China has a vast territory, rich nectar plants, diverse terrains and climates, and various nectar plants have different flowering periods throughout the year. In order to make full use of nectar plant resources in various places and improve economic efficiency, Chinese beekeepers cross geographical latitudes and chase flowers for honey everywhere. There are four main routes for the traditional transfer of bees in the country.This article is mainly introduce The Middle Lines for beekeeping and collecting honey.

The Middle route for the transfer of bees is start from Guangdong,Guangxi to Jiangxi, Hunan to Hubei to Henan and Hebei,then go to Beijing,last to Inner Mongolia. This route uses the Beijing-Guangzhou railway as the main transit line. The specific arrangement is to transport the bee colony to the "Guangdong and Guangxi" rapeseed or milk vetch sites to breed bee colonies at the end of November or early December; By the end of February of the following year, go north to Jiangxi and Hunan to pick up rapeseed honey; At the end of March, transfer to central Jiangxi, Hunan Dongting Lake area or Hubei to pick clover honey; Transfer to Henan to pick acacia honey in late April and pick jujube/sidr honey nearby in late May; Transfer to Hebei and Beijing to pick vitex honey in late July and early August; Go north to Inner Mongolia to pick sunflower honey and grow buckwheat. It is usually transported directly to Guangdong and Guangxi or returned to the province of origin of the bee farm after the "half winter" in the Erdos grassland in Inner Mongolia.

In recent years, with changes in crop planting and the environment, as well as traffic and information exchanges becoming more convenient, beekeepers can learn about changes in nectar sources and adjust bee release routes in a timely manner, which makes bee release routes also change. It has to be diversified.