Spring farming underway in China (10)

A beekeeper sorts honeycombs at the pear orchard in Xiezhuang Township of Zhaoxian County, Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, April 5, 2020. In recent days, a lot of beekeepers in Zanhuang County of Shijiazhuang City have been busy with pollinating the pear flowers in Xiezhuang Township of Zhaoxian County in a traditional way, as the pear flowers there are in full blossom. Local authority of Zanhuang has organized beekeepers scattering in 11 townships to develop a bee-keeping industry as a way to help locals shake off poverty. By far, they have cultivated more than 50,000 swarms of bees. (Photo by Qie Lei/Xinhua)