The nine morning watch looks bright today. The surge of the slitres of trees, adds the exotic one of the forests where the honeycomb bees in the Betung Bay, Bandar Lampung City, Lampung.
Steps begin to move to the side in the forest. Wings Tonggeret and wind sounds each other fills the space, the sign of the rainy season immediately ends.
Starting from the difficult concern to get pure honey, a Bandar Lampung City citizen named Isnina began to learn autodidak to cultivate honey bees in 2016.
Clothes used by "bee keeper" hung on the bee farm honey Suhita.
"Bee keeper" prepares to harvest honey in honey bee farm Suhita.
In 2019, by utilizing an area of one hectaree, he began to open a livestock plantation business called the Beetle Farm.
There are several types of bees cultivated in that place, namely Apis Mallifera, Apis Dorsata and Trigona Utama that can produce 200 kilograms of honey every 40 days.
The pot, the honey is carried to the house of the fishermen whose distance only takes approximately 20 minutes from the forest. In this house, honey will be weighed and tasted, then it will be done the Organoleptic testing before it is released to the market in luring or online.
"Bee keeper" harvests honey in Suhita honey bee farm.
"Bee keeper" shows the honeycomb of Apis Mallifera in the honey bee farm Suhita.
By selling products through digital ecosystems such as the middle is passed the current government for small and medium industries (IKM), Honey Suhita can intake greater profit than selling in conventional ways.
In one month Isnina is able to sell 2000 to 2700 bottles via e-commerce and social media, while when in conventional ways only sold 500 bottles.
Today women born 1985 it plans to expand to the global market.
"Bee keeper" shows the honeycomb of Apis Mallifera in the honey bee farm Suhita.
The Fires of Cerana in Suhita honey bee farm.
"Yes are being facilitated by the government to be able to certificate Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) as one of the terms for exporting ", Isnina said.
This IKM’s digitalization program, in line with the government’s steps that want to encourage IKM’s players to join the digital ecosystem to help their business sustainability through the Indonesia-made Bangga National Movement program.
The government targets there is 30 million UMKM or about 50 percent of the population, which joins the digital ecosystem on 2024 later.
Photo collage of honey honey honey bees Tetrigona Apicalis (left) and process entering honey into the bottle (right).
The supervisor carries honey in honey's house.
Photo and text : Rivan Awal Lingga
Water level gauge on honey or refractometer mounted in honey container house.
The amount of honey packed in a bottle is ready to market.
Pemilik Honey Suhita Isnina poses in honey bee farm Suhita.
Editor: Widodo
