Sumbawa Forest Honeybee

Before 2007, farmers honey Sumbawa work without a "friend", just the opposite. Instead they work with situations that trap, even the impact on the price of honey in the level of farmers who until 2007 was not moving up from Rp. 15,000 per bottle. It's an uncomfortable situation for farmers honey Sumbawa. Items can be so difficult in the procession of "heroic" from the public until the honey farmers fell from a high tree that has a bee hive (Sumbawa language: boan). Forest honey in Sumbawa is known of the species Apis dorsata, is the dominant species on the island of Sumbawa. The presence of Forest Honey Network Sumbawa (JMHS) which stood since 2007, opens new space for the growth of forest honey market is more prestigious. JMHS which is part of the Indonesian Forest Honey Network (JMHI) jointly rebuild the empowerment of farmers by providing pressure point on improving the quality of forests and market honey honey honey hutan.Potensi Sumbawa reach 125 tons per year. Internal Data Monitoring Report (IMR) JMHS 2010 showed the potential of honey that can diorganiser by JMHS can reach 45 tons per year.
Since 2008, managed to penetrate the market JMHS AMWAY a multi-level marketing company with total sales of honey around 6 tons until 2010. The success of JMHS penetrate markets multi-level marketing company is not out of partnerships with PD. Dian Niaga wing JMHI business. The procession takes a long time, for one year JMHI / JMHS convince the board AMWAY. Until now, forest honey is marketed by AMWAY derived from APDS (Periau Association Lake Sentarum) from Lake National Park, West Kalimantan and JMHS Sentarum of Sumbawa.