Stationary microbeekeeping protocol improve a quantitative and qualitative properties of tropical honey

Microbeekeeping protocol, a honey production methodology that provide consistently quantitative and qualitative properties of natural honey as taste, aromatic quality, colour, sugar contents as well as some medicinal properties by manage a honeybee flora within the foraging radius of the bees, was performed. The technology provides a model for small scale beekeeping to produce a consistently biological quality honey from Asian cavity nesting (Apis cerana) red dwarf honeybees (Apis florea) and 2 species of stingless bees, Tetragonula pagdeni and Tetragonula laviceps. This model combines with a landscape enhancing feature to improve the quality of the honey in Thailand. The pilot farm revealed a significant return from investment, including a 69.55 % increase in A. florea and 119.24 % increase in A. cerana and a 76.47 % increase in two species of stingless bees, Tetragonula pagdeni and Tetragonula laviceps. We have also identified fingerprint features of each variety of honey by investigating the physicochemical and biologically active quality identifiers. In pilot farm scale, 25 beekeepers have collaborated in this projects and potentially improved their quality of life - sufficiency and economic status. Finally, the unique tropical honey scenario developed to collectively improve a substantial quantity and quality of honeybee products as significant competitive items on the international market is suggested.