Agriculture and honey expo brings local and international selections – The Peninsula

Agriculture and honey expo brings local and international selections – The Peninsula

The Agricultural Products and Local Honey Exhibition brought together local and international produce to the public with honey coming from Greece, Yemen, Oman, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, and Jordan, among others.

Honey enthusiasts have a huge selection ranging from natural honey, acacia honey, white honey, medicinal honey, and honeycomb among others. Different packages can also be seen from plastic to glass, but two exhibitors stand out among the rest wherein the honey is packed in a wooden honeypot, and the honey is placed in a beehive-like package.

The Peninsula talked to 13 exhibitors of honey namely Bi Capri, Al Ashab-Almtamyza, Al Ali Honey Bees, Apiaries Honey Bee, Deena Bnin Mart, Al Ruwais, Rohan, Ibn Mushayqih Dates and Honey, Al Attiya Farms, Raydam, Al Jintin Land, Sabeb Honey, and Atyab For Haney Trading and Health Food Co.

The honey prices range from as low as QR30 and can go as high as QR700 based on weight.

Different brands of honey are displayed at Agricultural Products and Local Honey Exhibition. Pic: Joelyn Baluyut/The Peninsula

Bi Capri exhibitor said its honey products came from the mountainous terrain of Crete, Greece. Its Meligyris Cretan honey produces eight varieties including woodland honey, oak and chestnut; Greek mountain lavender; Greek pine thyme