(HBO) – We were being so impressed when visiting the honey beekeeping model of Mr. Nguyen Van Tuoi in Sau Ha village, Thanh Luong commune.


Mr. Nguyen Van Tuoi, the leader of Sau Ha's beekeeping cooperative group, Thanh Luong commune (Luong Son) is checking the honey bee layer.

 

At the beginning time of bee raising, he kept raising over 100 litters of bees. Then, the number has gradually increased to 200 - 250 litters per year. The food source of bees are trees, fruit trees around the garden, acacia forest of the family. The nearby forests are also an important food source for bees to look for food during almost four seasons. Mr Tuoi said: On average, the family collects more than 1,000 liters of honey each year. Honey of acacia is usually sold at 120,000 VND / liter, especially, honey of longan with special taste, sweet taste is always favored by the market with the higher prices, the average of 200,000 - 220,000 VND / liter; which makes him get the income from 200 - 250 million VND / year.

 In 2016, due to the demand of people with the same bee keeping hobby in the village, Sau Ha's beekeeping cooperative group was established with 5 members. Mr Tuoi was elected to be the leader of the cooperative group. To be compared to the number of bee herds, Mr. Tuoi’s family had the largest number of bee herds with 250 herds. The remaining households maintain the number of bee herds from a few dozen or more. The second largest bee keeping household is the family of Mr. Bui Van Rung with 90 herds. Mr Tuoi shared: Since joining the cooperative group, every month and quarter, the members of the group gather to exchange experience. In addition, when needed, the members meet face-to-face or make a phone calls to help each other a lot in the career development. The issues of common bee diseases, honey exploitation for quality, best efficiency, market demand, prices, etc. are all being enthusiastically supported and open by the members.

At present, Mr. Tuoi has supplied about 1,000 liters of honey to the market. In addition to honey production, he also has a good income from bee breeding and bee-related supplies. His average annual income is about 300 million VND.

 

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