Ever since we were introduced to stingless bee farming at Hotel Shangri-lah Rasa Ria on 12.03.2024 (Read here), this exposure has led us to start our own stingless bee farming at our backyard (Read here). And before our latest trip to Kudat, we visited another stingless bee farm at Kokol Hill with our CG friends at the end of August recently (Read here).
It is therefore natural that we would search out for bee farms in our trip to Kudat. Our first visit was to Borneo Honeybee Centre at Jalan Sikuati Marabau after lunch on 25.09.2024. Unfortunately, though the Centre was "opened" and accessible, there was no one available at the Centre at the time of our visit because it's "closed" during lunch break from 1.00pm to 2.00pm.
Borneo Honeybee Centre.
Even in the absence of any staff at the Centre, we did spend some time browsing through the extensive items and information on display. This is a good place to visit and to gain knowledge about the great variety of bees in Sabah!
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The next day on the way back to KK, we made a detour to DMA Gombizau Honey Bee Farm at Kampong Gombizau. The sign, "Gombizau Kampung Madu" we saw just before DMA Bee Farm reminded me that we had in fact been here way back in 2015. The owner of DMA told us later on that the original operator of Gombizau Kampung Madu no longer runs the outlet.
One key lesson we learnt from the lady manning the counter of DMA Bee Farm is that harvested honey should not be refrigerated but kept in the open at room temperature. I did an instant internet search and found that her assertion was indeed correct!
The Farm sells a variety of wide honey and the lady operator contended that honey of stingless bees is the best! That assertion reassured us that we made the right decision in keeping stingless bees!
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