 World's Bee Museum, Malacca
World's Bee Museum, or Muzium Lebah Sedunia, and also known as the International Bee Museum, is a one-of-its-kind museum celebrating bees. It is located in Ayer Keroh, Malacca. It was founded in 1978 by Ong Kang Peng, a local bee specialist. who runs B.B. Town, the largest honey producer in the country. As would be expected, the World's Bee Museum provides scrunitizing detail about the lifecycle (and lifestyle) of bees. There are millions of live bees that visitors can view through glass.
You can learn about bees in the world, view photos of their hives, and look at products produced or associated with bees including honey, propolis, royal jelly, bee venom and drone pupas. Propolis is a stuff made from buds and flowers. It comes from the bee hive, and is known for healing properties. Royal Jelly is a secretion used by the bees to feed their queen. It has natural hormones, Vitamin B-complex, and other properties, and is known to improve physical performance, memory, immune system and sexual drive. Bee venom is used of treating arthritis, asthma, multiploe sclerosis and other ailments. Drone pupas are immatured bees. Its consumption is said to improve energy and help in halting skin deterioration.
It addition to the museum, the company has several outlets including at Zoo Negara, KL Tower, KL Central Market, Alam Sentral Shah Alam and Alamanda Putrajaya. Their main office is in Bukit Katil, Malacca.
Getting there
The World's Bee Museum is located just before Taman Mini Malaysia/Asean. Admission to the farm is free.
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