The half-life of the 53.2 keV level in 214Bi hag been measured as 7"1/2=0.52+0.15 ns, further T1/2(295.2 keV and 351.9 keV levels)=<0.10 ns was estimated. The B(M1,2--. 1-) transition rates within the Ych9/2vg9/2 multiplet in 21~ are found to decrease rapidly with increasing neutron number, reaching in 214Bi a value as low as those typical for intraband M1 transitions in deformed odd-odd nuclei.