feel relieved.
At that time in school, the beekeepers in the courtyard carried beehives to their professional vegetable gardens every day to release bees. They collected honey and we pollinated. Everyone was eager for them to come every day during the flowering period. The two groups became familiar with each other after going back and forth. I taught them the flowering period of cauliflower professionally, and they discussed some things about these flying thorns with us. Everyone's learning improved each other through practice.
Liang Chuan also learned a lot about beekeeping during daily business exchanges. Although it was half a bucket of water, it was much better than a bucket with no water at all. He had tried beekeeping at home, but every time he returned home, It was either winter or summer vacation, and I missed the best season for placing beehives. I never had the chance to try it. I never thought that this skill would come in handy in this world.
Liang Chuan ordered the young apprentice to drill several ventilation holes on the beehive door, lid, and both sides of the beehive. Don't underestimate these ventilation holes. These holes can adjust the temperature of the beehive. In the next few seasons, bees will be active. , the large amount of fresh air needed comes in through these pores.
But in winter, these pores must be blocked, because when cold air enters, the bees will die. If there are too many dead bees, the production of the beehive in the coming year will be affected. Fortunately, the winter temperature in Xinghua is not too low. If you pay a little attention, the impact will not be big.
Three inclined ventilation holes need to be reserved on the oblique top of the beehive cover. These three ventilation holes should be kept open to the outside world all year round. The existence of these three stomata can facilitate the discharge of hot and humid gases in the beehive, and is also a key presence in increasing the production of bee products.
The little apprentice became more and more confused as he did it. This box was cut like a hornet's nest and couldn't put anything in it. How could he know that this box was used to house bees?
The outer beehive is ready, and now comes the inner frame. There should be space between the frames of the beehive for the bees to pass through and for air circulation. This gap is generally called a bee path. The bee path does not need to be too large, because our native bees will be smaller. .
The nest frame is simpler. It just consists of upper beam, lower beam and side strips. The honeycomb will be built by bees. If it is a man-made honeycomb, many bees will not use it, so they have to make it themselves. , only when the bees are brewing will they feel comfortable.
As the saying goes, the apprentice is confused from beginning to end. He can't figure out what Liang Chuan created on a whim. He doesn't dare to say anything. His master Zhao Jinyu has told him that you can just do whatever the boss wants. Don't talk too much. If you are annoyed, your boss will send you back to Luocheng.
The young apprentice worked very quickly and finished the beehive Liang Chuan wanted in half a day. This is also a simple carpentry job. Liang Chuan praised it a few times, and the young apprentice was embarrassed to be humble.
After making the beehive, Liang Chuan asked Zhaodi to go to Fengshan and buy some tung oil. The tung oil could be applied on the surface so that the beehive would be more durable and less afraid of water. Any peculiar smell in the beehive will disappear if it is exposed to the sun for a while.
Brother Zhao saw that Liang Chuan had made a square wooden box and couldn't figure out what Liang Chuan wanted to do. "Third brother, what is this for?"
"You don't want to eat honey, honey comes from here." Liang Chuan chuckled, and the next incident was more troublesome.
"Recruit brother, go pick some mugwort and bring it back."
"Third brother, the Dragon Boat Festival is still early, what are you doing with this?"
"I found that you have a lot of questions today. Don't ask why, just go and go." Liang Chuan sent Zhao Di away and went to pick mugwort leaves. Then he got into the house, took out all the winter clothes that Yi Niang had put away, wrapped them in a piece of cloth, carried them on his back, and then went to the kitchen to get a fire stick.
After recruiting his brother back, Liang Chuan brought two sets of clothes, carried the beehive and headed up the mountain.
"Brother Zhao, take Black Nose with you. We'll be looking for something later."
"What are you looking for?"
Liang Chuan glared at him. There were really a lot of problems today. Zhaodi now felt like he was falling out of favor. Heibi seemed to be getting closer to Li Chuyi. Now he was so busy every day that he didn't have much time to spend with Heibi. Playing, Black Nose is all brought by Li Chuyi.
