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Thanks Jessica for writing about Bataan honey. This will help a lot in our aim to raise awareness about Bataan wild honey and Philippine honey in general 🐝❤️

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Loved this one! It's nice to know more about local honey. Hopefully we can get honey that are specific with the type of flowers it came from. I saw a honey store in Kyoto that sells different honeys from chestnut, buckwheat and other stuff.

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Thank you for shining the light on the Bataan wild honey hunters. I think I would have run also!

Shared this with my friend Kyle who doesn’t have Substack but wanted to comment:

“On the topic, of Pukyutan's being a Philippine Endemic. It's scientific name should actually omit the 'dorsata' which suggests it's a subspecies, it is no longer considered as such but as a distinct species, in morphological features and genetics-wise. Apis breviligula.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230027767_A_molecular_phylogeny_of_the_genus_Apis_suggests_that_the_Giant_Honey_Bee_of_the_Philippines_A-breviligula_Maa_and_the_Plains_Honey_Bee_of_southern_India_A-indica_Fabricius_are_valid_species

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Wow, thank you for sharing this. It's great to know, I'll go ahead and update and make a note regarding this species. Love to learn from others!

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