Chapter 399 Beekeeping Plan
“Zhang An, your bees are going to be divided in a few days, right?”
At this point, Zhang Jianwen stopped and turned to talk to the person next to him. Zhang An asked.
"Well, it's almost time. It is estimated that in half a month, the family will be separated."
Although Zhang An didn't understand what Zhang Jianwen meant by suddenly asking him this, but Still nodded and said.
Every March, April or September or October is the season of bee separation. During this period, the bees are in a state of chaos when they divide their families.
Zhang An’s group of bees were all taken out of space, so after they re-adapted to the outside world, in March and April every spring, a new queen bee was born on the throne. There will be a family separation.
As long as you feed them well in March and April in spring, they will just immerse themselves in collecting flowers and making nectar for the rest of the year, which is quite peaceful.
Unlike other bees, such as the bumblebees that Old Man Qian picked up from the mountains before, they have a wilder temper.
After a family separation occurs in March and April every spring, there will be another separation in October.
So raising those bees is a little more troublesome. If you don't pay attention, all the bees in a box will be lost to the new king.
"Then work harder and separate the bees. It would be a pity to let such a good source of bees run away."
Zhang Jianwen nodded after hearing this, and then continued.
After the old money man left that day, Zhang An discovered that this old uncle was somewhat concerned about their bees.
Now it seems that he has fallen in love with those bumblebees, waiting for him here. There is really no care for no reason in this world.
“Okay, then I will divide them all. I don’t know why this year. When I checked the hive a few days ago, I found that there were several more queens on the throne. I guess the time is up. The noise is worse than in previous years."
Zhang An didn't have the habit of dividing bees in the past. It's not that he doesn't know how to do it, but he doesn't want to.
At first, he wanted to raise honeybees just to collect honey for his family to taste and satisfy his appetite.
But later, when the bee colony in the space grew, it produced more honey than could be eaten all.
Although he didn’t initially intend to sell honey specifically, he would not refuse when people came to his door.
Even if he wanted to refuse, Wang Fang couldn't help him, so selling honey was done incidentally.
So now these boxes of bees outside have become a shield to conceal the source of the honey.
And so much honey can be harvested in the space, and the quality is better than that outside. It is simply impossible for him to raise a few more boxes.
So every spring, when the bees at home were about to separate, he would kill the queen bee that had not yet emerged.
After all, it only takes a moment to kill the new queen bee, but it takes a long time to divide the bees, and sometimes you have to prepare the beehive. He will definitely not be happy if he finds it troublesome.
Unless the queen bee in the beehive gets old and her vitality begins to weaken, Zhang An will leave a new queen bee and let her continue to lead the group.
"That's not good. If you have more queen bees, you can separate more boxes. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to separate the few boxes of bees into several groups."
Zhang Jianwen heard this. Zhang An said that there were many queen bees this year and he immediately became happy.
Because a queen bee represents the ability to separate a box of new bees.
Although it will reduce the number of original bee colonies, bees reproduce very quickly and will grow stronger in a short time.
"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare a few more beehives, and I'll separate them all out then."
For bee distribution, beehives must be prepared.
In the past, Zhang An didn't know how to do it, so he always asked Carpenter Lin to help him.
It’s different now. After all, he has learned carpentry from Carpenter Lin for so long.
Complicated things may be problematic, but he can already do something as simple as a beehive.
"Everyone has heard it. The last thing I want to say is to keep bees."
After confirming with Zhang An, Zhang Jianwen spoke to everyone present again.
“We have no control over the choices of other families in the village, and we should not interfere, but we still cannot let go of those families whose conditions are particularly difficult.”
“So I thought Let us pick up a box of bees from Zhang An and raise them. We can produce several boxes in a year at most. This is a business without capital."
"And now we have so many bees everywhere in the village. There are many fruit trees, so there is no need to worry about there being no nectar source for bees to collect nectar, so it is really cost-effective to raise bees.”
"The reason why I asked you to pick them up from Zhang An's house instead of going to the mountain to pick them up yourself is because the bees of Zhang An's house are frost-resistant and easy to take care of in winter. Moreover, their honey is delicious and cheaper than other people's bees. Sugar is more expensive.”
“As for the money for collecting bees, Lao Qiantou received a bucket of bees a few days ago and gave him fifty yuan on the spot, and later said that he would also send two pots to Zhang An. "Bee sugar, you take it. I don't need to give you any money. When the time comes, I can cut the honey and sell it, and then give Zhang An the money for the bee seeds."
