A review on beekeeping in Malaysia: history importance and future directions

Wan Iryani Wan Ismail, . A review on beekeeping in Malaysia: history importance and future directions. pp. 70-80. ISSN 1823-8556

This review aims to share the history of Malaysian beekeeping in order to guide current developments in beekeeping. It is also intended to sustain and promote the local beekeeping industry. Beekeeping in Malaysia has been practised and first found documented since the Sultanate of Malacca. Today both traditional and modern approaches to beekeeping are used locally. Beekeeping is crucial to the conservation and sustainability of the ecosystem. It offers natural pollination future food security high income generation medicinal products and research opportunities. However bee domestication problems with queen rearing low honey production inconsistency in quality and the high price of honey dumping of adulterated honey on the local market the lack of a Malaysian honey standard and no existing body or centre to monitor beekeeping development have become a major challenge. The issues could address with the establishment of a Majlis Lebah Negara and a one-stop centre to guide monitor and develop Malaysian beekeeping to an exceptional level for the benefit of all.

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Abstract

This review aims to share the history of Malaysian beekeeping in order to guide current developments in beekeeping. It is also intended to sustain and promote the local beekeeping industry. Beekeeping in Malaysia has been practised and first found documented since the Sultanate of Malacca. Today both traditional and modern approaches to beekeeping are used locally. Beekeeping is crucial to the conservation and sustainability of the ecosystem. It offers natural pollination future food security high income generation medicinal products and research opportunities. However bee domestication problems with queen rearing low honey production inconsistency in quality and the high price of honey dumping of adulterated honey on the local market the lack of a Malaysian honey standard and no existing body or centre to monitor beekeeping development have become a major challenge. The issues could address with the establishment of a Majlis Lebah Negara and a one-stop centre to guide monitor and develop Malaysian beekeeping to an exceptional level for the benefit of all.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Beekeeping
AGROVOC Term:	Apiculture
AGROVOC Term:	Bees
AGROVOC Term:	History
AGROVOC Term:	Domestication
AGROVOC Term:	Ecosystems
AGROVOC Term:	Food security
AGROVOC Term:	Agriculture
AGROVOC Term:	Income
AGROVOC Term:	Byproducts
Geographical Term:	Malaysia
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	28 Apr 2025 07:08
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24219

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