Notes from the farm: what happened at the hives and what we learned.
When the first rains arrive after the dry months, stingless bees close down during showers and rush out in the gaps between them. Entrances get busier
A visit to the Ong Moc stingless bee farm near Ta Dung is a slow morning: watching tiny bees at the hive entrances, seeing how the wooden boxes are ke
In Ta Dung you can watch sunrise over the lake and its green islands, walk forest and coffee trails, take a boat on the reservoir, and spend a mid-mor
On a misty highland morning stingless bees stay inside until the air warms, so the first hours at the hives are about listening, looking at entrances
During the coffee harvest in Lam Dong, the bushes have long finished flowering, so stingless bees turn to other forage and the hives grow quieter. For
To photograph stingless bees, shoot from the side of the hive entrance in soft mid-morning light, focus on the guard bees at the tube, use burst mode
MoraBee is the international name of Ong Moc, a stingless bee farm in Ta Dung, Lam Dong, among forest and coffee gardens: unblended honey in clean jars, starter colonies, and farm visits.