Originally, all the villagers were indifferent, but now they listen. When Zhang Jianwen spoke in detail, the expression on his face began to change.
And many of them have tasted Zhang An's honey, so there is no need for Zhang Jianwen to elaborate here on how it tastes.
As for selling honey, there is no way to hide it from them.
Because in the village, Zhang An's two aunts knew about it, which meant that the entire village knew about it.
Of course, generally what spreads about Zhang An’s two aunts are good things.
After all, they are just quick talkers, and they still firmly remember the principle that family scandals should not be made public.
“Captain, we don’t know how to keep bees, and we don’t know how to keep bees even if we take them over.”
While many people settled down to think, someone stood up and asked questions.
He is a villager in his fifties who lives in Xiazhai, Changqing. His name is Guan Huwa.
The living conditions at home are notoriously difficult in the village.
Because there are only five people in their family, including two people, their son and daughter-in-law, and a little grandson.
It stands to reason that such a family, which does not have much expenditure, should be better off than other families.
But their son was born with cerebral palsy and is still no different from a fool to this day.
Some people may wonder why such a person can still find a wife.
Because their daughter-in-law is also a mentally retarded woman.
Otherwise, no one would be willing to marry a fool, or a fool with poor family conditions.
So their family has no main source of income, so they rely on the old couple to farm.
Fortunately in the past few years, their family has only one grandson and is subsidized by the one-child policy.
It was much more difficult than it is now when there was none before.
This Laoguan family is one of the families Zhang Jianwen just mentioned who want to plant some fruit trees but have no capital at home.
As soon as this family heard Zhang Jianwen say that keeping bees can make money, they immediately became concerned.
But he knew nothing about beekeeping, so as soon as Zhang Jianwen finished speaking, his family immediately started asking.
The craft of beekeeping is easy to say, but difficult to say.
Those who know how to keep bees will keep more bees. For those who don’t, getting stung is a trivial matter, but if you keep them, the bees will disappear.
It is also difficult to find someone to learn from, because it is like competing with others for food, and others will not agree easily.
"You don't have to worry about this. I have found a good master for you a long time ago, the old money man."
Everyone can think of this problem, and Zhang Jianwen cannot think of it.
The fact that he can tell this matter proves that he is ready.
Zhang An thought at first that the person Zhang Jianwen was talking about was him, but he didn't expect it to be an old money man.
"How is it possible? Who doesn't know that old Qiantou? How could he be willing to teach others? Several people came to see him in Xiahewan. They even accepted the gifts and kicked them out."
Obviously, many people in the village know about the old money man.
"I told him about this yesterday, and he agreed. Anyway, don't worry."
Zhang Jianwen smiled and told everyone with great confidence.
Others find it strange, but Zhang An doesn’t think so. After all, Lao Qiantou had just asked Zhang Jianwen to take him to find bee seeds for him a few days ago.
This is a big favor. Without Zhang Jianwen, there is no certainty that Zhang An would give it to him.
If someone else comes to him, he may not be willing.
But if Zhang Jianwen approached him, it would be difficult for him to refuse, because it would be too difficult to repay a debt of gratitude.
In fact, Zhang Jianwen was thinking of Zhang An at first, but in the end he didn't want to trouble him.
After all, Zhang An has been asked to provide the bees, and if he is asked to teach them, he will simply give the money away.
So Zhang Jianwen finally thought about it and went to Xiahewan to find the old money man.
Several people who had questions just now have become less impatient after hearing Zhang Jianwen’s answers.
I guess they are all thinking about the same as Lao Guan, about learning to keep bees.
"Okay, okay, Laoguan, Uncle Qingzong, and the other households that Lao Huang came to register, come to me to confirm their intentions when the time comes, so that I can tell Zhang An. ”
When Zhang An heard Zhang Jianwen mentioning Wu Qingzong’s name, he was immediately dumbfounded.
This old man just bought several thousand yuan of old wild ginseng, how could it be possible that his family is in financial difficulty.
When he looked back at Wu Qingzong, he found that the old man was also looking at him and giving him a look.
How could Zhang An not understand at this time that the old man was pretending to have no money and not letting outsiders know a cent of his family's money.
It simply embodies the principle of keeping wealth hidden.
Just like that person, he made so much money. There was money in the refrigerator, under the bed, and in the walls at home, but he didn’t dare to spend any of it.
But Wu Qingzong is different from that man. That man is afraid of being investigated, while Wu Qingzong is afraid of being visited by relatives who are like leeches.
