"Really? Is there a wasp coming over to cause trouble? Alas, there is always haze in Xingsha recently, which is very deadly to insects like bees. In the past, a box of bees filled up six or seven pages, but now the speed of the queen bee laying eggs has dropped.
There are a lot. There are only three or four pages left in a box of bees. If this continues, all the beehives will collapse." Professor Li turned around and asked a student to come over and take a look.
The number of bees in a beehive is generally not easy to count. Beekeepers are used to counting the number of honeycomb pages in the beehive. The hive for raising bees is built on a rectangular wooden frame made by the beekeeper. Finally, the hive will
Fill the wooden frame to form a page. The beekeeper will decide how many boxes to add based on the condition of the hive. The greater the number of hives, the more bees there are in the natural hive.
The three or four pages that Professor Li mentioned are actually very few. The fewer pages, it means that the number of worker bees is also decreasing. The most important thing is that the reproductive ability of the queen bee has been seriously reduced. Either the queen bee is aging, or the queen bee is suffering from
In this case, it is natural that the queen bee is affected by environmental pollution and her reproductive ability is greatly reduced.
After a while, Yang Fachao ran back.
"Teacher Li, it's not good. The queen bee is trying to escape with the bees."
"Go over and take a look." Professor Li said.
Lai Wang, Zeng Fangming and Kang Can also followed.
As soon as I got upstairs, I heard bees buzzing non-stop.
Laiwang could tell from the sounds of the bees that the group of bees seemed to be on guard for something. When the bees moved, they were very guarded about everything around them. After all, at this time, the queen bee came out, and all the bees would surround it.
The queen bee was circling around, fearing that the queen bee would be harmed.
"Teacher Li, are the bees dividing their families?" Yang Fachao asked.
Professor Li shook his head, "No, we haven't cultivated a new queen bee for this box of honey, so how could we separate it into boxes?"
There is no room for two tigers in one beehive, and one beehive cannot accommodate two queen bees. Once two queen bees appear, the honey in the beehive will be divided into two parts. The old queen bee will leave the beehive with half of the honey. At this time, the bees leaving the hive will huddle together.
, following the old queen bee around to find a new nest. But the situation in front of her was obviously not like this.
"It should be an environmental problem. The bees feel that this old nest is no longer suitable for them to survive, so they leave their nest to find a more suitable place." Professor Li said helplessly.
The queen bee generally never leaves the nest unless the nest is occupied by bees' mortal enemies such as wasps, or there are bugs in the hive. For example, due to poor management, bugs grow in the hive, which ultimately threatens the survival of the bees. Only in their survival
They will only move when they are threatened. Apparently the serious impact of smog has slowly begun to threaten the survival of bees.
"I have been raising bees here for more than 30 years. I have never encountered such a situation. Now the area around the school has been turned into buildings, and the air is getting worse and worse. Our place is really not suitable for raising bees. I raise them
These boxes of bees are all Chinese bees that are native to Jiangnan. Although our Chinese bees are relatively small, they have one advantage that is very similar to the people of Jiangnan, that is, they are hardworking and never picky about food. These bees do not care about nectar, they
They collect all the time and are never picky. They are extremely friendly to plants. In addition, they are very hard-working and will not let go of nectar in any corner around them. They are very cute. Keeping bees is always a profitable thing. Do not feed them
Food should not take up much space. As long as it is managed well, you will rarely get sick." Professor Li is still very affectionate to the bees he has been raising for more than 30 years. No matter what, he always maintains several boxes of honey here.
.Despite the invasion of various foreign bees, Professor Li still maintained several boxes of Chinese bees.
"Actually, the Agricultural University here is no longer suitable for keeping bees. Now that the surrounding area has become a city, bees have to travel several kilometers to collect nectar. It is completely beyond the range of bees. Fortunately, our Agricultural University has good greening. These flowers and plants can barely
We maintain these boxes of bees. But now the air quality is slowly getting worse, and we can no longer keep these bees," Yang Fachao said.
"Yes. Xiao Chao is right. This place has long been no longer suitable for raising bees. It's just that I have been reluctant to let go, so I kept these boxes of bees. A few days ago, Fang Ming came over and said that someone wanted to raise bees. I have the best varieties bred here.
There are a lot of bees. But I still think that the most suitable bees in Jiangnan are the Chinese honeybees. If you want, you can take away these boxes of Chinese honeybees. Anyway, I am not suitable for raising bees here. Those who raise bees need
I can give you anything. This honey is not worth anything, so I will give it to you directly. But you have to promise me that you must keep these boxes of bees well and don't throw them away," Professor Li said.
"Professor Li, you can rest assured. We mountain people cherish raising animals the most. Besides, there is an abundance of nectar all year round. These bees collect nectar for me every day, how can I be willing to throw them away?" Lai Wang said.
