Li Zhaoxiang: beekeeping on the road to prosperity

Houchong Group of Xinjie Village, Taiping Town, Jiangkou County is located at the foot of Fanjing Mountain. The natural ecology is good. Wild flowers bloom all over the mountain all year round, and bees and butterflies flock together. It has always been a good place for beekeeping.

Li Zhaoxiang, 73, is a retired soldier who has been keeping bees for a living since 2000.

According to the town's staff Shu Jiang introduced, Because Li Zhaoxiang old man suffering from heart disease no ability to work, Son Li Guoqing simple and honest, Can only work at home and in the surrounding odd jobs, So far not married. Taiping Town listed his family as a precision poverty alleviation household in 2016, included Li Zhaoxiang in the medical assistance object, and actively applied for short-term and rapid poverty alleviation breeding projects for him.

Although Li Zhaoxiang has subsidies for retired soldiers issued by the civil affairs department every year, Li Zhaoxiang, who is hardworking, has never waited, relied on and wanted to keep bees since 2000. He collected bees from the mountains, carefully cared for them, gradually developed from one bucket to two buckets, from two buckets to three buckets, and now, it has grown to 86 buckets. There are bee buckets everywhere in front of and behind his house and on the surrounding hillsides, which have taken shape.

"At first, I felt that our mountains and waters were good, flowers and plants were everywhere, suitable for beekeeping, so I kept thinking about how to make honey and how to spend rainy days and winter. In this way, I slowly found out the routine of beekeeping." Li Zhaoxiang said.

Now, Li Zhaoxiang has become a famous local beekeeper. He combines traditional skills with modern beekeeping technology. He asks young people in the village to buy some advanced beekeeping equipment for him online, which greatly improves beekeeping technology. After the surrounding masses saw the benefits brought by beekeeping, many villagers came to learn beekeeping technology from the elderly. Driven by Li Zhaoxiang, many poor households in the village developed into professional beekeeping households.

This year, Li Zhaoxiang's honey harvest more than 300 catties, according to the local market price of 120 yuan per catty calculation, can earn 36,000 yuan, this income alone has realized poverty alleviation.

"I am a retired soldier, and I have to ask myself to be a conscientious person. My honey has never been adulterated. Others sell it for 160 yuan per catty, but I insist on selling it for only 120 yuan per catty." Li Zhaoxiang said,"In the future, I want to take my son beekeeping together, Let him increase income, Don't give the government trouble, Make life better."