Zhumadian Radio and Television Media Reporter Wu Shuai
Spring is a good time for bees to collect honey, beekeepers to raise bees, and it is also the busiest time for beekeepers. In the early morning, An Jianguo, a bee farmer in Malou Village, Wencheng Township, Suiping County, and his wife began a busy day, accompanied by the buzzing sound of the bee swarm, An Jianguo skillfully opened the lid of the hive, carefully pulled out the honey board in the box, gently pulled away the bees on the board, put the board full of honey into the shaking bucket that had been prepared long ago, and with a gentle shake, the crystal clear honey flowed down the wall of the cylinder. Looking at the fresh honey just collected, An Jianguo and his wife were full of joy in their hearts.
An Jianguo, who is nearly seventy years old, has kept bees all his life and is a beekeeper in the village. Influenced by his father from an early age, he began experimenting with bees in his 30s. Bees can also get sick like people, common diseases are pesticide poisoning, digestive tract diseases, neurological diseases, sometimes self-healing, and when severe, they need to be treated with drugs. At the beginning, due to the lack of bee breeding technology, the breeding bees had poor disease resistance and low yield, which made him plant a lot of heels. Through continuous learning from teachers, making friends, and learning in practice, An Jianguo's beekeeping technology has been greatly improved, and later he went to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences to learn and introduce new varieties from abroad, and his beekeeping career gradually got on the right track.
As the saying goes, "always walk by the river, where you can not get wet shoes", beekeeping is the same. Despite being very skilled, he is often stung by bees. An Jianguo told reporters: "At first, the pain was unbearable. Now, I'm used to this pain. "Being stung by bees is only the most insignificant hardship of beekeeping. Beekeepers run around all year round, "it seems that the scenery is very beautiful, in fact, the wind and food have to watch the sky to eat." An Jianguo has just started beekeeping, and every year in order to chase the flowering period, he has to change fields in various places. Rushing at night, resting during the day, he also had to give wind to the industrious bees, always pay attention to the condition of the hive, and in the event of disaster weather, he also had "no grain".
"I have been farming bees for 38 years now, from the initial 'habit' farming, to now I can master the scientific method of beekeeping, because the honey produced has a good taste, pure composition, high nutritional value, and gradually stable honey production, which is the main source of family income." An Jianguo said. "At that time, royal jelly was very valuable, in the early 90s, a bottle of royal jelly can sell for more than 300 yuan, in order to increase income, teach yourself how to make royal jelly." This is a very useful income for my family, knowing that the per capita salary at that time was less than 100 yuan. The increasing burden on the family can only be subsidized by continuously expanding the scale of beekeeping, and the bees have expanded from forty or fifty boxes to more than one hundred boxes. ”
As his children started a family, life got better and better, and his body did not allow him to run out again, An Jianguo took advantage of the characteristics of his hometown surrounded by mountains, and the wide distribution of thorns and acacias was widely distributed for breeding, "There are rape in March, locust flowers in April and May, and thorn flowers in June... The mountain is rich in honey sources, and the honey production is naturally high. An Jianguo introduced that the color of real honey does not look very clear, white, light yellow or amber, light light color is preferred, fake honey color is bright, generally light yellow or dark yellow. True honey is viscous, pick up visible flexible filament, continuous flow, fake honey has suspended solids or sedimentation, when provoked, it is dripping and falling, and there is a broken flow. In addition, real honey smells of floral with a faint plant flavor, and fake honey smells of pungent odor or fruit sugar. Over the years, with genuine and honest management, more and more customers have come to his bee farm to buy honey.
For the future, An Jianguo said: "Last year I had a serious illness, fortunately, there are no serious sequelae, I can still move, I can still support myself, do not rely on the country, do not rely on children and grandchildren, but also create value for society, this is a good thing." Because of beekeeping, our family has today, as long as I can do it, I will continue to work. ”
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