Because beekeeping is an environmentally friendly economic activity, the Ilan County Government hired Huang to build a theme pavilion focused on honeybees for the 2nd Ilan Green Expo in 2001.
2001 年第二屆綠色博覽會，有鑑於養蜂是有益生態的綠色產業，宜蘭縣政府於是出資委託黃東明在綠博設立一個以蜜蜂為主題的展館，命名為「蜂采館」。