Urban beekeeping creates a buzz in Taiwan
In Taiwan, recreational beekeeping is growing steadily in popularity, with people tending hive boxes in their yards or rooftop gardens. Bee populations are currently facing disaster - threatened by pesticides, mites and extreme temperatures due to climate change.
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00:00This one, we need to remove it.
00:11This one will grow to be very thick.
00:14In fact, it's not to make money.
00:28In fact, I think it's not bad to raise it,
00:31but it's quite troublesome to take care of it.
00:34So you still have to have this love.
00:37I went to ask if I could apply for beekeeping.
00:44It seems that there is no legal protection.
00:48So, in principle, people who raise bees in Taipei City
00:51are almost all secretly raising them.
00:55Then when it grows a little bigger, it will be closed.
01:01You can see that these are all honey.
01:06Do you see it?
01:08In fact, sometimes you see this bee flying like this.
01:11It has a very healing effect.
01:13Really, really.
01:15You see it flying like this, it's really cute.
01:17Then it's the sound of low frequency.
01:20Then you stand next to it and look at it like this.
01:22Sometimes I just stand next to it and look at it like this.
01:24I think it's a kind of enjoyment.
01:36Taipei City, Taipei City
01:51Most people are curious.
01:54Then some people want to learn.
01:56Some people are leisurely raising bees.
01:58It's in its own limited space.
02:00It's about ten boxes.
02:02If it's retired,
02:04or if it has plenty of time and money,
02:07it may raise dozens of boxes,
02:09fifty or sixty boxes.
02:11Yes, there are such students.
02:13Some people want to become professional beekeepers
02:15and come here to learn.
02:17Most of them are mainly leisurely.
02:21Because my brother wants to raise bees,
02:23so my mother wants to take a bee class.
02:27My brother also asked
02:29how small the smallest bee box is.
02:33Do you want to raise bees?
02:35Yes, because I can sell money.
02:39What if you want to give it to someone?
02:45No larvae.
02:47What?
02:48There are no larvae here.