"That's good. In fact, it's not easy to find such purebred Chinese bees now. If you are willing to raise them, you can take these boxes of bees. Wait a minute, I will give you some books on raising bees. These bees
Give me honey that has been produced for decades, and I have to find a good place for it." Professor Li said with a smile.
"Professor Li, if you are reluctant, you can visit us often. Although our place is not well-known, the scenery is not much worse than those scenic spots. When you are free, you can take a vacation with us."
Wang said.
"Yes, Teacher Li, I have been there. The scenery is indeed very nice. It's a pity that it has not been developed," Zeng Fangming said.
"It may be a good thing if it is not developed, but it will be a waste if it is developed," Professor Li said.
Lai Wang nodded, "This year our road will be completed soon, and it will only take a few hours to reach our mountain village. Professor Li, if you are free in the future, you can go to my breeding farm for a vacation. The place is relatively small."
It’s simple, but the air is much better than here.”
"Okay. When the time comes, don't dislike me as an old man for bothering you." Professor Li said with a smile.
But how to take the beehives became a problem. Laiwang drove an off-road vehicle, which could fit a beehive inside. But there were a total of eight boxes of bees here.
"It would have been much better if I had known that we could drive here in a small four-wheeler." Lai Wang said.
"It's useless if you drive a four-wheeler. Transport vehicles can't enter the city," Kang Can said.
"No. Our Fuwang Farm vehicles can enter the city, right?" Lai Wang said.
"By the way, I'll contact the vegetable pullers at Fuwang Farm and ask them to come to the Agricultural University in the evening and drag these beehives back." Lai Wang said that Fuwang Farm immediately thought of a solution.
However, there is a trouble in front of me, that is, the bee that escaped from the box.
"Where did the bee swarm fly just now?" Professor Li asked.
"Over there, over there." Yang Fachao pointed to the east and said.
That direction is close to the river, and bees usually collect pollen there.
"Bring a sack with you, wait a moment, and when the bees stop, we will sweep them all into the bag," Professor Li said.
Yang Fachao was very quick and quickly went back to find a linen bag. This bag was not light-tight, but had good air permeability. It would be very suitable for catching bees in the future.
But bees can fly, so they can naturally run much faster than running on the ground with these two legs. In the blink of an eye, the bees disappeared.
"Bees can't fly very far when they separate their nests. Please pay attention to the surrounding trees and corners. As long as you see scattered bees flying, you can find traces of the bee swarm." Professor Li knows the habits of insects very well and has studied them.
After decades of bee behavior, I know the behavior of bees well.
"Everyone, let's search separately. If you find it, just say hello," Lai Wang said.
"Xiao Zhao, if you are not familiar with this place, you should come with me." Zeng Fangming said.
"It's okay. How can a person of my age get lost in Agricultural University?" Lai Wang said with a smile. This university campus is really big, there are several Zhaojiatuns as big. You must know that Zhaojiatun is a mountain village, and the houses are relatively sparse.
"Then don't run too far. If you can't find your way, just call me and I'll come find you." Zeng Fangming said.
"He's not a child. He can't take care of himself?" Kang Can said.
Lai Wang smiled, he didn't bother to argue with a little girl named Kang Can.
Although Laiwang has never raised bees, he also knows a lot about some of their habits. Although he has never raised bees, how many children in the countryside have never picked up a wasp nest? Although bees are not the same thing as wasps, their habits
It should be very close.
Lai Wang followed the direction with more trees, but never saw any sign of bees.
Lai Wang suddenly remembered that when making caramel in the countryside, putting the tools used to make caramel outdoors would attract some wild bees. Although Lai Wang had no sugar in his hand, there were many flowers in the space. The fragrance of the flowers in the space
It is much more fragrant than ordinary flowers.
Lai Wang walked to a deserted corner and got a bouquet of orchids from the space. Lai Wang put the orchids to his nose and smelled it. The fragrance was rich and he could smell a hint of sweetness from the fragrance. The effect didn't seem to come.
Wang imagined it so well. When Lai Wang walked past a teaching building, he still didn't see any trace of bees.
As I walked past the teaching building, I saw an open space with a football field not far away. The greening around the football field was good, with dense camphor trees and metasequoias arranged in an orderly manner on both sides of the road.
Lai Wang was holding a beautiful bouquet of orchids, which was quite eye-catching, and Lai Wang looked no different from a college student. Others thought that Lai Wang was holding the flowers to give to his girlfriend.
"Hey, what do you think that is?" A student on the roadside stopped and pointed at the sky and said loudly.
Everyone looked up and saw a large, dark swarm of bees buzzing and swooping down from the treetops.
Lai Wang heard the shouting and looked back.
"My dear mother!" Lai Wang screamed and ran away.
But the bee was like a gust of wind, always rushing towards it. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)
