Jia Xiaodong: native land is hard to get rich youdao

Jia Xiaodong is an ordinary bee farmer in Shibawa Village, Shanhe Town, Zezhou County. every spring, he is busy with the joy of bees. For more than a decade, Jia Xiaodong has made his life more and more prosperous by relying on beekeeping, with more and more income, but in sharp contrast, his village has become increasingly deserted, and now he is the only one left in the village. and a swarm of bees that accompanied him.

After the reporter started from Jincheng city and crawled along the winding mountain road for nearly two hours, the village where Jia Xiaodong kept bees-Shiwa came into the reporter's eye.

As soon as he entered the village, the reporter saw rows of small boxes built according to the mountain, scattered among the hillsides, distributed layer by layer, very spectacular. Bee farmer Jia Xiaodong has lived in the house next to these boxes for a long time.

When he saw the reporter, Jia Xiaodong pointed to the rows of small boxes hanging in the mountains and said that these were the beehives he used to keep bees. The reporter found that the beehives in front of them are different from their common beehives, which are all made of rattan.

Spring is the season for honeybee breeding. Because Jia Xiaodong uses the traditional method of keeping bees and all the bees are wild bees, after the hive is built, attracting and collecting bees has almost become the most important work for Jia Xiaodong every spring.

A long pole with a basket at the top is a powerful tool for Jia Xiaodong to collect bees. Speaking of beekeeping, Jia Xiaodong told reporters: "I take honey and shake honey according to the habits of bees, and all I take is soil methods." Bees are also natural bees, not artificial queen bees. the method of producing honey is divided by the bees themselves, and the work between bees and bees is also different. like us, the hive is enlarged when the temperature is high, and when the temperature is low, keep the hive warm. When taking honey, pry open the beehive with a knife, and the wax will grow on it, cut one piece at a time, throw it into a bucket, and take it to the home for processing, and it will become soil honey! "

Native honey, in fact, is what people often call wild honey. Because of its limited yield and high nutritional value, it is very popular. Shibawa Village, where Jia Xiaodong is located, is a natural village under Zhulingou Village, Shanhe Town, Zezhou County. it is located in the depths of the mountains and has always had a tradition of keeping native bees.

Because of its remote location, more than 30 families in the village have moved away one after another for more than a decade. Jia Xiaodong was unwilling to leave the native land where he was born and raised him, so he stayed in the village alone relying on the beekeeping experience he learned from his ancestors.

For more than a decade, with a relentless research effort, Jia Xiaodong's breeding of soil bees has changed from an initial nest to a present 80 nest. Nowadays, with the smooth flow of roads, more and more people come to the mountains for excursions, and his wild honey is gradually recognized by more and more people, and his income from selling honey is increasing.

Speaking of output and income, Jia Xiaodong said, "the annual output is about more than 1,000 jin. At current prices, a catty can be sold for 30 to 50 yuan, and an income of 40 to 45000 yuan a year."

Jia Xiaodong's beekeeping career can be said to be booming, but his village, Shihwa, is becoming more and more deserted. Standing in Jia Xiaodong's yard, looking far away, I saw the surrounding mountains and beautiful scenery. However, Jia Xiaodong had to accept the embarrassing situation that he was left alone in the whole village.

More than ten years ago, he chose to stay. More than a decade later, he got along with bees day and night. Jia Xiaodong said that today, he is completely inseparable from this swarm of bees and the native land under his feet.