Abstract:

In order to understand the influence of the financial crisis on apiculture industry in China, the authors had signed relevant questionnaires for investigating 193 beekeepers, more than 30 beekeeping enterprises in the whole country. Using mathematical statistical analysis methods and combing with expert interview and experiences of writers, the paper systematically analyze the influence of the financial crisis on development of China’s apiculture industry form the view of production, trade and enterprise development. The result showed that the overall export of bee products was good, while the export of royal jelly preparation plummeted. Chinese honey was almost out of the U.S. market. The impact of financial crisis on beekeepers was very large, especially for commercial beekeepers, and discouraged production; and then the impact on domestic trade-based companies was higher than domestic foreign trade-based companies since financial crisis. In view of the above-mentioned facts and the remarkable periodicity of financial crisis, this article provided 4 suggestions about supporting the commercial beekeepers, building up the early-warning mechanism, and so on.