Although the smell of burning moxa is strong, bees are naturally protective of the nest and cannot be completely driven out immediately. This will take some time.
After surviving the long winter, it’s finally spring when there are flowers and plants. It’s the time when honey storage is insufficient and reproduction is vigorous. Coupled with the stimulation of smoke, bees at this time are very easily irritated.
Seeing traces of green smoke coming out of the exit, and more and more black bees flying around, and the area getting wider and wider, Lu Lu retreated to a farther place to observe with interest.
If you stay within the range of swarms of bees at this time, you will easily get stung.
Their stress response is strongly stimulated and they need to calm down a little.
After the black bees flew around for a few minutes, they were gradually attracted by the honey smeared by Lu Lu on the straw pot lid, and began to fly into the straw pot lid, sucking the honey from it.
When a hive is infested, they will instinctively drink enough honey to prepare themselves for relocation.
As many black bees fall into the straw pot lid, they are the best at attracting friends and will quickly attract more bees to gather together for cuddles.
After waiting for more than ten minutes and watching black bees crawling out of the tree hole, Lu Lu knew that soon, attracted by more and more black bees, the queen bee would also
Follow and climb out of the nest.
Lu Lu's heart suddenly became hot.
Because this is the feces of a water dog.
Looking around, I saw that the sun was shining right on the river beach, and there were a few stones scattered around that were washed by the running water. It was a good place to bask in the sun.
The presence of fresh feces means that there are water dogs living near the river.
You just have to be smart.
What surprised Lu Lu was that after a whole winter, there were still two complete pieces of sealed old honey inside, which looked like they weighed four to five kilograms.
The fur of the water dog is beautiful, with dense undervelvet, fine touch, rich and even texture, and not easily soaked by water. It is these characteristics that make its fur very expensive, not much worse than sable fur.
Seeing the queen bee, Lu Lu felt happy, knowing that the collection of these black bees was successful.
In his previous life, he collected and sold mountain products and had frequent contact with water dogs, so he knew them well.
He really hoped that he could get a gun as soon as possible. It would be of great use for hunting and self-defense.
Shuigouzi is the common name for otters in Northeastern China.
It's been cold and gloomy for several days, so it's a pleasure to be able to get some sunshine and replenish calcium. Anyway, waiting is just waiting.
However, when Lu Lu walked to the largest stone and was about to sit down, he was attracted by something on another river beach stone next to it.
Lu Lu took off the rope from the small tree nearby, slowly lowered the lid of the straw pot covered with a large group of black bees, and hung it on a small branch two meters away.
Under the tree, he could not see the queen bee, and could only tell whether the queen bee was present by the final hive state of the swarm.
When Lu Lu recognized this thing, his expression became surprised.
Lu Lu immediately became concerned and couldn't help laughing: "You are mine... Well, I have to go find Qingzi tomorrow and ask if there are any wooden clamps and borrow some!"
The black bees have almost come out. Judging from the way they are gathering, the queen bee should have come out as well.
If you can get it, sell the bear bile and its fur, and you can easily buy a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle without any pressure.
Seduce me!
Lu Lu looked at it intently. It was eighty centimeters tall, so big, and its fur was even more beautiful.
The water dogs in the Northeast are much larger than those in other places.
This is not over yet, otter liver is a precious medicinal material, and even its meat can be used as medicine. The famous "Sari Masa" in Mongolian medicine is this meat.
He cut off all the honeycombs from the hive, put them in a bag and put them under the tree. After thinking about it, he found a similar stone on the ground and blocked the hole where the bees came in and out. Only a thumb-sized hole was left.
However, he also knew very well that the slingshot in his hand was of little use to it.
Don't underestimate the water dog. It is at home in the water like a fish in water, and it is not bad on land. Despite its short legs, it is quite agile. With its sharp claws and teeth, if it is attacked, it will not dare to compete with someone bigger than it.
Many animals are confrontational and have very ferocious personalities.
During the winter, many black bees died. In the wild, a swarm like this is already quite large.
"It must have been done not long ago. What a good thing!"
The more intact the fur is, the higher the price will be. Any more damage will be a loss. You can't use a gun, let alone let Yuanbao bite it.
It was a big surprise for Lu Lu to meet a water dog by the river in the forest.
He calmed down for a moment, and his eyes returned to the feces on the stone. After wandering around for a while, he found a few more traces of water dog feces, and then saw a cave under a dead wood pile a few meters away.
There are also dense claw marks left by frequent walking on the wet mud.
Even this feces is an excellent thing, because there are always some animals that like to look for food, such as red foxes, ocelots, etc., which are natural baits.
Then, he climbed up the tree again, used a clean knife to cut off the honeycombs in the hive piece by piece, and put them in the snakeskin bag he carried.
On the lid of the straw pot, a black bee kept vibrating its wings to attract other bees to gather. Even though they changed their positions, the black bees soon came looking for it.
When the bee harvesting season comes, this will be a natural bee trapping tree hole.
He squatted in front of the bee cluster and watched for a while. Sure enough, he saw a slightly panicked queen bee, which was more than half the length of the ordinary worker bees, crawling on the surface of the bee cluster for a while, and then found a position to get into the bee cluster.
He walked over and knelt down to take a closer look. It was a slender ball of black-green feces smaller than his thumb, mixed with bone spurs of small fish, accompanied by a strong fishy smell, and the water was soaked on the stone.
A small piece, very fresh looking.
Lu Lu once heard that someone brought dogs for a siege, and several dogs surrounded a water dog. There were also records of hunting dogs being bitten to death.
The best way to catch water dogs is to use wooden clamps that will not damage the fur.
His eyes scanned the surroundings for a while. Below the river, at the bend where Chen Xiuqing was photographed by Xiong Xiazi, Lu Lu saw the rippling waves in the slightly gentle current from a distance. There, there was a water dog floating on its back on the water.
He was holding a fish with his short legs and gnawing on it.
Usually, the number is slightly higher along larger rivers. It is also distributed in such mountain rivers, but the number is very small. Mainly because in recent years, a lot of people have been hunted to earn foreign exchange from fur exports. In these waters
Range, it can be considered an apex predator, very rare.
What a good thing!
In addition, there were many old beehives in the tree holes that had begun to turn black and yellow, and Lu Lu did not let them go either.
Holding back the excitement in his heart, Lu Lu returned to the lime tree where the beehive was located, and saw that a large group of black bees had gathered in the lid of the straw pot. It looked like it weighed three to four kilograms, and more black bees kept coming from there.
Climb out of the hive and gather into the swarm.
Although there are not many bee colonies in this mountain, there is still a chance for a bee colony to move in. When the time comes, whether it is Northeastern black bees or medium bees, it will be a harvest.
After finishing the work, Lu Lu saw that there were not many scattered bees gathered in the swarm. He did not delay, stuck the ax in his back, picked up the swarm and the honeycomb, and drove briskly to his own cellar.
As soon as he reached the ridge behind the cellar, he heard Yuanbao's barking in the distance and frowned.
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