Derong County is located in the east bank of the upper reaches of jinsha River in the southwest end of Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, the combination of Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet provinces. The county covers an area of 2916K square meters, with an average altitude of 2400m, an average annual precipitation of 308mm, an average annual temperature of 14.6℃, an average annual frost-free period of 245 days, annual sunshine hours of 1967 hours, a mild climate, numerous melons and fruits, rich nectar plants, Four seasons of honey. The cultivated area of Derong County is 46835 mu, of which the crop planting area is 46,200 mu (including buckwheat, potato, rape, corn, pea, etc.). Forest area of 64166.8 hectares, shrub area of 79061.3 hectares; It provides good advantages and conditions for the development of apiculture. At present, derong County bee stock up to 2000 groups (buckets), each group produces 20 kilograms of honey, the annual honey output can reach 40000kg, according to 100 yuan per kilogram of honey, the annual income can reach 4 million yuan.
　　Geographical scope
　　De Rong honey agricultural products geographical scope includes De Rong County Songmai town, Zigeng township, ancient township, Qu Yagong township, Bendu township, Xu Long township, Gongbo township, Si Zha township, eight days township, Bai Song township, Ri Long township, Ciwu township, 12 townships. Geographical coordinates: longitude 99°07 '-- 99°34' east, latitude 28°09 '-- 29°10' north. It is 44 kilometers wide from east to west and 112 kilometers long from north to south, covering a protected area of 2,916 square kilometers, with a production scale of 0.28 million barrels and an annual output of 16 tons.
　　Product quality characteristics
　　1. External sensory characteristics: Derong honey is as thick as congeal. after simple filtration and rough processing, the lower layer is white sugar paste, and the upper layer is yellow sugar residue with bees. Delong honey is low in water content and high in concentration. It contains a large amount of fructose, glucose, citric acid and malic acid. It contains 20 kinds of amino acids and proteins, and also contains a variety of minerals and trace elements. It has the effect of "nourishing qi, relieving pain and detoxifying, eliminating all diseases and medicines, taking strong ambition and light body for a long time, not hungry and not old, prolonging life". 2, internal quality indicators: honey contains glucose and fructose, accounting for about 65 ~ 80%; Sucrose is extremely rare, not exceeding 8%. Derong honey by the ministry of Agriculture food quality supervision and inspection test center (Chengdu) sampling inspection, internal quality index is better than the relevant national standards, including: fructose 32.96%, glucose 31.74%, compared with the market common honey 1.084% or so. In addition, the honey powder source is all taken from the natural, a pure natural, pollution-free green ecological products, is the ordinary honey can not be compared to the pure natural products.