Muzium Lebah Sedunia at its old location (15 November, 2009)
Muzium Lebuh Sedunia (GPS: 2.29998, 102.31146), also known as
The World's Bee Museum, is a one-of-its-kind museum celebrating bees. It is located in
Ayer Keroh, Malacca. It was founded in 1978 by Ong Kang Peng, a local bee specialist who runs B.B. Town, the largest honey producer in the country. The muzium was originally located next to Taman Mini Malaysia, but it relocated to a different spot next to Taman Rama-Rama & Reptilia a few years ago.
As would be expected, the World's Bee Museum provides scrunitizing detail about the lifecycle (and lifestyle) of bees. There are millions of live bees that visitors can view through glass.
You can learn about bees in the world, view photos of their hives, and look at products produced or associated with bees including honey, propolis, royal jelly, bee venom and drone pupas. Propolis is a stuff made from buds and flowers. It comes from the bee hive, and is known for healing properties. Royal Jelly is a secretion used by the bees to feed their queen. It has natural hormones, Vitamin B-complex, and other properties, and is known to improve physical performance, memory, immune system and sexual drive. Bee venom is used of treating arthritis, asthma, multiploe sclerosis and other ailments. Drone pupas are immatured bees. Its consumption is said to improve energy and help in halting skin deterioration.
It addition to the museum, the company has several outlets including at
Zoo Negara,
KL Tower,
KL Central Market, Alam Sentral Shah Alam and Alamanda Putrajaya. Their main office is in Bukit Katil, Malacca.
The World's Bee Museum (15 November, 2009)
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