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Bees are abuzz in Batangas! If you’re curious to see bees at work and try the fruits of their labor, the Honey House Honeybee Farm is the place to be. You can have a taste of sweet honey, honey cider vinegar, and honeycomb made by the bees at this farm in Lipa, Batangas. Honey House bees hard at...

A visit to Los Pepes Farm, a stingless bee farm in Indang, Cavite, is akin to a museum visit. Exhibited in this farm are several forms of beehives — some are commonplace, others are rooted in traditional practices, while a few are just wildly interesting. Los Pepes Farm is no agricultural museum...

Mac Bergonio, owner of Los Pepes Farm. (Jerome Sagcal) Life doesn’t always go as planned. Mac Bergonio wanted to become a seaman for a very long time. But in an unexpected turn of events, Mac is now the owner of Los Pepes Farm, a stingless bee farm in Indang, Cavite. With the help of his wife,...

Hardin sa Parang is a one-hectare bee yard sitting in forested land in Barangay San Juan, Antipolo City.  It is owned by Lonadel Jade Bolongaita, 35, a former OFW who also works as a freelance makeup artist. Prior to becoming a full-time beekeeper, she raised chickens and hogs on the same site...