Taiwan beekepers bank on honey buzz

Liquid asset: Jiang preparing a honey filter before collecting the honey in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan. — AFP

Ilan: Under a shady starfruit tree, Taiwanese beekeeper Jiang Hwan-bin tends his hives, pumping out pure honey for a rapidly growing market of health-conscious consumers.

Jiang’s family has been keeping bees for 80 years and he now manages 500 hives in the northwest county of Hsinchu.