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The Wing Wing Bee Restaurant is a climate crisis response business model that grows perilla seeds to protect bees that are disappearing due to the climate crisis.

Due to a combination of factors including climate change, viruses, pesticides, and wasps, the number of bees has been rapidly decreasing in recent years. The decline of bees has led to agricultural and food crises, and the collapse of the natural ecosystem.

'Perilla' is a representative nectar plant that bees love because its flowers contain a lot of nectar. It is easy to root, has strong s...

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Due to a combination of factors including climate change, viruses, pesticides, and wasps, the number of bees has been rapidly decreasing ...

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“I can hear the sound of bees buzzing in the perilla field! Since I learned that perilla is a nectar source, I can see and hear how many bees fly in when perilla flowers bloom. In particular, nectar sources are even more precious in the fall. Peri...

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Wing Wing Honeybee Restaurant
Energy Transition and Oil Social Cooperative

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  • Protecting bees from disappearing due to climate crisis
  • A person who can grow perilla seeds
  • People interested in K-food and sesame oil
  • People interested in renewable energy and RE100
  • All companies, government agencies, and citizens who want to participate in climate crisis response

Wing Wing Honeybee Restaurant project essentials

5 Step Guide

  • Let's form a team to grow perilla seeds
  • Let's start farming perilla seeds
  • Welcome the bees
  • Harvest perilla seeds
  • Spread the buzzing bee restaurant

Time

Suggested: This is an activity of farming perilla with care for the bees. Generally, perilla is grown as seedlings in June, planted in the ground in July, and cultivation begins. In August, perilla leaves grow lushly, and in September, flowers bloom and fall, and when the fruit ripens, perilla is harvested in October. Since pesticides are not used, we pull out weeds and catch bugs ourselves, and take care of the perilla fields for about 5 months while the perilla grows. The harvested perilla is processed into perilla oil in a manufacturing facility.

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"Wingwing Bee Restaurant is a climate crisis response business model that grows perilla, a nectar plant, to protect bees that are disappearing due to the climate crisis. Perilla flowers become food for bees and perilla seeds become perilla oil, a health food. Let's open a special bee restaurant together that bees will line up for!"

Energy Transition and Oil Social Cooperative

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