Chapter 121 (1/2)

Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuurashi+ — 121

Let’s Become a Beekeeper

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When the snow round, it was finally the long-awaited season for beekeeping

According to father’s research, honeybees can survive the winter Apparently, they huddle together and flutter their wings to keep the terees Celsius They also stock up honey to survive the winter

I promptly carried hives and headed for the forest

I only made two so far I carried one with a rope, and I carried the other in my hand

Sieg said that she’ll help too, but since her hair colour itate the bees I decided to do it alone

I got wooden boxes from the shop lady to build the hives At the side, I made square holes like s as well as a sh, then I cast a net over it

Inside the hive, there needs to be basic frames for the bees to make their own combs I made square frames and placed wooden sticks in a cross shape I placed around six of the

The honeybees will create coather honey there However, the honey won’t be co just nectar froedthe honey

Then I would gather that completed honey

My father’s paper had detailed description on how to collect honey It e, where the combs are placed inside and spun to separate the honey from the combs

It sounds really convenient, but I had no data for it so I can’t make it

Well, it’s only the first year, so I decided to ai honey

The hives were placed in a field of flowers in the forest The sunlight is good and the wind doesn’t blow much, so it’s the best place to make honey

The next part is getting the bees

In the hives, the remains of a hive with honey will be placed in to lure bees with the smell

Few days ago, I happened to receive a honeycomb from Teoporon so I decided to use that

After that, I visited the hive everyday None of therated to them

Since that didn’t work, I moved on the next method

After honeybees winter, the beehive is conceded to a new queen The previous queen bee takes half the worker bees and makes a new nest

The previousto lure wild bees, but that didn’t work

So this ti a swarm

In this period, it seeather in a spherical shape around the queen bee

To protect the queen apparently

I need to capture them in a net

Since I a to carry out the capture plan, I came heavily armed

I attached a tightly woven net to a hat to keep the my face, and made sure no parts of my body was exposed

I searched for the ball of honeybees in the forest Swarm, to be accurate

I found a beehive, but I could not find a ball of honeybees

Since it was disappointing to just return like this, so I thought, wont’ the queen bee co fro happened

“—— Ouch!!”

A severe pain shot up from my calf

I i by a bee

The thought that I would not stung if I had thick winter clothing was a distake it seems

If I panic here, Iaround the area I decided to leave the area slowly

I trod through the forests for a long ti by a bee

A dull pain gradually grew fros have to be reet away from the hive so I endured the pain

I went to a strea part became swollen

I couldn’t see any stings

I quickly washed the stung part ater It ritten that cold things are good for stings, so I had my foot in the water and waited

Apparently honey works well for stings It alleviates the pain somewhat, or so

I tiltedcarefully, a hu the hive can only be seen as suspicious It’s not strange that I was attacked

Bees don’t forgive those who aim for their hives

So it can’t be helped that I could be attacked I reflected deeply

Because I was stung by a honeybee today,too, so I returned ho herbs

“I’m back!”

When I returned, Sieg was doing the laundry She had Arno on her back

My son was sleeping soundly Even when his eyes are closed, he’s surprisingly cute That’s our son

“Should I place Arno in the cradle?”

“Aa, can I ask you to do that?”

“Leave it to me!”

While supporting Arno with one hand, I loosened the cloth tied around Sieg’s belly

A sleeping infant’s body is hot Just touching hi

I laid hi room and stared at his face