Stingless Bee (Kelulut) Forest Meliponiculture & Regenerative Honey Guild
Transforming native pollinators into high-value pharmaceutical-grade honey livelihoods for 340 indigenous forest households.
Consortium Partners
- Agro-Ecology Consortium
- University Faculty of Agriculture
- FairTrade Asia
Executive Field Narrative
Stingless bees (Meliponini) are native pollinators essential for the fertilization of towering canopy trees. This program equips rural villagers with sustainable timber hive boxes placed under canopy shade, generating steady revenue from rare dark honey containing high concentrations of trehalulose and polyphenol antioxidants.
The Landscape Threat
Smallholders lacked access to quality equipment, hygienic extraction methods, laboratory testing, and premium buyer markets, often falling prey to volatile rubber and oil palm monocultures.
Community Action Plan
We established a centralized cooperative honey laboratory and packing facility that guarantees minimum floor prices, provides free hive carpentry training, and manages organic certification and export distribution.
Verified Outcomes
Active Hive Keepers
Over 1,200 hives producing 4,800 kg of certified raw organic forest honey annually.
Annual Farmer Payouts
Direct bank transfers providing economic security without forest felling.
Buffer Zone Agroforests
Foraging grounds planted with 18 native flowering tree species.
Key Timeline Milestones
Field Deployments & Telemetry Stations
Inspecting an organic Heterotrigona itama hive box in the agroforestry sanctuary.
Honey extraction using hygienic food-grade low-vacuum pumps.
