1993-11, Bees《蜜蜂》

Stamp Title: Bees
Serial number: 1993-11
Values in set: 4
Date of issue: September 21, 1993
Designers: Liu Xanbo
Size: 40*30mm
Perforation: 11.5
Sheet composition: 40
Printing process: gravure

A bee colony is composed of queen bee, worker bees and male bees. Products made by bees have special curative effects which contribute to the longevity of human beings. Bee wax is a kind of industrial material. Bee can pollinate for crops and plants, which increases the quantity and quality of the products. Therefore, the economic and social return is more than a hundred times than that directly brought by bees. In the meantime, it plays an important role in keeping ecological balance. China joined the International Federation for Raising Bees in 1985 and won an only gold medal for more than 40 kinds of bee products in 1989. The Post and Telecommunication Ministry issued this set of stamps particularly for The 34th International Conference for Keeping Bees which was held in Beijing in 1993.

1993-11 《蜜蜂》特种邮票
（4-1）T 蜂王 10 分 5412.5万枚
（4-2）T 采蜜 15 分 5691.9万枚
（4-3）T 中华蜜蜂 20 分 6095.7万枚
（4-4）T 授粉 200 分 5253.7万枚
志号名称：1993-11T
发行日期：1993年9月21日
版别：影写
整版枚数：40枚
全套面值：2.45元
邮票规格：40 × 30毫米
齿孔度数：11.5 度
设计者：刘显波
印制机构：北京邮票厂
发行背景：
1985年我国加入国际养蜂联合会。1989年在巴西里约热内卢召开的第32届国际养蜂大会上，我国提交的论文被收载70篇，约占全部论文的20％。我国参展的40多种蜂产品集体夺得唯一的金牌。中国养蜂成就引起世界瞩目。在这次大会上，经无记名投标确定，第34届国际养蜂大会于1993年在北京举行。