Five Hsinchu County beekeepers win double "first prizes" - gather at county government to share experience

The five beekeepers Wang Chao-tung, Shih Feng-hao, Chen Kuo-jung, Chang Feng-fan and Li Tsung-hsien simultaneously won double "first prizes" in both the national and Hsinchu County domestic premium longan honey quality competitions, which is extremely difficult to achieve; on 8/14 the five beekeepers received commendation from Hsinchu County Magistrate Chiu Ching-chun at the county affairs meeting, and shared their beekeeping experience with one another.

Chen Kuo-jung, head of the production and marketing group, said that this year's climate was better than last year's, so the honey quality was good; 8 beekeepers in the county won national first prizes; in the county there were 5 grand prize winners and 27 first prize winners. Liu Hsing-kuei, a grand prize winner in the county, said his original reason for keeping bees was his wife, because her health is poor, and she currently drinks honey to stay well; he has 250 beehives, and he feels very happy about winning the award this time.

Wang Chang-tien, known as "Mr. Honey", his father Wang Chao-teng, his brother-in-law Chang Feng-fan, and his father's apprentice Li Tsung-hsien all keep bees, with nearly 6 hundred hives in total and countless awards; the products are stocked at the airport and major department stores, making them good products suitable both for personal use and as gifts.

The Agriculture Department said that in the 2018 Hsinchu County domestic premium longan honey quality competition, the honey evaluated this time was mainly longan honey, each barrel of honey had to reach 300 kg, and there were 54 registration points, of which 53 passed the preliminary evaluation. In this year's national domestic longan honey quality evaluation, a total of 224 points registered nationwide for the honey evaluation, and 179 points of grand prize and first prize longan honey were selected. The list of winners in Hsinchu County: First prize: Wang Chao-tung, Lin Chi-shui, Chang Fang-yu, Shih Feng-hao, Chen Han-teng, Chen Kuo-jung, Chang Feng-fan, Li Tsung-hsien.