::: ::: 　　Miaoli District Agricultural Research and Extension Station opened on March 25,1998 under the supervision of the Taiwan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Forestry, it later was placed under the Council of Agriculture, Executive Yuan of the Central Government, as a result of the nullification of Taiwan Provincial Administration on July 1, 1999. The Station was previously called Sericulture Improvement Station, which was firstly established as Mulberry Propagation Unit at Kung-Kuan, Taipei City, by Taiwan Viceroy Office in 1910. After Taiwan was restored from the Japanese occupation, this Unit was merged into the Silkworm Rearing Unit of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and renamed as the Taiwan Provincial Sericulture Experiment Station in 1949. In 1977, as a result of city development, the Station moved from Taipei City to the present location. In 1992, the Station was renamed to be Sericulture and Apiculture Experiment Station to cover the researches on silkworms and honeybee. In 1997, this Station was further reorganized to expand the scope of research activities to include food and horticultural crops while retaining the unique fields of silkworm and honeybee that does not exist in other Agricultural Research and Extension Stations in Taiwan.