A beekeeper checks his bees Tuesday in Yantai, East China's Shandong Province. Yantai boasts many sophora flowers in May, when beekeepers from across the country go to the city as the flowers are in full bloom. Each beehive can produce about 20 kilos of honey each year and honey is sold at around 60 yuan ($9.78) per kilo, meaning beekeepers can earn 1,200 yuan for each hive annually. China produced 431,000 tons of honey in 2011, the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. Photo: CFP