PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination method that makes it possible to separate a human work area from a pollination area of insects for pollination in cultivating entomophilous plants.SOLUTION: In an entomophilous plant cultivation facility, a pollination area of insects for pollination 4 is irradiated with the light including light in a wavelength region of 300 nm-400 nm and light in a wavelength region of 400-700 nm, and a work area of an operator 201 is irradiated with the light not including light in a wavelength region of 300-500 nm but including light in a wavelength region of more than 500 nm and 700 nm or less.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】虫媒植物を栽培するに際し、人の作業領域と受粉用昆虫の受粉領域とを分けることができる照明方法を提供する。【解決手段】虫媒植物の栽培施設内において、受粉用昆虫4の受粉領域に、300nm~400nmの波長域内の光と、400~700nmの波長域内の光とを含む光を照射し、作業者201の作業領域に、300~500nmの波長域内の光を含まず、500nmを超えて700nm以下の波長域内の光を含む光を照射する。【選択図】図1