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The honeycomb inside the hive was indeed full, and amber-colored honey flowed down, wetting half of the hive.

Shi Wen the honeycomb was gently pulled out, a rich aroma wafted out.

Not to mention Ge Yue and the others, even he himself couldn't help but swallow hard.

Shi Wen used a small knife to cut a piece of honey, then distributed it to everyone, saying, "Try this batch of honey from the mountain and see how the quality is."

No one said anything; they just grabbed handfuls of honey and popped them into their mouths.

The honey solidifies on the honeycomb, and you can taste pollen and beeswax when you bite into it.

Nevertheless, the molten texture squeezed out between the lips and teeth, filling the entire mouth, with a rich sweetness and a slight bitterness accompanied by a bright floral fragrance, so delicious that it was impossible to stop eating.

Ge Yue took a bite, and even took it out to look at it, as if trying to see whether it was honey or candy.

Yan Kexing commented, "It has a different flavor from the honey from the foot of the mountain."

Shi Wen, "Yes! This honey seems to have a more complex aftertaste, and the floral aroma is stronger."

Ge Yue: "I can't taste it, but it all tastes delicious, kind of like eating a special kind of candy! Like those wax-coated candies or something, this is much tastier."

Shi Wen popped another piece of honey into his mouth. "It really does taste a bit like candy."

The bees on the mountain are more productive; Shi Wen them taking out honeycombs, and one honeycomb weighs at least three pounds.

He put seven honeycombs in one beehive, which yielded more than 20 kilograms of honey, all of which was mature honey that had been processed twice by the bees.

There are ten beehives on the mountain, and you can easily get more than 200 kilograms of honey.

Even if they have to press the honey out of the honeycomb later, they should still be able to harvest 150 to 160 pounds of honey this time.

This is only the yield of a bee in one month.

There are also thirty beehives down the mountain, and we should be able to harvest three to four hundred catties of honey this month.

Based on this calculation, harvesting tens of thousands of kilograms of honey a year is still no problem.

Shi Wen never expected that what seemed like a small and insignificant industry would become so profitable once it took off.

Shi Wen cut off another piece of honey and shared it with everyone, including the big and small ones who had come along.

Everyone loved this sweet gift and immediately took a bite, happily enjoying it.

They spent two hours harvesting all the honey from all ten beehives.

Shi Wen led them down the mountain, and as soon as they got home, he served them honey water.

Pure honey tastes sweet and rich, and when it's dissolved in honey water, you can taste its complex flavor even more.

Everyone held their cups and drank slowly.

Ge Yue said, "I can taste the fragrance of peach blossoms."

Lin Chengqian sipped his honey water. "Aren't peach blossoms supposed to be fragranceless?"

Ge Yue: "Yes, but it's very faint. Anyway, it tastes like peach blossom to me."

Gong Jiang: "I could also taste the fragrance of peach blossoms, and I could also faintly taste the fragrance of other fruit tree blossoms. They were all quite distinct, and the combination of them created a wonderful flavor."

As he spoke, Gong Jiang took another sip.

Shi Wen and Yan Kexing exchanged a glance.

Their sense of taste was more acute, and they could taste flavors more clearly; they could indeed taste all sorts of floral aromas.

A strange expression appeared on Shi Wen's face.

Yan Kexing: "The type of nectar bees collect from will determine the type of nectar they produce; that's normal."

Shi Wen, "That's not what I was thinking."

Yan Kexing: "So what are you thinking about?"

Shi Wen, "The fritillaria flowers outside are blooming. I wonder if the bees can make a batch of fritillaria honey?"

Shi Wen looked outside and said, "Sichuan fritillary honey should be quite effective at relieving coughs and moisturizing the lungs, right?"

Their fritillaria bulbs, planted so long ago, finally bloomed this June.

However, the fritillaria flower is not large, nor does it have a tall flower stem; it simply blooms close to the ground.

There are always many flowers on the grassland, and you might not even notice that they are actually Fritillaria flowers if you don't look closely.

I only Shi Wen noticed that the fritillaria bulbs have grown quite large and can be harvested in the next couple of years, thanks to my attention to the various flowers on the pasture.

Yan Kexing said, "If we want Sichuan fritillary honey, shouldn't we harvest the other honey from the hive first?"

Shi Wen, "I reckon it will be. The honey on the ranch hasn't been harvested for over half a month; we can harvest a batch tomorrow."

Yan Kexing: "Then let's get it done. I'll go with you tomorrow morning."

Lin Chengqian immediately asked, "Will this batch of harvested honey be put on the shelves for sale?"

Shi Wen, "It won't be that quick. We need to send it for testing first and see what the results are. Only if it passes all the tests will we consider putting it on the shelves."

Lin Chengqian: "This batch of honey will definitely sell very well."

Shi Wen smiled confidently, "Which batch of honey from our ranch is hard to sell?"

After the previous food safety issue, Shi Wen is now much more cautious about the ingredients from the ranch.

He would rather not earn the money than easily give away the ingredients.

Summer is considered the peak season for honey production, and also the peak season for the entire ranch.

The little guys at home are always busy and have a lot to do, Shi Wen hope to feed them well.

So during this time, in addition to milk, Shi Wen also prepared honey water for them.

The little guys love honey water. They might occasionally save the milk, but the honey water will be drunk up as soon as it's poured in.

After drinking a lot of honey water, their fur became visibly smoother, and their hair became longer and more orderly.

One evening, Shi Wen came down from the mountain and watched his dogs darting left and right, driving the livestock toward the barn.

They ran incredibly fast, their long fur billowing in the wind, making them appear very graceful.

Bathed in the setting sun, against the backdrop of the lush green meadow, it possesses an almost dreamlike beauty.

Shi Wen couldn't resist taking two photos and sending them to Yan Kexing: [Look at our dog, doesn't it look like a scene from a movie?]