HONEY OF SEMONGKAT
Yakub Purnama
6th Semester Student, STKIP Hamzanwadi Selong
Honey is a natural
sweetener that is produced by bees and very useful for human beings. Most people
in the world like to consume honey because it not only serves as a natural
sweetener but also gives a lot of benefits. For example, consuming it can make
our body fresh, strengthen our antibody, increase our vitality, make cells of
our red blood (haemoglobin), increase our desire to eat and also
can be the medicine of many kinds of illness, like cold, injury or burn, acne,
irritation of skin, and itchiness.
In Sumbawa, there are
many places we can hunt for honey. One of the places is Semongkat that has very
good forests for bees to live. There are 3 kinds of bees that live in the
forests of Semongkat. Those are apis dorsata, apis cerena, and apis triguna.
All of them produce honey with high quality. Therefore, most of the local
people in Semongkat work as bee hunters. They spend about 3 hours a day to find
a nest of bees. The hunters harvest the honey by applying a traditional
environment-friendly way. They usually use tied young leaves which are burnt,
the smoke coming out of it which is very thick sends the bees away. When the
bees are already away, the honey is taken, but some of the nest is left. A few
days later the bees will return that nest and develop their normal life again.
The hunters usually go
to harvest the honey in groups. One group usually has two or more than two
people. The honey that has been harvested will be sold in a cooperative of
honey hunter association based in Semongkat Village centre. The income obtained
from selling the honey not only suffices the people’s daily needs, but also
helps them in educating their children for better future. Quite rightly, honey is
not only important for local people in Semongkat but also contributes for
Sumbawanese people’s health. Therefore, the government and Sumbawanese people
have to conserve bees’ natural habitats as that happening in Semongkat forests.
what a good article
BalasHapusThis is a beneficial knowledge. I am sure, people all over the world will recognize the honey of Semongkat in Sumbawa,NTB by reading this article. But, without to reduce my respect to you, my article is also beneficial. Please open my article entitled "Meeting Conclusion for English Camp" in "Organizing English Camp" article written by H. Iwan Jazadi Ph.D.
BalasHapusLet me to take a conclusion from this,emmm,,, if we talking about honey it automatically in our mind will focus on the something sweet or delicious, but in the other hand there is more important than it, what is it?
BalasHapusyachhh.... you are right!!!, it is our health. so what is the correlation?
yup... you are right again!!!, by consumpted the honey you will get it.
we should proud of it, honey is the most famous natural product beside wild horse milk,let's make them and other prides of Sumbawa will be known well over the world by making such article, and show them that Sumbawa is potential to be a developing city with its Natural resources and Natural Products. And i want to see your another article Mr. Yakub! and please share your latest articles!! thanks!
BalasHapus