Longlin Winter Honey

Longlin Winter Honey

　　Winter Honey   Longlin is located on the southeastern edge of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, where the mountains are lush with vegetation and flowers bloom all year round, creating an ideal environment for bees to thrive and reproduce. The various ethnic groups in the county, especially the Miao people, have a long-standing tradition of beekeeping. After autumn and winter, the weather becomes dry and crisp, and mountain flowers contain less moisture. The winter honey produced during this time has a milky yellow hue, a granular texture, minimal impurities, is extremely thick, and emits a fragrant aroma. It tastes particularly sweet and delicious, making it a premium grade of honey. Its processing is refined, with high purity, earning it a fine reputation. It is exported to Hong Kong and Macao, as well as to Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe, and other regions. In 1983, the state purchased 223 dan of winter honey, with the highest annual purchase (in 1964) reaching 613 dan.