Wang Qi: raising bees on the road to prosperity

"Oh, oh, oh, oh." The loud sound of chickens broke the stillness of the early morning in Chuanxin Village, Wangjia Town. From afar, the mountains are full of rape flowers, green leaves and golden flowers, which is nature's best gift to beekeepers. On March 20, Wang Qi packed the honey shaker, honey cutter, honey filter and other tools needed for honey production into the car and hurried to the beekeeping site to collect honey.

"during this period of time, rape spends a lot of money, and it is the period with the highest output of honey. we have to be busy from early morning to 12:00 at noon every day, and then load honey and deliver goods to customers." Wang Qi said to the reporter while turning the honey shaker.

Work and return home to start a business with the help of "cauliflower"

"Boss Wang, weigh me two jin of honey and pack it. I'll go to town and buy something and come back to get it." At about 11:00 in the morning, Zhou Shuiqing, a villager of Baihe Village, Wangjia Town, began to shout from a distance, and the royal flag, which was arranging honey, replied loudly: "Don't worry!" Be sure to weigh you enough to ensure quality and quantity. "

Wang Qi, a 27-year-old native of Chuanxin Village, Wangjia Town, went out to work after graduating from junior high school with no diploma and no skills. In recent years, when Wang Qi heard his parents say that the Wangjia town government was making great efforts to develop the cauliflower industry, it came up with the idea of going back to its hometown to start a business. why not use the rape industry to develop beekeeping? Wang Qi immediately quit his job in the field and returned to his hometown in early 2009 to buy beekeeping tools and begin preparations for beekeeping.

The reason why Wang Qi wants to keep bees, in addition to the unique natural advantage of the rape industry in his hometown, there is also an important reason: his family has a tradition of beekeeping in his ancestors, and Wang Wancheng, Wang Qi's father, has kept some bees in the first place. But when the father heard that the child had quit his job and came back to be a professional beekeeper, he did not agree. He thinks that his usual beekeeping is only a sideline, although there are benefits, but not high. Later, after Wang Qi was patiently persuaded, town government officials also vigorously publicized and encouraged young migrant workers to go home and start their own businesses, and promised policy and technical support and help, Wang Wancheng finally made up his mind: teach beekeeping experience and support children to start their own businesses.

Nowadays, the scale of beekeeping of Wang Qi and his son is getting larger and larger, and the business is getting better and better. "I have raised a total of 300 buckets of bees on seven roofs and a hillside. A bucket of bees can produce about 15 jin of honey, sell 60 yuan a jin, and earn more than 250000 yuan a year." With a smile on his face, Wang Qi calculated his economic account with the reporter.

With the increasing income, Wang Qi not only built a small house in his home, but also bought a car last year.

Internet + solved the sales problem

"I want to send this batch of honey by express delivery as soon as possible. If the delivery is late, it will affect my reputation. Now we have to compare not only the quality of the goods, but also the service, to see who serves better, in order to hold on to the customer. " Wang Qi said while skillfully bottling and packing the honey.

The scale of beekeeping has increased and production has increased, but how to quickly sell the honey and turn it into cash? If you open a store for sales, there will be a small sales area and a small number of people.

Wang Qi, who is in the start-up stage, is not afraid of difficulties and sells honey everywhere. Although there are gains, the results are not very good. Wang Qi thought of the "e-commerce" mode, so she bought a computer, registered an online Taobao account and hung his honey on the online store. Unexpectedly, the "e-commerce" model soon worked. Wangqi's honey sales scope was expanded to the whole country, and sales basically became no problem. In addition, Wang Qi also highly recommended his honey on his mobile phone through Wechat moments, and publicized the honey production site with pictures and videos, so that everyone could know about his honey situation and increase its credibility.

Today, Wangqi sells honey through brick-and-mortar stores, Taobao stores, WeChat merchants, and friend introductions, solving the problem of "hoarding" honey that could not be sold before. He said confidently, "my honey is good, and there are many sales channels. I'm not worried about not selling it at all."

Expand the scale and prolong the honeymoon time

"Boss Wang, are you reciting again?" On this day, Wang Zhiquan, a villager passing by Chuanxin Village, played a joke on Wang Qi again.

"I'm learning skills, but you don't understand." Wang Qi replied with a smile. To keep more than 300 boxes of bees, the usual maintenance work is very important. The biggest natural enemies of bees are cotton worms, cockroaches, termites, and bumblebees. When you encounter these problems, you have to study by yourself, learn from others, and apply what you have learned from books in order to raise bees better.

"I also want to expand the scale of beekeeping, not only on my own, but also in conjunction with the surrounding villagers to set up beekeeping cooperatives." Talking about his plans for the future, Wang Qi spoke eloquently to the reporter.