A news about the honeycomb during the National Day holiday has aroused widespread discussion on the Internet, one is that netizens are surprised that what kind of a nest of horse bees can sell for 50,000 yuan; in addition, the upper and lower four layers, the diameter of 2.4 meters, the net weight of 196 kilograms, the gross weight of 200 kilograms of the super honeycomb in the eyes of most netizens, this is simply a miraculous existence.
Netizens' questions are in the eyes of beekeeper Hong Feng - this is not a thing at all. Taking the protagonist of the honeycomb, the red lady big black bee, as an example, the current market price of bee pupae has soared to 400 yuan per kilogram, and the adult worker bee can sell for 2 yuan / piece, so a nearly 200 pounds of honeycomb Can easily reach about 50,000 yuan.
Some netizens questioned, since this honeycomb is so valuable, why not seize it to the mountain to catch it? In fact, it is difficult to find such a large horse hive in the mountainous wilderness? If there is, it will be remembered by hundreds of people! Therefore, more than 99% of the super-large horse honeycomb is artificially farmed, and the giant horse honeycomb at the beginning of the chapter is also "harvested" by Hu Feng and his friends in the deep mountains and old forests of Ebian County, Leshan.
It turned out that Hongfeng had been studying wild breeding wasps since 2012, and the red lady black wasp wasp was destructive, dangerous, and had a strong sense of territory, so Hongfeng chose the model of cooperation with farmers in mountainous areas. Hongfeng's Wasp Farming Professional Cooperative provides the queen bee, hive and technology, while the farmers provide the site, and after 3 months the harvest is distributed according to the 6:4 proceeds.
The honeycomb that had just been harvested was placed by Hong Feng and his companions in advance in a place in the mountains provided by the villagers, at first it was 4 red brides and black queen bees, but unfortunately one died somehow, but fortunately, the honeycomb reproductive ability was strong, and a "four-story building" was built.
So what kind of horse bee is this kind of horse bee that builds a giant honeycomb, and why is it so "expensive"?
Red Lady Big Black Bee, also known as Old Earth Bee, Yunnan Great Black Bee, Great Black Bee, Red Lady Bee, the head is yellow-brown, the chest except for the last section is yellow-brown, the rest are all black, the female bee is the largest volume of about 48 ~ 50 mm, the length of the worker bee is about 38 ~ 45 mm, and the smallest is about 38 ~ 43 mm long of the male bee. Native to Yunnan, the Red Lady Black Wasp is the largest known wasp in Yunnan.
The Red Lady Black Wasp maintains the characteristics of a wasp fierce and aggressive. The stinger of the Red Lady Black Wasp will release a venom, which contains a variety of substances such as bradykinin, serotonin, etc., but it is not a fuel-saving lamp, such as histamine can cause breathing difficulties, laryngeal edema and other symptoms.
In addition, because the venom contains a variety of toxic proteins, it is easy to cause heart failure and breathing weakness of the stinged person or animal, until the loss of life. Unlike the bee sting, which is suicidal, the Stinger of the Red Lady Black Bee does not have a gland cap, so it can repeatedly and stingers attack the target until the end of the battle. In the area where the red lady black bee in Yunnan is often haunted, there is a saying that describes it like this: "The old buffalo can not withstand three stitches, and people can only withstand one stitch", and the danger of the red lady black bee is self-evident.
Since the red lady black bee is so dangerous, why is it still desperately breeding? Because the Red Lady Black Bee contains huge economic benefits. After the pupae and worker bees are picked from the harvested honeycomb, they can be fried, fried, cooked and cooked to make a dish. In addition, because of its small quantity and high price, it is often introduced as a special dish and appears on some special occasions.
It is used for brewing wine and Chinese medicinal herbs to pupae, worker bees, and another important use for horse honeycombs. According to studies, bee pupae brewing wine has a certain restorative effect on some people with symptoms such as headache, migraine, and memory loss. Moreover, honeycomb sparkling wine also has the effect of treating diseases such as hepatitis, rhinitis and rheumatoid arthritis. In the eyes of some people, the pupae and hive of the red lady black bee are all baby-like existences.
The problem is that breeding red lady black bees is a very dangerous thing, and almost every year people are stung and stung to death for harvesting hives. In August 2021, a man in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, ran to the woodland on a whim to catch a mine bee to drink wine, but never returned, until he was found 3 days later, at which time the man had already stopped breathing. It is speculated that he was stung by the ground lei feng, because the man was still surrounded by the earth lei feng when he was found. And the ground Lei Feng will be killed by the Red Lady Black Bee in minutes of toxicity and lethality.
However, once the red bride black bee breeding is successful, it is very profitable. The worker bees in the red lady black bee colony are responsible for almost all the work, such as building hives, feeding larvae, collecting food, guarding the hive, etc.; the male bees are responsible for mating with the female bees and will die soon after mating; and the female bees, the queen bee, basically do nothing but mating and laying eggs, so the efficiency of hatching bee pupae and worker bees is extremely high. The 3 queen bees mentioned in the opening chapter only had 1 month to produce more than 10,000 worker bees, and the worker bees were 2 yuan a piece, which is a good income, so many people are willing to risk breeding, including harvesting honeycombs.
Original: Old High