Chapter 947 Venomous Bee
Li Ming, lying on the hospital bed, felt mixed emotions. He didn't expect that he would be treated like this just because he wanted to spread scientific knowledge.
However, this incident did not make Li Ming back off. He realized that changing the villagers' ideas would not happen overnight and would require more patience and methods. While recovering from his injury, Li Ming thought about how to better integrate scientific knowledge into the lives of the villagers.
After recovering from his injury, Li Ming took action again. He organized some young people in the village and formed a science popularization group. In their spare time, they went door to door to spread scientific knowledge to the villagers and proved the power of science with practical actions. They helped the villagers solve practical problems in life, such as using scientific methods to prevent and control crop diseases and pests, and improving family hygiene conditions to prevent diseases.
At the same time, Li Ming also invited agricultural experts and doctors from the county to the village to hold lectures and free clinics. The experts brought the latest agricultural technology and medical knowledge to answer questions for the villagers. Under the guidance of the experts, the villagers' crop yields have been improved, and some common diseases have been treated and prevented in a timely manner.
Gradually, the villagers began to realize the benefits of science and their attitude towards science gradually changed. They no longer blindly believed in the legends of dragons and Daluo Jinxian, but learned to think about problems with scientific thinking. When the child in the village fell ill again, the woman took the initiative to take the child to the hospital, and the child's condition was quickly brought under control.
With the popularization of scientific knowledge, new changes have taken place in the countryside. In the fields, villagers use scientific planting methods to make crops thrive; in life, everyone has developed good hygiene habits and diseases have decreased; in terms of culture, while inheriting traditional culture, villagers have also incorporated scientific elements.
Although the story of the Daluo Jinxian and the dragon is no longer blindly believed by the villagers, it is still preserved as a cultural symbol of the village. When people tell this story, they regard it more as a memory of the past and a spiritual inheritance of their ancestors' reverence for nature.
In this field full of hope, the dawn of science has illuminated every corner.
As scientific concepts take root in the countryside, the lives of villagers have undergone tremendous changes. Agricultural production has become more efficient with the help of science and technology, and cultural life has become richer and more colorful in the integration of tradition and modernity. However, the peaceful and tranquil rural life has not been smooth sailing, and new challenges are quietly approaching like undercurrents.
In spring, the vast fields are covered with large tracts of golden rapeseed flowers. The breeze blows, the flowers undulate, and the rich fragrance of flowers floats in the air, attracting countless bees to shuttle between the flowers. This is a lively rural spring scene, but it hides a danger. A highly toxic native bee has quietly mixed into this sea of flowers. They are huge, black, and make a dull buzzing sound when flapping their wings, which is completely different from the agility and lightness of ordinary bees.
Xiaohu, a child in the village, was the first to notice something unusual. That afternoon, he was playing in the field as usual, and was attracted by the brilliant rapeseed flowers. He couldn't help but get closer to admire them. Just as he squatted down to take a closer look at a rapeseed flower, a bumblebee suddenly flew out of the stamen and stung his hand fiercely. Xiaohu screamed in fear and instinctively shook his hand to drive away the bumblebee, but more bumblebees attacked him. He was stung several times on his face and neck in an instant, and his skin quickly became red and swollen. He rolled on the ground in pain.
Villagers working nearby heard Xiaohu's cry for help and rushed over. Seeing Xiaohu being besieged by poisonous bees, they were shocked and anxious. A few brave villagers tried to drive away the poisonous bees with clothes, but these wild bees were so fierce that they were not scared away, but attacked everyone more crazily. For a while, the scene was in chaos, and several villagers were stung by poisonous bees. Everyone had to evacuate with Xiaohu in a hurry.
The news soon reached Qi Tongwei, who was working with the village's technical backbones on optimizing the new agricultural irrigation system. Upon hearing the news of the poisonous bees injuring people, he immediately put down his work, organized the young and middle-aged people in the village to form an emergency team, and quickly contacted the county agricultural bureau and epidemic prevention station to explain the situation to them and request professional technical support and antidote drugs.
The emergency team members brought protective gear and simple bee-repelling tools to the rapeseed fields again. They saw large areas of rapeseed flowers covered with wild bees, which seemed to be enraged by some force and frantically flew among the flowers. The air was filled with tension and danger. Qi Tongwei stood in front of the team with a frown on his face. He knew the danger of these poisonous bees. Rash actions could cause more injuries, but if measures were not taken quickly, these poisonous bees would pose a greater threat to the safety of people and animals in the village and crops.
While everyone was discussing countermeasures, experts from the county agricultural bureau and staff from the epidemic prevention station arrived. The experts, wearing professional protective clothing and carrying advanced bee-catching equipment and testing instruments, quickly began to study and capture the poisonous bees. After careful observation and testing, the experts found that this native bee was an invasive alien species. They have strong adaptability, reproduce quickly, and are highly toxic. Ordinary antidotes have little effect on their toxins.
Faced with this difficult situation, Qi Tongwei and experts urgently discussed the response plan. Some people proposed to use pesticides for large-scale spraying, but this would not only damage the rapeseed flowers, but also affect the entire ecological environment; others suggested setting traps to catch poisonous bees, but the effect was not ideal. Just when everyone was at a loss, a young epidemic prevention worker came up with a bold idea: using the phototropism of poisonous bees, setting up special trapping lights at night, attracting poisonous bees to a specific area, and then centrally treating them.
Although this plan has certain risks, it is the most feasible under the current circumstances. Qi Tongwei made a prompt decision and decided to adopt this suggestion. He organized the villagers to set up trapping lights around the rapeseed field overnight and set up protective nets around to prevent the poisonous bees from escaping. After everything was ready, everyone waited for the night to fall with trepidation.
At night, when the first trapping light was turned on, the originally quiet rapeseed field suddenly became lively. The poisonous bees were attracted by the light and flew towards the light source, crashing into the protective net. As time went by, more and more poisonous bees were trapped, and the protective net was densely packed with these dangerous guys.
However, an accident still happened. A huge poisonous bee broke free from the protective net and rushed towards the crowd.