Chapter 174

Reheman looked up at the steppe eagles soaring above the ranch and said again, "Your ranch is really nice; you even have eagles."

Shi Wen embarrassed to upset the old man, Shi Wen said, "Why don't you take a look at my queen bee first? I'll smoke it a bit."

Reheman nodded and went to see the queen bee that Shi Wen had bred this year.

Shi Wen frequently smell a bee swarm, use smoke to reduce their aggression and prevent any accidents.

Shi Wen the smoke from the bees, Reheman went over and assessed the situation. "There's nothing wrong with the new queen bees you've bred. Every single one of them is ready to use, much better than the queen bees from other people's farms."

Shi Wen a sigh of relief, "That's great. I should have enough bee colonies. Each colony is a large one. If I split them into several smaller colonies and raise them properly for a while, theoretically there shouldn't be any problems."

Reheman remained noncommittal, only saying, "Let your bees out first, I want to take a look."

Shi Wen has already been smoked, the bees can't exchange pheromones and shouldn't attack people anymore.

He tentatively opened the beehive and let the bees out.

Their bees are black bees, black with gold streaks. When they are released, it's like releasing a handful of gold dust, which is very eye-catching.

Reheman stared wide-eyed at his bees; each one was plump and heavy, looking to be in excellent condition.

After looking at it for a while, Reheman couldn't help but ask Shi Wen, "How do you keep your bees?"

Shi Wen the old man asked this question, and said after a moment of surprise, "Is that how you raise them? According to the methods you taught and what the book says, let them go out to eat pollen in spring, summer and autumn, and keep them in a box in winter, and feed them and take them out to defecate when the weather is fine."

Reheman's eyes gleamed with eagerness. "Have you given them anything special to eat?"

Shi Wen, "Bees don't have any special supplements to eat. They just eat the food from the pasture. At most, we grow some fritillaria bulbs for them, and the rest are various wildflowers from the pasture. Fritillaria bulbs don't have a big impact, do they?"

"The fritillaria bulbs aren't a problem; it's just that your ranch has good feng shui." Reheman turned and glanced at the ranch again. "A good ranch means good bees."

Chapter 174

The bees at Shi Wen's house quickly swarmed, and the newly formed colony adapted well to the mountain environment.

After observing them for a few days and confirming that there were no problems, he let the bees rest and recuperate on the mountain.

These past few days, the cow he bred last August has entered its due date.

These cows are the same brown cattle that are known for their "Good Temper." Their pregnancies have gone smoothly since then, and there haven't been any problems so far.

Since they entered their due date, Shi Wen has adjusted their feed formula and focused most of his attention on them.

On May 2nd, all nine cows gave birth one after another.

Shi Wen the cattle they are paired with are of moderate size, but the calves are very large when they are born. All six female calves and four male calves are larger than the average calf.

Sikewell came over to check on their calf and, seeing its condition, said, "Your cow is in such good condition, and you've been carefully fed throughout, so it's not surprising that the calf is bigger than usual."

Shi Wen, "That's true. Their birth injuries are more severe than usual, so they need to rest and recover properly."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Just feed them more good feed," Sikewell said, patting the cow's neck. "They need to nurse their calves, and I can't give them any anti-inflammatory injections. Just wash them with a cleaning solution and observe the situation. Call me if it gets too bad."

Shi Wen, "Then I'll monitor their condition."

"Yes, just keep an eye on them. Your cow is so healthy, she'll probably be fine." Sikewell put away his diagnostic tools and added, "Don't you have honey? Give them some honey water; it'll help with wound healing."

Shi Wen our family's honey supply is running low.

They just split their bee colony, and the honey needs to be used to propagate and grow the colony, so they won't be able to harvest honey for at least a month.

They still have some of the old data they had, but they have to use it sparingly for now, using the old data first.

After examining the calf, Sikewell tagged it with an ear tag.

The newborn calf seemed a little timid, hiding shyly behind its mother.

Shi Wen followed behind, looking at each of the nine calves. They were all ordinary calves, not particularly intelligent, but very well-behaved.

Then we'll raise them like ordinary cattle.

Shi Wen finalized his breeding plan in his mind and sent Sikewell away.

There's a lot to do at the ranch, Shi Wen him off.

Today he is going to inspect the pastures, including the grasslands at the foot of the mountain and the areas on the mountain itself.

There are so many fruit trees planted on the mountain, he needs to go and check on them to see if they need watering, fertilizing, or pruning.

The Bress chickens, sheep, and pigs are all there; we need to go check if they're adapting to the conditions up in the mountains.

It was a bit hot, Shi Wen, wearing a large straw hat, rode his Shi Suo past.

Shi Suo knew where he was going, so he didn't need Shi Suo to pull the reins at all; he just rode up the mountain on his own.

The other animals in his household are immune to the Shi Suo and aren't afraid of it when it comes near.

Shi Wen see chickens roaming all over the mountain, and sometimes sheep and pigs scurrying about in the grass.

At this moment, Shi Wen noticed that the sheep and pigs were running around in the grass and bushes, while two black pigs were under the apricot tree, rooting around and eating the fallen small green apricots.

These two black pigs were bought last year; they are both sows that have not yet been castrated.

They grew extremely fast after arriving at the ranch, gaining one or two pounds of meat a day, and are now half-grown sows weighing seventy or eighty pounds.

When the black pigs were young, they mingled with the sheep and other pigs, and you couldn't tell the difference.

Looking at it now, Shi Wen that the two types of pigs do have slightly different diets.