There are many beekeepers in the mountainous countryside, who have been grazing "Chinese bees" in the deep mountains and old forests for many years, who used to maintain their lives and support their families, but now they have made a fortune and become rich in the mountains.
Now, in the depths of these mountains, there is no desert, no roads, no lighting, by walking sheep farm trails, in the mountain hollows, building simple houses, on the edge of cliffs or under the grass forest, placing beehives, so that hard-working bees can take the essence of mountain flowers and brew sweet honey.
In the Xiangxi Mountains, there is a 62-year-old man, from childhood with his father to learn beekeeping, in the deep mountains and old forests for a lifetime of bees, in addition to farming for the family, never went out to work, all the family's economic resources, including investment in farming, are earned by beekeeping.
Since the death of his father, the bees he raised have all eliminated the traditional beekeeping methods in the past, and the wooden hives are used to shake the honey, which greatly improves the production of honey. Honey production has increased from more than 10 catties per group per year in the past to an average annual output of 100 catties per group.
Now the elderly are slowly reducing the scale of breeding due to their old age and infirmity, from 200 boxes in the past to more than 50 boxes now. This year, due to the excessive rain in the mountainous areas, there are more rainy days than sunny days, and honey production has decreased. So far, the total production of honey this year is only 3,000 catties.
At present, the price of honey produced by the elderly has risen from 80 yuan / catty to 100 yuan / catty now. His 3,000 catties of honey have all been sold out, and he has obtained an economic income of 300,000 yuan. The old man said that because his bee colony was herded in the deep mountains and old forests, the bees all relied on the adoption of alpine wildflowers, far from the countryside, and were not affected by the nectar source of the crops at all. Therefore, his honey has passed many tests, does not contain pesticide residues at all, and is a pure natural green health food.
The old man said that this year's honey production will be more than 20% less than last year,000, otherwise it will reach nearly 400,000 yuan. The old man said that anyway, the current life is still passable, honey production is dependent on the sky to eat, the elderly and young are God's decision, they can only do a good job of management work, and there is no or impossible to deliberately pursue.
The old man told me that his family had three properties, one in the village under the mountain, which was also a newly built cottage, and two in Beijing, which were the homes of his two sons, all of which were purchased from the savings he earned from beekeeping. He has two sons, and the money he earns from beekeeping sends them to two prestigious schools in Beijing. Now that his two children have started a family and live in the city, the couple still lives in their hometown.
He said that in order to ensure that the honey he produces has excellent health and safety, he can only send the bee colony to the deep mountain forest, so it is very inconvenient to keep bees, which increases the difficulty of beekeeping, and it is very hard to climb more than ten miles of rugged mountain trails every day. Therefore, he said that there is nothing major to be done in the family now, the economic pressure is relatively small, and the people are old and weak, so they no longer want to pursue economic benefits excessively, which greatly reduces the scale of breeding.
Therefore, now because his honey is very well-known, consumer evaluation is good, the price is very affordable, forming a relatively stable consumer group, honey does not exist at all poor sales problems, resulting in honey is not in short supply, often let those who come to buy people have not been satisfied, fortunately on sunny days at least there are dozens of pounds of production per day, can ensure the needs of some consumers.
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