But people didn't have ready access to information in those days, and the Huang clan was surprised to find the fruit farmers in Ilan worried that the bees might "carry off all the pollen" and make their fruit trees less productive. The locals drove the bees away and sprayed pesticide on their trees.
沒想到，在資訊閉塞的年代，果農們擔心蜜蜂會把花粉「採光」，影響果樹結果，因而驅逐蜜蜂，甚至對著蜜蜂噴灑殺蟲劑。