Just when the chicken and duck eggs production took a nose dive, here comes the kelulut honey. These kelulut stingless bee honey logs have been brought in for almost a little more than a year (Oct 2021) and it is only now that I’m harvesting. It’s been a really busy year and I haven’t got the time to check on the logs.
Unfortunately, due to carelessness and oversight, one of the logs got attacked by a borer insect. Fortunately, I managed to nip the problem in the bud, before the borer had a chance to inflict irreversible damage to the log.
It’s truly an exhilarating experience harvesting your own honey for the first time. The sight of the glistening 100% raw and pure honey from the farm’s predominantly carambola fruit trees, lime/lemon, seasonal durians/rambutans/mangosteen, flowers/honolulu creepers, etc. brings a satisfying but humbling feeling of “victory”.
There were a lot of uncertainties and being unsure of what exactly is the right way to harvest and handle the colony. It’s all down to some Googling and watching YouTube videos which helped lend some ideas on how to go about it.
