Honey, she earns RM74k from kelulut!
BY NURSYAHIDA BOLHASSAN Who would have thought that by running a kelulut honey business, Sya Rina brand founder, Norina Bunyam, 41, is able to earn up to RM74,400 a year even though the country is going through the Covid-19 pandemic. For this Lubok Antu-born entrepreneur success didn’t come easy. “One has to keep on trying […]
Huge potential in bee farming
KUCHING: Honey bee and stingless bee farming has the potential for expansion. This is because Sarawak has the advantage in terms of diversity of natural resources. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the kelulut (stingless bee) industry was estimated to exceed RM60mil and expected to increase every year. “Therefore, the kelulut industry […]
From teenage interest into successful stingless bee farmer
By Balqis Jamaludin & Kamaliza Kamaruddin MARANG (Terengganu): “We will return 10 times the sum paid if it can be proven that our honey is not original.” That’s the promise to customers by Big Bee Honey Sdn Bhd if any of them can prove that the kelulut (stingless bee) honey sold at the company’s mini […]
Stingless bee farming potential agro-tourism product
SUNGAI PETANI: Jafri Safar believes the kelulut (stingless honey bee) industry he is engaged in has great potential to be a thriving agro-tourism product. The 52-year-old entrepreneur already entertains between 200 and 300 tourists every month at one of his three farms — in Merbok, Sungai Petani and Sik — in Kedah where, with the help of […]
Tiny ‘kelulut’ can make Malaysia big global player
By Balqis Jamaludin & Kamaliza Kamaruddin KUALA NERUS, Terengganu: They are just three to five millimetres in size each but the tiny kelulut (stingless bees) or meliponines hold huge potential in making Malaysia a major player in the global honey market. Besides their stingless nature, these bees are much more docile than the ordinary honey bee and can […]
National kelulut honey industry devt plan 2020-2030
JOHOR BAHRU: The National Kelulut Honey Industry Plan 2020-2030 was today launched to introduce kelulut beekeeping as a new source of sustainable income. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub said as of today, there are 717 entrepreneurs involved in the kelulut beekeping industry throughout the country and the plan is expected to […]
