Stingless bee centre out to woo ecotourists


Nature’s wonder: Prof Shamsul Bahri checking a bee nest at the Kelulut Repository. — Bernama

MARANG: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) Indo-Malayan Kelulut Repository, which houses over 20 unique and rare species of the stingless bee, is expected to become a new ecotourism attraction in Terengganu.

UMT Bee and Stingless Bee Researcher Group (SIG) head Prof Dr Shamsul Bahri Abd Razak said the repository, located at a 0.4ha site at UMT’s second campus in Bukit Kor here, was developed in April last year at the cost of RM100,000.

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