Developmental analysis of apicultural industry in China
Author of the article:ZENG Mi, ZHOU Wei-Liang, YAN Wei-Yu, ZENG Zhi-Jiang
Author's Workplace:Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Honeybee Biology and Beekeeping, Nanchang 330045, China
Key Words:honeybee; development of industry; honey; China
Abstract:[Objectives] The objective is to systematically evaluate the development of apicultural
industry in within the country. [Methods] Based on the time series data from 1981 to
2020, the number of honeybee colonies, overall annual honey yield, honey yield per
colony, honey producer price, honey production price index, etc. were selected
as the indicators to infer the development of apicultural industry. [Results] The results showed that from 2016 to 2020, the
number of bee colonies in China accounted for 10.43% of the global honeybee
colonies, ranking the second in the world. After 2006, our annual honey
production accounted for 25.11%-26.76% of the world's annual output, becoming
the largest country in terms of annual honey output. Although the production per
colony has been higher than the world average, there is still a certain gap
compared with Canada, Australia and other developed countries. The correlation
coefficient among the annual honey yield, the number of honeybee colonies and
the production per colony was higher than 0.98. The secondary nonlinear model
was established, which can better characterize the nonlinear relationship
between honey yield, the number of honeybee colonies and honey yield per colony.
Chinese honey producer prices have been lower than the average of five
continent, and the Chinese honey production price index was not stable enough. [Conclusion] In the past 40 years (1981-2020), our apicultural
industry has developed rapidly, but there are still gaps and problems, as well
as. The governmental macro-control and guidance could strength the healthy
development of our apicultural industry.