More bees than nectar In the early post-war years after Japan handed Taiwan over to KMT rule, Tunghsiao Township had the densest concentration of beekeepers in Taiwan, with a total of some 5,000 hives located there. In the Huang clan alone, over 30 males were involved in beekeeping. Neighbors engaged in acrimonious disputes over access to nectar-producing flora, and even relatives sometimes fell out with each other over bee wars and market share.
「蜜源植物」大戰光復初期，苗栗通霄是台灣養蜂最密集的鄉鎮，全鎮蜜蜂飼養超過 5,000 箱，單單是黃家就有 30 多個男丁在養蜂，不僅左鄰右舍搶花奪蜜嚴重，就是至親的同房親戚，也常為了蜂群打架或搶奪市場而傷了和氣。