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The Buzz at the Ilog Maria Bee Farm

Posted on May 17, 2008

Right after our hearty breakfast and a quick tour at the Verdana Homes Mamplasan, we then drove to Silang Cavite for another wonderful treat: a visit to a bee farm.

A week before the tour, I was already excited after seeing our tour itinerary because it will be my first time to actually visit a bee farm. Yeah there were a lot of bees visiting our flower garden before when I was still in Bacolod but we don’t actually own them nor have a bee farm to produce the world’s best sweetener: honey.

So off we go to Ilog Maria Bee Farm. At first we were showed a video of how the bees produce honey and how Ilog Maria is helping the community through its business.

As what Mr Jun Magsaysay said, their honeybees are the European-type but bred in Australia. These species of honeybees, he said, are not the attacker type. So normally they wont just sting you out of their whims. They would only attack as their defense.

After the brief video presentation we then go off to the field seeing these honeybees working all day to collect nectar from flowers. I was so scared at first. Because we went to the field without any mask of prtoective clothing at all. And I can even hear some of them flying just on top of my head. But thank God, none of us got stinged.

Then Mr. Jun Magsaysay handed to us a whole sheet of honeycomb, instructing us to pus our index finger through it. Gosh what a surprise! Crystal clear honey squirted right out of the honey comb! It was sweet and superbly delicious. And I am guaranteed that it is 100% pure goodness without the chemicals or preservatives.

The Ilog Maria Bee Farm also seels bee products and byproducts in their farm. Prices are relatively cheap compared to the ones we get to buy here in the metropolis. They sell pure honey, bath soaps with honey, candles made of beeswax, royal jelly, bee propolis, shampoo, bee pollen, and a whole lot more.

And in this modern day and age, you can also order their products over the Internet the products available at their store in Silang Cavite is also available over the internet.

The trip to Ilog Maria Bee Farm in Silang, Cavite Philippines is part of our South of Manila tour organized by Verdana Homes Mamplasan for the media. Thanks to Geiser Maclang for the invite!