The golden season of longan flower honey in Song Ma

Song Ma district boasts a large area of ​​fruit trees, especially longan trees with over 7,500 hectares, and an abundant supply of flowers, making it an ideal environment for raising nectar-collecting bees. Taking advantage of this, farmers in Song Ma district have invested in developing beekeeping, yielding high economic returns. Currently, Song Ma is entering the golden season for longan flower honey, promising the highest production of the year.

Every year during the lychee blossom season, beekeepers from all over flock to Song Ma to harvest honey. With over 450 colonies of exotic bees located in Hai Son village, Chieng Khoong commune, Mr. Hoang Dai Luong from Thanh Son district, Phu Tho province, expects to harvest about 6 to 8 tons of lychee blossom honey. According to Mr. Luong, the lychee blossom season is the most productive time to produce high-quality honey. Lychee blossom honey has its own distinctive flavor.

Hoang Dai Luong - Tan Phong Hamlet, Vo Mieu Commune, Thanh Son District, Phu Tho Province : “Every longan flower season, we bring our bees to Song Ma, Son La to harvest honey. Song Ma longan flower honey has a distinctive taste different from other regions; each type of honey has a different aroma and richness. Song Ma honey is very fragrant, thick, and rich.”

As a member of the Song Ma Honey Beekeeping Cooperative, Ms. Pham Thi Nguyen's family in Group 8, Song Ma town, currently has 150 bee colonies. The peak flowering season of longan trees provides an abundant source of flowers, creating an ideal environment for bees to collect honey. This is the second honey harvest for Ms. Nguyen's family, yielding a total of 1.8 tons of honey across both harvests. The longan flower honey produced by the cooperative has been certified as a 3-star OCOP product.

Ms. Pham Thi Nguyen - Group 8, Song Ma town, Song Ma district : “My family has been raising bees for 27 years now. According to our family's assessment, this year the weather is favorable and there are many longan flowers, so the honey is very delicious and fragrant. This year's yield will reach its maximum.”

According to statistics, Song Ma district has 14,765 bee colonies. Although the longan flower honey harvesting period is short, only about 25-30 days, the honey yield is the highest of the year. According to beekeepers, this year's weather has been favorable, and the longan trees have bloomed more profusely than in previous years. Therefore, the estimated honey yield is over 100 tons. With prices ranging from 80,000 to 95,000 VND/kg, many households have earned hundreds of millions of VND.

Dang Van Cuong - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Chieng Khoong commune, Song Ma district : “Currently, there are more than 900 hectares of longan trees in Chieng Khoong commune, and many of them are currently bearing fruit and flowering. In the commune, several individuals and groups are bringing beehives to Chieng Khoong and Song Ma district to collect longan flower honey, which is a potential for the people of Chieng Khoong commune.”

The golden season of longan flower honey in Song Ma not only creates a distinctive, high-quality product but also provides employment for many seasonal workers. This also demonstrates the creativity and resourcefulness of the workers in utilizing the inherent advantages of the locality to increase their income.

Reported by: Truong Thuy (Song Ma Information and Culture Center)

Source: https://sonlatv.vn/mua-vang-mat-ong-hoa-nhan-o-song-ma-27180.html