Blooming longan boosts honey harvest 30% from last year
Blooming longan boosts honey harvest 30% from last year
2025-04-21
Spurred bythe low temperatures broughtby cold fronts this winter,the flowers have begun to bloom. Longan blossoms are flourishing, meaning a rare bumper harvest for longan honey. Following the beekeepers, we went to the mountainous areas of Tainan, where the beehives are bursting. Compared to last year, the harvest is up 20 to 30%, assuaging beekeepers’ worries.
Swarms of bees take to the sky as soon as the hive is opened. Thanks to this winter’s cold fronts, the longan flowers are in full bloom. This also means a rare bumper harvest for longan honey.
Lin Jui-ying
Beekeeper
In the over 30 years I’ve kept bees, I’ve never seen so many blossoms. It hasn’t even rained.
For a large honey harvest, beekeepers must follow the flowers. Along with her husband from Pingtung, they came to the mountains of Tainan to collect honey. Not just inside the beehives, but even the mesh is covered in honeycomb. It’s a totally different story from last year.
Chen Ming-hsu
Beekeeper
Since there basically wasn’t any harvest last year, this year there’s a bumper harvest. This is God’s way of giving us beekeepers a break.
Chen Chun-chia
Beekeeper’s son
I came back to keep bees with my mom and dad. It’s been about nine years already. The harvest is up 20 or 30% at least.
Using 20 to 30 steel drums weighing 300kg as centrifuges, the honey is separated and collected at the bottom. But before they can harvest, the keepers have to spray smoke to drive the bees away.
Chen Ming-hsu
Beekeeper
They’re usually pretty fierce. You’re stealing their food, their food stores. So they’re going to respond.
The beekeepers say that although the flowers are blooming well this year, the trees are still facing insect infestations. But with over 30 years of experience, they’ve been able to survive the challenge and welcome spring.
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今年龍眼蜜大豐收! 台南養蜂業採收量多2至3成
2025-04-21
今年冬天寒流接力報到，低溫刺激植物開花，今年的龍眼花開好開滿，龍眼蜜出現罕見的大豐收，跟著養蜂達人的腳步，來到台南的山區採收，滿箱的蜂箱，比起去年欠收，今年多了兩、三成以上的採收量，讓蜂農總算苦盡甘來。
打開蜂箱，印入眼簾的是，漫天飛舞的成群蜜蜂，今年因為寒流接力報到，龍眼花開好開滿，龍眼蜜出現難得一見的大豐收。
[[養蜂達人 林瑞英]]
“養蜂30幾年了，我真的沒有遇過花開得這麼好，氣候上又沒下雨”
想要蜂蜜產量高，養蜂人就得隨花逐流，跟著出身屏東的先生，來到台南的山區採收蜂蜜，不僅蜂箱滿箱，就連網子上，都有蜂巢，對比去年欠收，簡直是兩樣情。
[[養蜂達人 陳明旭]]
“因為養蜂，像去年就沒有收成，今年就豐收，這也是老天爺給我們養蜂農，留一條活路啦”
[[養蜂達人的兒子 陳晙嘉]]
“我回來養蜜蜂，跟著爸爸媽媽他們養蜜蜂，大概養了快九年。(產量增加)應該有兩、三成以上”
出動20、30個重達300公斤的鐵桶，利用離心原理，把蜂蜜甩出集中到底下的儲存槽，但在這之前，還得要不時噴灑煙霧，驅趕蜜蜂，才能讓蜂農順利採收。
[[養蜂達人 陳明旭]]
“通常會比較凶，因為你在搶它的糧食啊，它的屯糧啊，所以它會有反應啊”
養蜂達人說，今年花況雖然不錯，但養蜂產地多少有出現蟲害，靠著超過30年以上的養蜂經驗，在這波蟲害中，依舊逆勢而生，迎來春天。
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