Hunchun, Jilin: Beekeeping is a "cash cow"

Jin Shi, a farmer in Machuanzi Township, Hunchun City, started his career by beekeeping. He relied on beekeeping to send his two sons to college and a daughter to a technical secondary school. It can be said that his children's money for school is earned by keeping bees, and all kinds of household appliances and tiled houses built by his family are also earned by raising bees. He said that beekeeping is a cash cow.

It has been more than 20 years since Jin Shiwan began to keep bees in 1978.

At first, he bought five cases of bees. because he did not grasp the basic laws of honeybee biology and the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests, paralysis occurred seriously, and the bees were wiped out that year. But he was not intimidated by the difficulties, so he bought another 10 cases of bees the next day, often consulted local beekeepers, bought materials about beekeeping, and conscientiously studied the biological knowledge of bees, pest control techniques, and feeding and management techniques, and the production technology is becoming more and more mature. Through the small transfer of bees in the state, the colony grew to more than 30 boxes that year, producing more than 2000 kilograms of honey and 10 kilograms of royal jelly, with a net income of 15000 yuan. Not only recovered the cost of that year, but also returned the surplus.

After summing up several experiences in the process of beekeeping, beekeeping must do a good job in three points, namely: scientific selection of beekeeping sites, doing everything possible to make good use of honey and powder resources; prevention and control of diseases and insect pests should give priority to prevention, disinfection and sterilization in early spring; willing to spend money to introduce excellent honeybee species. Over the past 20 years, he has kept no less than 100 cases of bees every year, and his annual income is about 30,000 yuan. He said that beekeeping is a project with low investment, quick results and high benefits, and keeping 10 boxes of bees is equivalent to planting 1 hectare.