Sri Lanka, Sept. 4 -- Browns Hotels & Resorts has marked a milestone as meaningful as it is sweet: the very first harvest of its Sustainable Bee Honey Farming Initiative, a unique collaboration across three of its properties - Hotel Sigiriya, Occidental Paradise Dambulla and Ayugiri Ayurveda Wellness Resort, yielding their first golden honey after eight months of care and dedication.

Launched initially in July 2024, the programme was designed to equiprural communities with income-generating skills and sustainable livelihood opportunities, safeguard pollinators and enrich local biodiversity.

Guided by S. K. Kulasinghe, Agriculture Instructor and Beekeeping Subject Matter Officer from the Department of Agriculture, the project engaged loc...