After all, there are no young people in their family, just two elders and a young grandson. They cannot withstand the blood sucking of those relatives.
The other villagers who were not named were immediately stunned.
Then I realized that Zhang Jianwen really didn’t want to care about them this time.
They had just heard what Zhang Jianwen said so enticingly, and they were very moved and wanted to try raising a few boxes of bees.
But now Zhang Jianwen is not ready to go door to door as before.
So if they want to raise bees, they need to go to Zhang An to discuss bee sources.
They regretted it very much now. They thought it was troublesome when Zhang Jianwen had to control them about everything.
Now that Zhang Jianwen finally ignored them, his heart became empty.
"Okay, let's continue eating. You have to thank Zhang An. Today he not only brought wine, but also meat."
As the proprietor, after talking about the matter Zhang Jianwen began to greet everyone while they were chatting and laughing.
Although he invited everyone to dinner, he hardly prepared any meat or dishes.
After all, although he is the village chief, his family is not that rich.
But no one cares. After all, it’s good enough to eat and drink at someone else’s house. What’s more, a bicycle is also needed.
But this time Zhang An brought two rabbits over. The rabbits were very fat and they could be fried up to one plate per table, which made everyone enjoy the meal a lot.
"Zhang An, do you want to sell this wine? It's really not satisfying to drink this small amount. If it sells, I will weigh two pounds and go back and drink it slowly."
Obviously, this There was an alcoholic who was already obsessed with Zhang An, the new wine in the jar.
“You can sell it, but my wine is very expensive. I’m afraid you won’t be able to drink it after buying it.”
The price of this wine is really something no one in the village can afford.
However, Zhang An did not say it directly, after all, the words were too hurtful.
In the world of human relations, one still needs to possess the art of language.
“You can tell me how much a pound costs. If I can’t afford a pound, I’ll buy half a pound and enjoy myself.”
We are not children, Zhang An’s words The meaning is naturally clear.
But maybe I was really greedy, and the idea of spending huge sums of money to buy wine suddenly occurred to me.
“My wine costs five hundred yuan a pound.”
Seeing that they were unwilling to give up without asking, Zhang An told them.
"What? Five hundred? One pound? Is anyone really buying it?"
As soon as they heard the price, everyone who had just been drunk immediately woke up.
Especially the person who just asked the price and said he would sell half a catty, his eyes widened at this moment.
He knew the wine might be expensive, after all, it tasted good, but he didn’t expect it to be so expensive.
This price is just enough to buy gold.
"It's true, I just sold sixty kilograms a few days ago."
Zhang An did not hide the fact that brother Li Weihong bought wine a few days ago.
Other people keep their wealth secret, but Zhang An has nothing to fear.
After all, this amount of money is only a small amount compared to when selling cherries.
"Guigui, you really are selling gold, so didn't I just drink more than a hundred yuan with this sip?"
Some people silently calculated in their hearts and couldn't help but gasp. Take a breath.
Wang Qiyan was also surprised. Zhang An gave them a pound on the day of the wine roasting.
At that time, he thought it was a bit short, but now he found out that it was only five hundred yuan. It was a pity that he took the wine back.
He drank a little every day and it was gone, otherwise he could sell it for money now.
But what he didn't know was that the puree and unblended wine that Zhang An gave him was much more valuable than the five hundred yuan.
But it's a good thing he didn't know, otherwise he might regret it even more.
After the wine is blended, he may have to bake and sell the wine for half a year to earn back the money for drinking.
At the moment, no one mentioned wine anymore.
"Anzi, don't bring this out next time. We are all rough guys. Drinking some glutinous rice wine is enough."
Zhang Jianwen was very heartbroken at this moment. The jar weighs at least ten kilograms.
According to Zhang An’s price of 500 yuan per catty, this group of people drank 5,000 yuan tonight.
If he had known earlier that this wine would be so expensive, he would not have taken it out at all.
It would be great to sell it directly. The village is so short of money now that the village can't do much with the five thousand yuan.
It’s better now, they’ve all been drunk by this group of people.
But he seemed to have forgotten that he also drank three ounces.
"It's okay, uncle, this is my first time making this wine. It doesn't make sense if you don't drink a little."
If it were him in the past, he would definitely be as distressed as many others.
But now he doesn't know how. Even though it's five hundred and one catty, someone still needs to buy it.
And he still has so much wine, so it seems like a good deal to bring a jar out to try to improve his favor.
(End of this chapter)