China Bee Museum

China Bee Museum

China Bee Museum is a natural museum, located in the Beijing Botanical Garden of Xiangshan with beautiful scenery, on the west side of Wofo temple, a famous ancient temple. It belongs to the Institute of bee, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. It was officially established in April 1997 with the approval of Beijing Municipal Bureau of cultural relics.

Development history

China honeybee museum is a natural science museum based on the Institute of honeybee, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The museum was established in July 1993, when the 33rd International beekeeping conference was held in Beijing. In order to show the long history and development achievements of China's beekeeping industry to the participants from all over the world, with the strong support of the Ministry of agriculture, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Chinese society of beekeeping, after more than two months of intensive building, design and exhibition, the 80 square meter exhibition hall was launched as scheduled at the opening of the conference . In order to give full play to the social benefits of honeybee Museum, it was opened to the public in October 1994. In April 1997, with the approval of Beijing Municipal Bureau of cultural relics, China honeybee museum was officially established, and the exhibition hall was expanded to 150 square meters.

Collection

Honeybee is a kind of insect with close relationship with human beings and interesting biological characteristics. In order to publicize and popularize the scientific knowledge of honeybee and the health care knowledge of bee products to the masses, our museum has been exhibiting a popular science exhibition with the theme of "honeybee is a friend of human beings" all year round. It is divided into three exhibition rooms, displaying more than 500 pictures and more than 700 specimens, models and objects. The contents include the origin and evolution of honeybee, the history of Chinese ancient beekeeping, honeybee and culture and art, Chinese honeybee and nectar plant resources, the biological characteristics of honeybee and the production of bee products, the pollination and yield increase of honeybee for crops, the health care and treatment of bee products, the development of Chinese beekeeping industry, the general situation of world beekeeping industry and international scientific and technological exchanges.

The Bee Museum is a small bungalow courtyard hidden in the jungle, with an exhibition area of 200 square meters The exhibition includes the history and culture of Chinese beekeeping, beekeeping resources, bee biology, Chinese modern beekeeping industry, scientific and technological achievements of beekeeping, beekeeping products and international exchanges. By means of pictures, charts, specimens, objects, landscape models and video playback, this paper introduces the origin of Chinese beekeeping The long history of beekeeping development, the biological knowledge of bees, modern beekeeping science and technology and the prosperity of bee product market. At the same time, it focuses on building a place for extracurricular activities of biology teaching in primary and secondary schools and a garden for loving science and learning science, cultivating primary and secondary school students' interest in bee science and biology, satisfying their desire to explore knowledge, and edifying them with noble sentiments with the "character" of bees. 　

architectural composition

Live bee observation box: through observation, you can see the bright honey in the nest, the bees that find the source of honey are dancing excitedly on the spleen of the nest, the bees that come back from the harvest are unloading pollen, and the largest queen is laying eggs, etc.

Bee fossils: the treasure of the town hall, the observer can clearly observe the fossils more than 23 million years ago through the magnifying glass.

Biological characteristics and social behavior of three types of bees in bee colony: through the pictures, we can understand the fascinating "mystery" of "bee kingdom" such as the composition, biological characteristics and living habits of bee colony.

Bee culture

Honeybee has become an important research object of natural science because of its strict social group structure and highly developed biological instinct. At the same time, as the most important pollinator in nature, honeybee is not only an indispensable link in the biological chain, but also an irreplaceable crop pollinator in modern agriculture. Beekeeping industry has been paid more and more attention all over the world. China has a long history of beekeeping, not only has rich natural resources, but also has formed a wonderful bee culture. Nowadays, the development of beekeeping industry has made remarkable achievements. The number of bee colonies and the output of bee products in China rank first in the world, and has become a big beekeeping country in the world.

Bees are full of treasures. They provide all kinds of products to human beings. Honey, royal jelly, bee pollen, propolis, bee venom, beeswax and bee body are all valuable natural nutriments with unique health care effect. With the development of modern science and technology and the trend of people's demand in modern society, the little bee has great potential and broad prospects to benefit human beings.

Visit information

Address: west side of Wofo temple, Xiangshan, Haidian District, Beijing

Institute of honeybee, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Postal Code: 100093

Route: take bus 331, 505, 563, 714, 360, 318, 696, 698 to Beijing botanical garden or Wofosi station

Opening hours: 8:30-16:30

Address: Beijing Botanical Garden, Xiangshan South Road, Haidian District, Beijing, west of Wofo temple

Longitude: 116.20597068584

Latitude: 40.006821458539

Tel: 010-62595735

Ticket information: free. The museum is free. However, as the museum is located in Beijing Botanical Garden, you need to buy a large ticket to enter the botanical garden. The admission fee for the botanical garden is 10 yuan.