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What is nenas honey?

how is pineapple honey or nenas honey

Pineapple honey is a rare type of honey, also known as nenas honey in Malaysia. Although pineapples have a wide distribution around the world, its nectar is not sought by honey bees and their pollination is not needed. This honey is often find in countries that encourage beekeeping and when the hives are placed in the middle of a pineapple crop. In other words, by forcing the bees to collect that type of nectar. Pineapple is the 3rd most important… Read More

What are the health benefits of eating honey from Malaysia?

the benefits of eating natural honey from malaysia

The health benefits of eating honey cannot be comprised in a single article, that’s why this website was born. But here are some of the health benefits of natural honey found in Malaysia, a country with monsoons, rainforest and different kinds of bees. The phrase “medicinal honey” refers to honey in general and also to “medical grade honey“. Malaysia is proud of having 3 exceptional types of medicinal honey: tualang, gelam and kelulut honeys, all produced by wild bees. (the… Read More

What types of honey can we find in Malaysia?

what honeys are in malaysia

Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country occupying parts of the Malay Peninsula and the island of Borneo. It’s a country known for its beaches, rainforests and the 451m-tall Petronas Twin Towers. It has Malay, Chinese, Indian and European cultural influences and the capital is Kuala Lumpur. It has land borders with Thailand in West Malaysia, and Indonesia and Brunei in East Malaysia. It is linked to Singapore by a narrow causeway and a bridge. The country also has maritime boundaries with Vietnam and the Philippines. picture source operationworld.org Malaysia is within the equatorial region, where… Read More

What is HMF? An indicator of fake honey or processed honey.

what is hmf

It’s tasty and it’s healthy. Two reasons to make profit cheating on people who have not yet got used to verify and double verify the authenticity of everything, to always search for reviews before buying something, to always ask for a second opinion, to always doubt any news or any advertisement. Do you know what is HMF? Well, it’s an indicator of quality of honey. Fake honey, too processed honey or old honey. Fakes are a general problem. You will… Read More

Health benefits of Trigona honey (aka kelulut honey)

health benefits of stingless honey

Trigona honey health benefits have been a little documented based on traditional claims. This honey is also known as kelulut honey (especially in Malaysia), as stingless honey or as pot honey. Main differences between Trigona bees and Apis Mellifera bees – Trigona bees have a higher tolerance to pests and diseases. Scientists said this may be due to their smaller size and the composition of their comb. While Apis Mellifera build their comb from pure beewax, Trigona bees mix the… Read More

What is kelulut honey or trigona honey?

what is trigona honey or kelulut honey

A different kind of honey. Kelulut Honey or Trigona honey is not honey made from a flower called kelulut, or trigona, but by a small bee called trigona. The floral source can be any flower so the honey is usually multifloral. Trigona is a bee smaller than Apis mellifera – our common honey bee, is stingless and has a different life. But they do have a queen, drones and many sterile workers – just like colonies of commercial honeybees. There are… Read More

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