The honey of the melipona bee is rooted in its use for medicinal, nutritional, and sweetening purposes. In Maní, Yucatán, ritual ceremonies like "U Jaanli kab" (the meal of the bees) and "U jeets luumil kab" (the ideal conditions for honey production) are performed to favor good weather and good flowering of the countryside, preparing for the next honey harvest season. The cultural survival of using stingless bee products among the people of Maní is firmly supported by their involvement in and management of indigenous herbal medicine, especially by the participation of women in this activity. The essence of this tourist product, led by contemporary Mayan women, is the ancestral ceremony in the Mayan language using honey elements in a natural environment invoking the four cardinal points. During this tour, you will have the opportunity to explore the melipona bee cultivation space, with luck, you may encounter a queen bee and taste the rich, pure, ancestral, and medicinal melipona honey.
Includes:
• Local guide, ceremony, honey tasting, apiary visit. Booking is recommended.
• Visit to a Mayan home.
• Meliponary tour.
• Maya ceremony.
• Honey tasting.
• Exhibition of products and derivatives of melipona bee honey.
• Transportation from Mérida.
• Driver and guide.
• Lunch not included.
• Schedule: from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
