中文摘要：

城镇养蜂因能提升都市居民生活质量而在发达国家流行。从关节炎防治、城市生态、食品与健康、城镇养蜂技术要点等方面阐述了在我国推广城镇化养蜂的意义，并提出城镇养蜂可发展为一个新产业的设想。

英文摘要：

Urban beekeeping has become popular among urban residents looking to improve quality of life. In this paper, we describe the benefits of urban beekeeping： it provides not only safe and high quality honey, but also effective and cheap means to prevent arthritis ; urban beekeeping provides pollinators for flora in urban areas ; honeybees make urban residents feel close to nature, which is especially important to the education of kids. This paper aimed to create public awareness of the advantages of keeping bees in urban areas. We believe that urban beekeeping will play an important role in enhancing life quality of city dwellers in future.