3. Wild Honey Harvesting (Menapu Neningot)
In harvesting wild honey, our community emhasises protection and continuity
of the forest and the natural resources around it. This important because of
the relationship between the honey and the ecosystem which are closely
related. If the forest or the ecosysrem is disturbed, it will have an effect on the
quality and quantity of the honey. This is because bees produce honey during
spring and fruiting seasons.
Wild honey harvesting is one of the traditional knowledge practised by our
Sungai Rumanau community that has been passed down from our ancestors
and is still practised to this day.
3.1. How a Honey Tree Becomes the Property of a Family/Individual
Etusan
A honey tree becomes someone's property when they find it in the forest and
put a marker (Etusan) on it according to ancestry.
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