Category Archives: Apis dorsata (Putyukan)

Why bees are important !

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Julian Wright

This is the Epilogue from the novel Bees have been discovered in amber over 100 million years old, frozen in time, as if immortalized in their own honey. Bees were buzzing around the first flowers during the age of the dinosaurs, … Continue reading →

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Rafters for Putyokan wild honeybees

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Julian Wright

Click on this link to see the use of Rafters or Tingkus In some parts of Indonesia local techniques called Tingkus are used to manage  colonies so that honey harvesting is easier.  This technique is similar to ‘rafter beekeeping’ in Vietnam, and … Continue reading →

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There is only one Philippines !

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Julian Wright

Only one Earth Only one Philippines  This sample map shows that perhaps half of the Philippines land area has already lost its primary pollinators.  The loss of essential pollinators for agriculture is happening across the Philippines and this ‘silent disaster’ can only … Continue reading →

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Black & white awareness leaflet

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Julian Wright

This leaflet is intended to constructively show why bees are important and also to show how honey hunters can obtain more honey by altering their harvesting methods, and at the same time help improve crop yields. (The Putyokan and Ligwan honeybees … Continue reading →

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Small Coconut Farmers meeting

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Julian Wright

Zamboanguita, Philippines. 17th October 2014 Invited in morning to join the local coconut farmer’s review meeting by my father-in-law, and told I could also meet there the regional Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) advisor (PCDM). My father-in-law was wearing his green ZASCOFAMCO short sleeve shirt and … Continue reading →

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Leaflet information for honey gatherers

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Julian Wright

To improve crop yields and help honey gatherers harvest more honey, rural communities need to be offered suitable advice.  This leaflet is intended to be printed double-sided  in black and white on A4. A version is also provided in the native … Continue reading →

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Tagalog & English awareness leaflets

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Julian Wright

This  Native language awareness leaflet pdf is in Tagalog and is designed for printing on both sides of A4.  It is intended to help raise awareness in rural communities about pollination and the role of bees in the agricultural environment. All the educational material … Continue reading →

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Putyokan honeybees (Apis dorsata)

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Julian Wright

The Wild honeybee or Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) has several native names in the Philippines which include Putyokan, Pukyutan and Putyukan. In this website the Putyokan name is used. There are two subspecies in the Philippines: Apis dorsata dorsata (pictured … Continue reading →

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Sustainable honey gathering methods

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Julian Wright

Traditional beekeeping for the Ligwan and other ‘hive bees’ ‘Hive bees’ are those bees that naturally make their colonies inside holes in trees or in the ground, and so can be kept inside a hollowed out tree trunk or basket or … Continue reading →

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