Day-to-day colony care: inspections, feeding through lean months, keeping a hive strong.
Stingless bees do well in the Central Highlands, but the cool mornings, long wet season and coffee bloom change the work: drier hives, better roofs, a
Stingless bees start flying once the air has warmed and light reaches the hive; on misty highland mornings that can be well after sunrise. Late, slow
The best place for stingless bee hives near forest is the edge, not deep inside: morning sun, mixed flowers and resin trees, shelter from wind, and le
Condensation forms when warm, moist air from the colony meets a cold lid. In wet highland months, a thicker or insulated lid, a wide roof and a slight
Before wooden boxes, rural households in Vietnam kept stingless bees in hollow logs and bamboo tubes hung under the eaves. Those hives taught keepers
Strong lakeside wind makes life hard for tiny stingless bee foragers. Shelter hives behind a hedge, face entrances away from the prevailing wind, stra
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.