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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Volume IV - 2012 78  Organic Honey of Thailand Siriwat Wongsiri 1 Chanpen Chanchoa 2 Pichai Kongpitak 3 Abstract The organic honey in the kingdom of Thailand is new and innovation since few records in the literatures. Mostly the normal traditional beekeeping in Thailand is possible to be changed to the organic beekeeping in many bee-yards. The point we have to educate the beekeepers and verify the standard of organic honey in the Kingdom. The average annual honey production of a traditional hive is 3-5 kg/ annum, while that of a box hive is 5-20 kg/annum. In areas with beekeeping potential, there are two or more harvests resulting from multiple fl owering periods. In the country, about 10,000 metric tons of honey are produced annually . The types of honeys produced in Thailand are well known according to their seasons and their botanical origins. These types include Eupatorium odortum, Dimcarpus fumatus, Hilianthus annus, Sesamum orientale , and Croton roxburghii honeys. The majority of beekeepers extract honey by the traditional straining method, while some beekeepers with modern hives extract their honeys using honey extractors. This method has to be modi fi ed to be the standard or organic beekeeping methods. Now China produces organic honey from the Asian honey bee Apis cerana more than one million colonies in the forest. Bee fl ora and the beekeeping practice of Asian honey bees need not use pesticides and anti-biotics. 1 Associate Fellow of the Academy of Science, The Royal Institute of Thailand 2 Center of Excellence in Entomology: Bee Biology, Biodiversity of Insects and Mites, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University 3 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Acgriculture Chiang Mai University Organic Honey of Thailand