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Life from Above

China’s Yellow Fields

Every spring China’s fields turn yellow as rapeseed flowers bloom.

Aired 10/30/2019 | Rating TV-PG

Life from Above

China’s Yellow Fields

Clip: Episode 2 | 1m 23sVideo has Closed Captions

Every spring China’s fields turn yellow as rapeseed flowers bloom.

Thousands of rapeseed flowers bloom en masse transforming the landscape on a scale that can only truly be appreciated from above. Nomadic beekeepers arrive in time for the bloom to make honey but their window of opportunity is short. The fields will be sprayed with pesticides in just two weeks.

Aired 10/30/2019 | Rating TV-PG

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