Chapter 38 38. Buying a beehive
Song Sancheng’s view of Tianshi was indeed right.
The three of them finished spreading the fertilizer on the tea garden, and then the spring rain began to fall. The father and daughter hurried back, only Qiao Qiao jumped happily:
“It’s raining heavily. ! ”
Fortunately, there were trees on the hillside all the way, and the rain was not heavy at first, so I didn’t get too wet when I got home. Song Tan thought about the tea garden and realized that it was full of spiritual energy, so it wouldn't be appropriate if it didn't grow vigorously, right?
"Dad, I think the tea leaves will be picked in a few days. This year, we need to hire people from everywhere, and there are no fewer than these one or two."
"If you don't have time to pick the tea leaves, just hire people. "
"Where is the need to hire someone?" Ulan felt that it would be useless to spend money if she didn't keep an eye on her daughter.
How much does tea cost per pound? How expensive it is to hire someone! At least one hundred and fifty days.
Song Tan feels that her mother has not changed her mind yet!
"Mom, I can sell wild vegetables for 20, and I can also sell milkvetch for 20. Why do you think I can't sell a pound of tea for 2,000?"
If as usual, a skilled worker, When the tea leaves are in full bloom, from morning to night, only three or four kilograms of tea leaves are produced in one day.
Four kilograms of tea leaves produce one kilogram of dry tea, and one kilogram of dry tea only sells for one or two hundred, which is definitely not cost-effective.
The problem is, the prices are different now.
The best time for spring tea is only about 20 days, but after the Qingming Festival, it is almost no longer there. Of course, we must seize the time.
Wu Lan thought about it and realized that although she had confidence in her daughter, she had no confidence in local tea selling for 2,000 yuan per catty. But I had just agreed to let my daughter do the work in the fields...
She hesitated: "There's no need to hire anyone, your dad, me, your grandparents can also help. Our tea garden is just that. That's enough."
Song Tan started to crack his fingers: "You have to worry about breeding the seedlings when picking tea leaves, right? Someone needs to take care of the chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs at home, right? Don't you need to take a look at the black fungus in the chestnut forest? ? Do you have to clean up the purple milkvetch every day? ”
“Mom, I don’t think our family is enough now. We all have to go pick tea leaves, so I have to learn the art of separation first. ”
With the current concentration of spiritual energy and decades of practice, Song Tan felt that he should be able to master this move.
The premise is not to scare people.
Ulan:...
She was speechless.
Think about it again, the money earned from selling vegetables this year is not enough for labor!
So cruelly:
"Okay, I'll find two quick guys in the village - will I have to hire a tea fryer then? Your dad hasn't done this job for many years, so don't let it get ruined."
Song Tan still can't remember who in the village knows how to fry tea and whose family has a tea frying machine. But this small job for my own family is not much expensive -
"Okay, Mom, you can discuss the arrangements with my dad."
While I was talking, the phone call came , Song Sancheng answered the phone and chatted with someone for a while:
"Tantan, would you like to see the bees? Over there in Pine Tree Town."
...
The bee seller is in Pine Tree Town.
Songshu Town is next to Qingxi Town and not too far from their Yunqiao Village. It only takes 20 minutes to drive there.
Because there are so many mountains here, local residents rely on tea picking as their main source of income. There are naturally many flowers and trees on the hillside.
Therefore, there is a very famous bee-keeper in Pine Tree Town. Song Tan drove Song Sancheng and Qiao Qiao up the mountain road. When he saw a large cardboard on the side of the road with "Farmhouse Honey" written in ink on it, he knew he was at the right place.
Because this bee farm is on a mountain road, the houses are not as neatly built as those on the roadside. There is even a simple iron shed built next to it.
In the open space on the hillside in front of the door, square wooden boxes are placed regularly. Under the sunlight, the furry body of the bee vibrated, and the buzzing sound was particularly obvious.
They kept lingering in the low altitude. However, the temperature in the mountains was slightly lower, and few flowers on the fruit trees had bloomed so far. In the end, they could only lie down in front of a shallow water dish.
“Old Song, you are here!”
A man with messy hair and a black sweater came out. When he saw Song Tan's family of three, he was very enthusiastic:
"Is this your son and daughter? They look so good--come and ask for bees." Right? I’ll show you what you want!”
“But I don’t have any random bees here, they are all local bees. I have five in this box. There are only about 3,000 spleens each... It’s not easy to raise them in this winter!”
Beekeepers call the place where the bees live, and there are bees’ nests above them. Grid of hexagonal holes.
Generally, the number of bees living in a hive of the same size is about the same. That's how they are, whether the house is big or small, it won't work.
The other party was sincere and didn't say anything. He had already introduced him first.
Song Tan nodded: "It's okay, uncle, I want our bumblebee - how much honey can this box produce?"
Speaking of this, the middle-aged man's face It was full of pride and smile: "You may not think that our bumblebees are small, but they are diligent and capable than Italian bees, and they are not picky. If this box contains a lot of flowers, eighty kilograms will not be a problem."
“It’s not enough if there are too few flowers. If there are too few flowers, they probably won’t be able to eat enough.”
Speaking of this, the beekeepers also sighed:
"In previous winters, I drove to the south, where there were many flowers and it was warm. The market has been bad in the past two years, and I didn't have to run around. I have been worried all winter - you see, I'm not feeding you sugar water. Otherwise, we won’t survive.”
“Old Song, we are all fellow villagers, and I won’t hide it from you. The price of spring bees is already 600 yuan. , if you sincerely want it, 560, I will feed them sugar water without hiding it from you, it will be enough for them to live without honey."
"But with flowers, they can adjust immediately - buy it. It’s definitely not a loss.”
Song Tan checked it online before, and the price should be fair. Now let’s take a look at Song Sancheng.
Song Sancheng doesn’t understand bees either!
After thinking about it, he said sincerely: "I have fourteen acres of flower fields. How many of them are suitable for you to buy? Besides, how do you think these bees are good or bad?"
The beekeeper thought for a while: "It stands to reason. There is no problem with one box of bees per acre, and one acre of land can produce six or seven kilograms of honey. Now that there are few flowers and you have no experience, just take four boxes, or three boxes will do.”
As for that. The bees are good or bad...
Under the stunned gaze of the family of three, the other party didn't even wear gloves. He just opened the beehive without fear with a pair of ruthless iron hands and took out a spleen:
“Look, this worker bee is working hard.”
As he spoke, he grabbed a handful from the other side and saw a dozen furry bees crawling around in his palm, fluttering their wings and flying low. Among them, a big one stood out:
“Look, This is the queen bee, isn’t it good?”
Qiao Qiao squatted aside with eager eyes and stretched out her hand:
“Qiao Qiao also wants to touch it...”
The beekeeper got excited and quickly put the bees back:
"You can't touch this! Stinging people will hurt. You usually have to wear a gauze and gloves!"
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