Xel-Ha Blog

Presided by the Mayan priest Pedro May Canal, within an atmosphere of profound mysticism, the Honey Harvesting Festival of the Mayan Bee, was celebrated in Xel-Há. This ancient rite, once common in the Yucatan Peninsula, has slowly been fading in practice with the passage of time.

Apiculture for the Mayan been, referred to as meliponiculture, is an activity that has lost its strength in recent year, and currently the meliponini bee is considered to be an endangered variety. Nowadays, it is only practiced in a few traditional Mayan Farms and in Xel-Ha, where it was recently (2007) awarded an acknowledgement for one of the best social responsibility practices endorsed by a company, on behalf of the CEMEFI (Mexican Philanthropy Centre).

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