But Lao Wang also knows that the reason why New Zealand’s honey is popular all over the world is thanks to the Manuka flower, which is the flower of the Manuka tree, a shrub of the Myrtaceae family.
As mentioned before, Manuka flowers contain high levels of the active antibacterial substance mgo, which is technically known as methylglyoxal.
In fact, mgo is not a unique component of Manuka flowers. It is also produced in other flowers. However, the mgo content of Manuka honey is nearly a thousand times higher than that of ordinary honey and is more stable.
mgo is a good thing. It has strong antibacterial and sterilizing capabilities. It can prevent and treat wound inflammation, help balance digestion, relieve chronic gastritis, and enhance immunity. It can also be used for skin care and wider health effects.
Lao Wang thinks that the content of this stuff in his own birth flowers should also be very rich, right? Even if there is no mgo, it may be rich in other nutrients. In short, he feels that the nutritional content of flowers irrigated by spiritual springs cannot be lower than Manuka.
It was with this confidence that he planned to start a bee breeding industry.
There were no relevant talents in Sunset Town, so Wang Bo asked Kidd to help publish recruitment notices, or he could ask a headhunter to help find them.
Because of the recruitment problem of chefs, Lao Wang is not very hopeful about this matter.
As a result, the world is so wonderful. He thought beekeeping was a rare profession, but Kidd replied to him in the evening: "Boss, do you want to take a look? A Fijian man sent his resume."
Fiji is a small island country located in the center of the Southwest Pacific. It consists of 332 islands, 106 of which are inhabited, with a total land area of 1.83 million square kilometers and a population of less than one million.
Wang Bo was overjoyed when he heard the news. He didn't expect that there were actually relevant talents applying for the job. If not, let's invite him for an interview.
The other party was very positive. After lunch the next day, a skinny black man came to the town. This man looked like he was thirty years old, with slender cheeks and curly black hair. When Lao Wang saw him, he thought he looked familiar.
Of course, they had never seen him before. Lao Wang searched his brains and finally remembered that this guy looked a bit like an African star he liked when he was a child, named Lisu, who had appeared in comedies such as "God Is Crazy".
"Hello, mayor, my name is Tatak Bainimarama, you can call me Tata, or you can call me Ma Ma." The black man seemed not good at speaking, and he stumbled when introducing himself.
Lao Wang suddenly had a brain attack. What's going on? Call your mother
"Hello, I'll call you Tata. Mr. Tata, you are welcome to come to this town to apply for a job. Please sit down and drink coffee." However, he quickly realized that the black man's English was average and his pronunciation was a bit unclear.
The black man nodded cautiously, licked his lips after taking a sip of coffee, and looked at Lao Wang honestly without missing the fragrant drink.
Lao Wang looked at his resume. It was very simple. It just introduced his name, age, location and previous work experience. After reading the resume, he was quite surprised. Tata looked more than thirty years old in appearance, but he was actually only twenty years old. Fourteen.
He asked if his age was wrong, and Tata thought he was doubting his experience. He waved his hands and said: "I am good at beekeeping, mayor. Our tribe has been keeping bees for generations, including Australian Italian bees, American Italian bees, Oriental bees, Bumble bees, and giant bees." We all raise bees, and I have raised them with my grandfather and father since I was a child."
Wang Bo asked: "Is there any proof for these words?"
Tata said anxiously: "I don't know anyone in New Zealand, but I can prove it with facts. Let me go see those bees and prove it to you."
Wang Bo told him not to worry, but he felt that the black man's psychological quality was not very good and he was getting more and more anxious, so he decided to accompany him to the hive on the spot.
Tata carries a leather satchel and keeps covering the bag with both hands when traveling, as if there is some treasure inside.
After driving to the location of the beehive, there were more bees attached to the tent. The entire tent could no longer look like it was before. It was filled with densely packed worker bees.
Seeing these bees, Tata grinned: "Australian Apis mellifera, the best-behaved bee, is docile, not afraid of people, not afraid of light, hardworking and hardworking, but it only produces honey in spring, summer and autumn, not in winter."
From this point of view, Tata at least has some ability.
Wang Bo asked: "How do you prove yourself?"
Tata said: "I will prove it in the way of our tribe, you watch."
After speaking, he walked forward until he stopped five or six meters away from the tent.
At this time, some bees have noticed him, but they did not attack. Italian bees are very kind-hearted and generally not aggressive. Of course, shooting people with urine is another matter.
Opening his backpack, Tata took out a small black jar. With a pious expression on his face, he smeared something from the black jar onto his face, painting his face black.
Atulu, who was next to him, explained: "These guys in Fiji just like to play tricks. They paint their faces black no matter what they do. Don't they know that their skin is already dark enough?"
Tata was not cheating. He kept mumbling while painting his face. Soon, the bees suddenly became restless.
With sharp eyes, Wang Bo saw a bee that was larger than the bees climbing on the tent fly out. After making a figure-eight circle in the air, it flew to Tata's forehead and lay down.
The other worker bees were like Sun Moon God Cultists who received the Holy Fire Order, rushing to fly in the direction of Tata.
Now Lao Wang finally saw what a "swarm of bees" is. Countless bees flew toward the tower and gathered into a long gray-yellow dragon in the air, which was very spectacular.
Starting from his forehead, bees swarmed on Tata's body one after another. In less than two minutes, his body was covered by three layers of bees inside and three outside.
After maintaining this state for five or six minutes, Tata began to shake slightly from his arms, and the bees attached to his body fell off one after another, just like pieces of mud falling off, and the fallen bees were in piles.
In the end, all the bees fell off, and only the queen bee was still lying on his forehead. Tata was still mumbling words in his mouth, walking towards the hive step by step, reaching out and taking out something, and then put the queen bee back into the hive.
The bees ignored him, flew back to their hives, and covered the tent again.
After returning, Tata handed the thing in his hand to Wang Bo. It was a gray-brown honeycomb stained with sticky honey.
"Just like this, eat it directly. Put this small piece in your mouth and chew it slowly like chewing gum. Finally, you will feel that there is residue in your mouth. This is beeswax. You can swallow it or spit it out. "Tata motioned to Wang Bo to eat it.
Wang Bo and others each took a small piece. It was sweet and not unpalatable, but it was a bit sticky when swallowing.
"If your nose or throat is inflamed, eating like this can cure it." Tata said seriously.
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