CHINA | Ch1, Multiflora, TianBaoKang® | Ch2, Vitex | Ch3, Black Bee - Linden | Ch4, "Qinhe Langhua" Sophora Japonica | Ch5, Litchi | Ch6, Chestnut | Ch7, Galla | Ch8, Nileke Black Bee |Ch9, Cangyuan, Apis cerana | Ch10, Sour Jujube | Ch11, Zhidao Stingless Bee | Ch12, Stingless bee tree acid |
Ch1, Multiflora Honey - TianBaoKang®
Our standards for collecting honey from honeycombs are as follows: the honey must be stored in the honeycomb for more than 30 days, with a moisture content of less than 17% and a capping rate of over 95%, and the wax caps should be slightly collapsed.
We keep 110 colonies of bees at the Tianbaokang Mature Honey Demonstration Base in Beijing and 6 colonies at the Scientific Research Base of the South Garden of the China National Botanical Garden. In different seasons, we set up beehives in different ways to provide sufficient space for bees to lay eggs and leave enough honey and bee pollen for them to reproduce.
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Liu Ran working with bees at the apiary.
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In the past few years, through a seasonal survey of nectar and pollen source plants near the apiary, we have found 784 species of flowering plants and more than 130 species belonging to Hymenoptera, such as Apidae, Melittidae, Megachilidae, and Vespidae. Among them, there are 531 species of plants visited by bees and 82 species of plants not visited by bees.
The honey
The bees in our company's apiaries returned to Beijing to enter the honey-harvesting cycle on April 1, 2025. As of July 8, 2025, our apiaries have harvested honey twice in total. The first honey collection was on May 8, 2025, with a moisture content of 15.1%.
Through electron microscope observation, 93 different types of plant pollens were found, and the main nectar source plants are as follows: Brassicaceae, Calycanthaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, Salicaceae, Rosaceae, Hydrangeaceae, and Plumbaginaceae. The second collection was on July 8, 2025, with a moisture content of 15.8%. The main nectar source plants include: Rutaceae, Lamiaceae, Papaveraceae, Asteraceae, Anacardiaceae, Staphyleaceae, Malvaceae, Cornaceae, and Nelumbonaceae. In 2017, our company, in conjunction with the Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, initiated a research project entitled Research, Demonstration and Promotion of High-Quality and High-Yield Technology for Natural Mature Honey under the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. This project aims to change the backward situation of China's "traditional bee-keeping methods, traditional honey production methods, and traditional honey processing methods". During the period of scientific research and technology promotion, we have won 2 provincial and ministerial agricultural promotion awards and more than 20 invention patents, such as "A Honey Food for Diabetics and Its Production Process" and "A Transport Tool for Migratory Beekeeping". All these contribute to the production of high-quality multiflora honey by bees. The beekeeping
The raw material of the multiflora honey produced by our company comes from Beijing Tianbaokang Mature Honey Demonstration Base and the Scientific Research Base of the South Garden of the China National Botanical Garden.The Baihujian Scenic Area in Changping District and the China National Botanical Garden in Haidian District of Beijing boast unique natural environments with blooming mountain flowers. Statistics show that there are over 530 species of nectar and pollen source plants around the beehives (the data is being collated and proofread, and a book Illustrated Handbook of Beijing Nectar and Pollen Source Plants is scheduled to be published by the end of the year). These provide abundant nectar sources for bees.With a superior ecological environment and being far from factory pollution, this area serves as the foundation for the high quality of our multiflora honey.
Liu Ran, a post-90s new-generation research-oriented beekeeper, has been engaged in the beekeeping industry under the influence of his parents, who used to work at the Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. His main research directions include nectar and pollen source plants, breeding of high-yield queen bees, and research and development of bee product derivatives. |
