Agricultural Technology Promotion Center for Economic Insects Chiang Mai Province Established in 1980 It is an agency under the Department of Agricultural Extension. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives It plays a major role in research studies. Test and apply economic insect farming technology Promote and transfer economic insect culture technology as a center for development, production, expansion and distribution of economic insect species, as well as providing basic product quality inspection services and diagnosis of diseases and pests of economic insects to farmers and interested parties. It is also a tourist attraction. Agribusiness that is open to both Thai and foreign tourists to get to know and learn about the life of bees and important economic insects of Thailand. Each year, both Thai and foreign tourists visit to study work and travel to the learning points that the center has exhibited, such as learning points on beekeeping, bee breeding, burrow bee, cricket, lac, queen bee, and product processing. and also provide “Honey Shop” product display and distribution point where tourists can watch, taste and buy real, good quality honey and other processed products. of community enterprises and entrepreneurs
Tourism program :
Learning point/base interesting activities
1. Breeding bees. Open house for breeding bees. (Acquaintance with bees, life cycle and well-being of bees in the hive) Keeping and maintaining bee health checks collecting nectar from flowers
and sap. Preliminary analysis of honey quality.
2.Honey bees Wild bees make money. (Get to know the burrowing bees and natural nest building. Traditional poaching beekeeping techniques Modern honey beekeeping Protecting against the pests of honey bees Techniques for collecting good quality honey
3. Chan Rong Open House Chan Rong (Get to know the amazing mini bee, the best pollinator). propagation Nectar, pollen and resin collection behavior of saplings Making resin extracts and their uses
4. Crickets
Crickets are the world's reserve protein food source. Commercial cricket species Standard farming techniques and management Processing crickets as food
Learning point/base interesting activities
5. Shellac: Get to know lac insects/life cycle and benefits. Transplanting plants for lac culture farming techniques Care and harvest Technology for protection and nursery of lac species during the dry season
6. The queen bee opens the experience of finding the queen bee queen in the hive. birth of queen bee The Great Duties of the Queen Bee Techniques for cultivating queen bees
7. Processed products
Watch/Taste/Touch A variety of bee products, natural gifts. The benefits of bee products
Tips for buying honey Processing bee products into products for daily use
Route links with other attractions:
- Chiang Mai Night Safari Night Zoo, distance 750 m.
- Royal Park Ratchaphruek, a distance of 1 km.
- Wat Inthrawat (Wat Ton Kwen), a distance of 2.5 km.
- Wat Phra That Doi Kham, a distance of 4.4 km.
- Baan Tawai Handicraft Center, a distance of 10 km.
- Wiang Kum Kam, a distance of 11 km.