Beekeeping Enterprise

Increasing marketing opportunities in Amhara Region, Ethiopia (BfD Journal 86)
It is estimated that Ethiopia contributes 24% of African and 2% of the world’s total honey production.

Bee product diversification and value addition (BfD Journal #86)
Bees for Development has helped Mbawemi Women’s Co-operative Society in Malawi, training them in value addition, product diversification and the marketing of bee products.

Bob Malichi Answers (BfD Journal #83)
Bees for Development meets with Bob Malichi, the Director of North West Bee Products, a unique enterprise in Africa, being the only Fair-trade Labelling Organisation (FLO) and organic certified honey business exporting honey to the UK.

Craft Aid in Rodrigues: bees and disabled people (BfD Journal #58)
 

The birth of Itumbauzo Beekeepers’ Association, Nigeria (BfD Journal 80)
Itumbauzo is a kingdom in a rural part of Abia State, south east Nigeria. Villages are nestled in hilly vegetation one hour from the nearest town. Most people live in clay dwellings and sustain themselves through farming. The prospects for local youth are limited and most expect to continue with subsistence farming, with little additional income.

One hectare of land gives 1,000,000 Indian Rupees per annum
 

Economic returns from Beekeeping
 

Selling honeybee colonies as a source of income for subsistence beekeepers