Bee pupae sold as toys near school, parents perturbed  

小学门口商店大卖活蜜蜂引质疑 家长：漠视生命

河南郑州一小学门口的商店将未出蛹的蜜蜂当玩具卖，吸引众多小学生购买，导致很多小蜜蜂因为玩弄而夭折。对此，学生家长表示质疑：把活蜂当玩具卖，不仅不安全，而且也容易让孩子产生漠视生命的心理，这种销售行为应该被规范管理。[查看全文]

Zhengzhou (ECNS) – A shop outside Qingling Primary School in Zhengzhou, Henan province, had caused an uproar among parents for selling live bee pupae to students.

The colorfully packaged pupae are sold in pairs for half a yuan, and are very popular among local children.

A fifth-grade student named Zhang Kexuan showed how to "play with the toy," breaking off a pupa and releasing the little bee.

Zhang then killed the bee, saying "It can't survive anyway."

Chen Yurong, a third-grade girl, said many of her classmates had played with the bee pupae, and that some had brought them into classrooms.

Many parents have been appalled by the trend. He Ran, the mother of a third-grade boy, said she feared her son and other students might get stung by the bees.

Another parent named Zhang Baohui said that bee pupae are living beings, not just toys. "They bought the bee pupae for fun and curiosity, but then they just killed them. Such an attitude toward living things is unhealthy."

A teacher at the school said he would report the problem to school leaders and deal with it as soon as possible.

Live chickens have also been sold at shops near the school, but were stopped by the school, he added.