Stingless Bee Keeping

Hey Steemians, thanks for checking out my post. I know I have posted a lot about music and the Blackbox. I think its time I want to share about me and my unlikely hobbies.

Stingless Bees

Last year, I was very interested to start my own stingless bee farm as I heard that the honey has a lot of medical benefits and the downstream products are almost endless! The locals here call it "Kelulut". I set out on my journey to go get my hives. I could not believe that all this time, I've always seen it in my life but had never crossed my mind that it produces high grade honey. I've squashed them and make them fight to the death with each other! I know, I was cruel but that was a long time ago.

I went to a stingless bee farm which my dad happened to know the bee keeper. I decided to buy 4 hives as a start as I have some knowledge on how to do this thanks to YouTube. Sure they tell you it is maintenance free but there's still work to make sure the hives and not exposed to threats such as frogs, lizards, ants and other smaller species of stingless bees (the smaller species tend to invade the bigger bees hives and take over the hive). Like an excited little boy, I had a new toy to play with. Gosh, I felt old cause before to me it was a hobby only retirees would get into. But I saw this as a long term hobby with awesome rewards.

NikMah Trigona Farm

If you have never tried stingless bees honey, I would recommend that you do. Our common expectations of honey is that it is a thick dark golden syrup that is sweet. Stingless bees honey is found to be more watery and depends where you drink the honey from it tastes different. If you are sipping directly from the honey pods in the hive, it would taste sweet but if its drawn out of the honey pods into a catchment tank, it will taste sweet and slightly sour. That doesn't mean that the honey is bad it just means that when the honey came in contact with materials like plastic, it has a reaction that causes it to taste sweet and sourish. One of the ways that can be taken to eliminate this by double boiling the honey.

I hope to expand steadily in the coming months and meet other bee keepers as well. I will be posting the progress and how this hobby has led me into another hobby eventually. Do follow, resteem and share my post if you liked it. Don't forget to comment on the section below. Thanks for reading!