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Apply for myGAP.AM

KUCHING: Sarawak’s honey bee and stingless bee (kelulut) entrepreneurs or organisations are urged to apply for the Malaysian Good Agricultural Practice (myGAP) Certification Scheme on Honey Bee and Stingless Bee Breeding – myGAP.AM. The push came from Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas in his speech read by Assistant Modernisation of Agriculture, Native […]

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 […]

Engineer finds niche in stingless bee farming

By Hamdan Ismail KUCHING: It has been a long road for Mohamad Aluis Hamri to become a successful kelulut honey entrepreneur. Six years after having ventured into the business with his family, the 37-year-old is now reaping the fruits of his sweat and tears. “I have to admit that the journey was a difficult one. However, the support […]

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 […]