Heibi's life is now very comfortable. He no longer has to worry about having enough to eat every day, and he doesn't have to follow his useless master Zhaodi all over the mountain and be chased by wild farmers. Every day, Li Chuyi takes him wherever he goes. After eating, I went home and sunbathed in the yard, and my dog's life was perfect.
When Zhaodi asked him to go up the mountain, he was still reluctant and asked him to work hard again. Liang Chuan shook his head as he looked at it. It was true that when one person attained the Tao, chickens and dogs ascended to heaven.
Liang Chuan led Zhaodi and Heibi back to the place where they met the bumblebee yesterday. Liang Chuan took a set of clothes for his brother to change into, and he also put on the thick winter clothes. Liang Chuan began to fiddle with the wild flowers all over the mountain. After a long time, he finally found another bumblebee, but This bumble bee was full of wine and food and was not in the mood to hang out with Liang Chuan. It shook its wings and flew back with a buzzing sound.
"Hurry up Heibi!" Liang Chuan pointed at the bumblebee and ordered Heibi to catch up.
Hei Bi ignored his brother-in-law, but he understood Liang Chuan's good intentions. He was very intelligent and made sense as soon as he said it, so he started chasing the bumblebee.
"Hei Nosi, come back quickly! That's a bumblebee. It hurts when it's stung!" Brother Zhao finally realized something was wrong. Liang Chuan took him to look for beehives. Only crazy people would look for beehives. A bee sting is fine. A swarm of bumblebee stings can kill someone.
"Hei Bi, don't listen to Zhao Di, chase!" Liang Chuan carried the beehive and followed Hei Bi, scurrying and jumping on the ground, chasing after the bumble bee. Hei Bi ignored Zhao Di, and Zhao Di had no choice but to hug him. He followed mugwort.
Black Nose chased the bumblebee all the way to the foot of an old pine tree. Looking over from a distance, he saw a cluster of black bee nests hanging on the branches, as big as a man's head. The bumblebee buzzed back to the nest.
Liang Chuan took out the wrapping cloth and covered his face, and also wrapped it around his head, leaving only his eyes exposed. "Brother Zhao, light up the mugwort quickly."
Brother Zhao took the fire from Liang Chuan, pulled out a few dry grasses, and lit a fire. He put the mugwort on the fire and burned it, and a special aroma wafted out, heading straight towards the honeycomb. The smell of mugwort itself has the effect of repelling mosquitoes. After it is burned with fire, the smoke and the special smell of mugwort make it unbearable for a nest of bumblebees.
A swarm of wasps blew up the camp and all flew out. A group of black wasps, like mosquitoes on the head in summer, so scary. At this time, the wasps were buzzing and extremely aggressive. sex. But they couldn't stand the smell of mugwort. The fire burned hotter and stronger, and the smoke became thicker and thicker. The group of bumblebees could only hatefully fly elsewhere.
"Zhao Di, take advantage of the moment! Go up and tear down that honeycomb!" Where Zhao Di dared to go up, Liang Chuan kicked him, and Zhao Di climbed away reluctantly.
Not to mention, Zhaodi's hands and feet are as nimble as an ape. His movements on the tree are just like back home. He is so casual and nimble. He moves around and destroys the black honeycomb in a short time. Come and take it out.
Liang Chuan quickly opened the new beehive below, asked his brother to take down the honeycomb, jumped down from the tree, and quickly put the honeycomb into the beehive. Liang Chuan decisively covered the beehive, carried the big guy on his shoulders, and shouted to Brother Zhao, "Run quickly."
Two dogs and one dog ran like desperadoes. When I looked back, I saw an army of bumblebees behind them, all of which had been taken away. They were chasing Liang Chuan and the others desperately with bee stings and shining cold light!
