Minh Hoa in sweet honey season

In March (lunar calendar), all over the mountains and forests of Minh Hoa, when hundreds of species of flowers bloom, radiating fragrant scent, is also the time when each group of bees fly together to find honey. And beekeepers Minh Hoa is also ready for a season of ‘harvesting’ sweet honey.

Beekeeping for honey is developing well in Minh Hoa “March – the season when bees go to get honey”, for a long time, beekeepers in Minh Hoa have grasped that rule, so when March comes back, in the forests, in each garden, hundreds of species of flowers bloom. They are busy again in the beekeeping season to collect sweet honey. Mr. Dinh Long, Chairman of Minh Hoa District Beekeepers Association, said that the bees are kept, but actually the honey obtained is very natural. Because Minh Hoa is a mountainous district, most of the area is forest, so the climate is very fresh, the natural forest flower is abundant, so the honey raised here is very delicious, the quality is not inferior to honey. Forest. With more than 30 years of experience in beekeeping, Mr. Dinh Xuan Guest (Minh Xuan village, Xuan Hoa commune) said that April and May (March and April of the lunar calendar) is the time when bees give honey the most. “The honey extracted from the forest is completely natural, however, because the products from the forest are exploited by local people, in many cases, people exploiting the hives are not at a certain degree of maturity or old maturity. The portion in honey is usually very high (over 30%), honey usually has a sour taste and does not last long. The family’s secret prayers are heavy, promising a bountiful season. That is not to mention, buyers often encounter fake honey, honey mixed with the label of wild honey from fraudsters. Meanwhile, bees raised in Minh Hoa are selected from “domestic bees”, using abundant natural forest flowers, farmers know the maturity of honey to harvest, so the quality of honey is always guaranteed; In particular, the rate of water content is always below 20%, preserved for a long time and is not damaged ”, Mr. Long shared. However, according to Mr. Long, in order to harvest quality-assured honey, beekeepers must also research to understand and take care of their bees. Bees have very high herd characteristics and are sensitive to external influences such as weather, light and temperature. If farmers want to be successful, they must “understand” the bees; take appropriate measures to combat cold and heat; Regularly clean the bin to ensure it is dry and clean. In this way, the bees are healthy and have high honey yields. The bees are diligent, leaving the hive to find honey. Mr. Dinh Xuan Guest (Minh Xuan village, Xuan Hoa commune), who has more than 30 years working with beekeeping, said: “Autumn honey usually lasts from March to August every year, but April and May (March and April of lunar calendar) is still the time when bees give the highest quality honey. My family has 150 colonies of bees, averaging about 2 tons of honey per year, earning more than 200 million VND ”. This year, the weather is favorable, the flowers bloom a lot, so bees secrete honey evenly. At this time, beekeepers in Minh Hoa started to harvest the first batch of honey in the year. Currently honey is sold at the price of 120 thousand VND / 700ml bottle. This is a very reasonable price for both the seller and the buyer, so the honey products collected in Minh Hoa are sold out. Honey to raise Minh Hoa is sold at the Full Moon Festival in March Minh Hoa. Beekeeping is not difficult, the profit is high, so over the years, beekeeping has continuously developed in Minh Hoa. According to statistics of the People’s Committee of Minh Hoa district, at present, the whole district has developed over 3,000 colonies. The localities, such as Xuan Hoa, Trung Hoa, Minh Hoa, Hoa Hop, Hoa Phuc … have a thriving beekeeping movement, with an average income of 50-120 million VND / year per model. Mr. Dinh Minh Huong, Vice Chairman of Minh Hoa District People’s Committee, said the district is oriented to develop beekeeping into a high quality product, associated with the development of tourism of the district. Over the past years, from capital sources to support production of 135 programs, the NTP for sustainable poverty reduction, the district has supported people in many projects to raise domestic bees for honey. In particular, in the two border communes of Dan Hoa and Trong Hoa, with the support of the district, for the first time, Khua and You here have started to approach beekeeping and obtained encouraging results. an important part of rapid and sustainable poverty reduction. The weather is very favorable, the scent of wild flowers, house flowers are in “ripeness”, the bees are diligently searching for sweet honey. Beekeepers too, they are also diligently taking care of the bees, expecting a rich season of honey …