China Honey Bee Museum

China Honey Bee Museum is located west of the Wofo Temple inside the Beijing Botanical Garden, at the foot of picturesque Fragrant Hill. The museum is hidden in the mountains, and in the surrounding areas, there are rich resources of plants and flowers. The museum was built 1993, and in 1997, it got the official approval and now has become a popular science education base of Beijing and Haidian District, and the museum hosts permanent popular science exhibition on “honey bees, the friends of the mankind.”

The exhibition hall, with an area of 150 square meters, is divided into three exhibition rooms, where more than 500 photographs and more than 700 specimens, models and items are on display. The exhibition features the origin and fossils of honey bees, the history of apiculture, the relations between honey bees and human culture, China's apicultural resources, honey bee biology, apicultural technology, honey bee pollination, honey bee products and bee therapy, achievements of China's modern apiculture and research results, and international exchanges. The exhibition is vivid and interesting, and knowledge-intensive. The museum also offers consultancy in honey bee product health care, and has honey bee products, apicultural books and souvenirs on sale.

Publishes at : 07-09-23 21:06

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