The benefit of mountain bee domestication is high.

Mountain wasp is a kind of wild economic insect. The honey it collects from natural flowers is the best honey. The market price can reach 30 RMB40 per kilogram. Generally, each barrel of mountain bees can get about 25 kilograms of honey a year, such as strong bees, good honey sources and suitable climate. Each group of bees can produce 40 kilograms of honey. At present, it is the peak period for mountain bees to be grouped, and bringing mountain bees home for breeding is a good project with less investment and quick results.

The manufacture and placement of the bee bucket consists of a bottom bucket, a relay bucket, a barrel bottom and a bucket cap (cap). The bottom bucket and the secondary bucket can be made of logs with a length of 1.2 meters and a diameter of about 0.4 meters, which are made of hollow logs with chisels and removal of internal sawdust. The inner wall of the bucket should not be too smooth. Make a nest door 4 cm long and 1 cm high at the edge of the barrel, dry it and hang wax on the inner wall of the bucket evenly, so that the wasps can collect honey and make wax as soon as possible. Generally speaking, the relay bucket is more than 2 times longer than the bottom bucket, and there is also a combination of the bottom bucket and the sub-bucket, and the bottom of the bucket can be made of a circular plank with a slightly larger area than the bottom mouth of the bee bucket. The rest of the connection between the bottom of the bucket and the beebucket should be sealed except for the nest door. The upper mouth of the bucket is generally made of bark or other boards and a conical bucket cap of moderate size, and the lower edge of the bucket cap should grow out of a bee bucket of about 10 cm. The joint between the barrel cap and the barrel mouth should also be sealed, and the barrel cap, barrel and barrel bottom should be connected and fixed. After the bee bucket is done, put it near the house where there is a leeward to the sun, trees behind, open in front, no water in summer and no snow in winter. When putting the bucket, the bee bucket should be padded as high as possible to prevent rats and ants from entering the nest door. The bee buckets should be scattered and placed properly and firmly to prevent the buckets from escaping.

When catching bees, the operators should wear protective equipment such as bee caps. The commonly used methods of catching bees are the method of catching bees at the door and the method of collecting and catching in groups.

The method of picking up bees at the nest door: when the swarm begins to fly into the shape of a microphone, holding a bucket cap coated with honey in one hand and holding a grass handle in the other quickly holds the queen bee on the bucket cap. After the hand leaves, the wasp quickly gathers and gets bigger and bigger, and the bucket cap can be gently placed on the bucket. When most of the bees enter the bucket, cover the bucket cap and fix it, then shrink or close the nest door, move and place the bucket properly at night. Bees should pay attention to care after entering the bucket. If the bucket is quiet, the nest door can be opened; if the bucket is not quiet, the nest door can be closed at any time.

Group capture method: when the hive gate catches bees unsuccessfully, the queen bee does not fly too far for the first time, and usually falls on nearby trees, eaves and other places. At this time, the beecatcher can take a ladder, put the bee cap on the top of the bee colony in one hand to approach the bee colony, and drive the bee colony up with grass in the other hand. When the queen bee and the whole bee form a group under the bucket cap, the bucket cap will be lifted away to attract the bees into the bucket. If the harvest is not successful in this period, the bees will move to the distance. At this time, they can use spades or hands to scatter peat soil or splash water to block their way, forcing them to stay on nearby trees or eaves to form clusters in order to collect again.

In addition, when clusters of bees are found in the wild, the branches can be sawed off and the colonies can be put into the bee bucket, or they can be shaken off in the dough bag and put back into the bee bucket. When mountain bees are found in the cracks in the stone, you can set up some empty buckets on the mountain to attract swarm bees to live. When the colony goes into normal work quietly after living, it can be carried home at night.