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SERDANG: A sweet tooth and a love for insects, particularly bees, is what led Norlezah Baharom to start a business involving both.
"At first it just started out as a hobby. I reared some bees to harvest the honey, as I was told that natural honey has a lot of medicinal properties," she said.
Now the 47-year-old owns and manages Trigona Bee, a company that produces bee products such as honey, royal jelly, bees' wax, propolis and pollen.
Norliza said there were many types of honey depending on the source.
"Kelulut bees' honey is popular as it is quite difficult to collect, and is known for its medicinal contents," she said when met at her booth at the Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism (Maha) Show here yesterday.
"They produce honey that taste a bit tangy than sweet, and build their hives inside tree trunks," she explained, adding that a bottle of the honey can fetch up to RM30 as compared with normal honey, which costs about RM10.
Norliza, who is a first-time participant in the show, is overwhelmed by the attention that her booth has been receiving.
"There had been so many visitors that I had to call in extra staff, but business has been good," she said, adding that the royal jelly had been the most popular product among visitors.
She hopes to participate in the next show. Yesterday was the third day of the 13-day Maha Show.
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