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INDONESIA The Government Indonesia's Agenc for the Assessmen| and Application o Technology is embarking on a national development programme to support smallscale beekeeping industries in Indonesia.
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extended beekeeping to other cities in this area and organised training classes for have translated articles about villagers. beekeeping and have identified floral plants that bees use including Acacia, Albizia,
Due to the harsh climate in this district artificial feeding of bees with sugar syrup is common. A |:1 sugar syrup is used. We help bee farmers by offering a ready market for their harvest and paying them well. We go to local markets to carry out tests on the honey. We test on sight for the quality, and check water content using a refractometer. We also check for the amount of pollen. After checking we pay the farmer on sight or on delivery. We pack honey in plastic containers to avoid any rust from metal containers.
We buy honey in two forms 1) liquid and 2) crude. The liquid honey is easier to work with because it goes directly to the warming and packing machine. We filter the crude honey, retain the strained liquid honey and the combs are rendered to wax.
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KENYA Kitui Honey Refinery is run by a government company called Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority.
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The project is in a semi-arid district and is one of the leading honey areas in Kenya, producing one-third of the honey produced in the country. Much of the honey is from log hives, but we also have a campaign to introduce the Kenya top-bar hive.
Refining The semi-refined liquid honey goes to a tank where it is warmed. We keep stirring the honey until we get the right viscosity. From here we release it to pass through a set of four sieves of cylindrical form with varying holes. From the sieves the honey goes to the settling tanks. The honey rests for over week. Any scum which forms on the top is removed and the refined honey is now bottled. We pack our honey in 500g glass jars. The lid is sealed and the jars are labelled as shown. The jars are packed in cartons of 24. We send most of our honey to supermarkets in Nairobi. We have not yet tackled the overseas market but we hope to do so in the future. a
Source: Andrew W Chuchu
