(Baonghean.vn) - At the end of April, when the weather is cool, filled with the gentle, lingering scent of wild flowers mixed with cornflowers and rice flowers, it is also the time when people in mountainous districts such as Anh Son and Con Cuong come across tents set up by nomadic beekeepers.
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| The profession of beekeeping, moving from season to season according to the flower season, is still quite new in Anh Son. However, this season, when the wildflowers bloom, a mobile bee farm has arrived in Anh Son. |
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| Beekeepers' makeshift tents |
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| Mr. Nguyen Van Van, My Duc district, Hanoi city, said: this profession never stays in one place. They often move from one province to another, from the lychee and longan flower season in the northern provinces, the coffee season in the Central Highlands provinces to the melaleuca, corn and rice flower seasons in Nghe An and Ha Tinh. But no matter how long the flower season is, beekeepers do not stay in one place for more than 2 months. |
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| In places with abundant flower sources, beekeepers usually collect honey every 8-10 days. Before harvesting honey, the beehives are lifted out of the hive and the young bees are swept down into the hive, inside this layer of wax are heavy streams of honey. Each hive like this can produce 3-10 kg of pure honey. |
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| With more than 300 bee colonies, Mr. Nguyen Van Van of Duc My district, Hanoi, can collect 1 ton of honey each time he collects honey. After the honey is collected, companies will bring cars to collect it at the price of 20,000-30,000 VND/kg. It is calculated that each time Mr. Van collects honey, he can earn 20-30 million VND. |
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| Delicious wild honey products are obtained from many communes in Anh Son area. |
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