Protecting geographical indications for Van Thuy wild flower honey
The National Office of Intellectual Property has granted the Geographical Indication Registration Certificate No. 00129 for Van Thuy wild flower honey.
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Van Thuy wild flower honey - product protected by geographical indication.
Van Thuy wild flower honey has a medium-sweet, slightly bitter taste; Vitamin B5 content: 0.11 – 0.21 mg/100g; Saponin triterpenenoid content: 4.73 - 4.79 mg/100g. The main factor that creates the above-mentioned quality for Van Thuy wild flower honey is the fact that the honey is harvested from the nectar of the wild flower tree in the geographical area.
With climatic conditions, such as the average annual temperature above 20 degrees Celsius, the climate is cool; the average annual rainfall is about 1,400 mm; less affected by wind storms, high humidity; especially the soil in the geographical area is mostly ferralite formed on red-yellow sandstone and siltstone, distributed mainly from medium and high hill topography, belonging to the arctic limestone sub-region. Bac Son, the geographical area is very suitable for the ecological conditions required for the growth and development of the tree. The tree are distributed throughout the geographical area with a density ranging from 20 to 30 plants/ha.
It is known that Van Thuy is a mountainous commune of Chi Lang district, Lang Son province. This is a commune with a large area of hills and forests with many types of natural trees and planted forest trees that have the potential to be exploited as honey source trees to develop honey beekeeping. Among those forest trees, the wild flower tree grow naturally, scattered over an area of about 1,100 hectares. The tree bloom in the winter, exploited by people in Van Thuy commune to produce a main honey crop of the year.
The whole Van Thuy commune has over 100 beekeeping households with about 800 flocks, the output is from 1,000 to 2,000 liters/year. The wild flower honey is special in that the tree flowers from October to December, this is the dry season. In other areas, at this time, when bees have hibernate, this is the peak time for bees in Van Thuy to produce honey.