Resource Boxes

New Resources now available click for details

To apply to receive a Resource Box click here

Bees for Development helps projects and groups in developing countries by sending out Resource Boxes - a pack of publications and materials for use at beekeeping related events, meetings, training courses and workshops. Boxes contain a selection from;

• Bees for Development Journals - an excellent resource and important first contact for new beekeepers
• Bees and Rural Livelihoods - a booklet explaining why beekeeping is such a great activity. English, Portuguese and Spanish editions available
• Information Poster 1 - our famous Beekeeping Sustains Livelihoods: 10 good reasons why. Available in English, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish and French.
• Information Poster 2 - Pollination. Available in English, Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish.
• Beekeeping training modules for use during training courses in Africa: Value and life of the honey bee; Honey bee colony management; Harvesting and processing honey; Harvesting and processing beeswax; Choosing and making a bee hive
• Training Cards - these are full colour training cards with clear images to show beekeeping skills and bee biology
• A selection of other appropriate publications and media, subject to your location, and our funding resources
• Sponsorship forms to encourage individual participants to apply for a Bees for Development Journal sponsored subscription

To ensure Resource Boxes arrive in time, your request must reach us at least 12 weeks ahead of the meeting date, with an indication of the number of participants.

Organisations with some financial resources can order Resources Boxes from our website store. The standard charge is £50 for 25 participants (surface mail delivery).

If you cannot afford to pay you may request a Sponsored Resource Box

Please let us know when you have received your Resource Box and how your meeting went, by filling in our Resource Box Report form which is sent out with all Boxes.

Resource Boxes are provided with sponsorship from Bees for Development Trust

If you would like to sponsor a Resource Box for a group in a developing country click here.

We thank Bees for Development Trust for their tremendous support in the benefits we derived from your Resource Box.  To us there is no old BfD Journal. We thank their supporters and donors and hope they continue to help beekeepers in developing countries through BfD.
Amadu Hudu, Development Concern Centre, Ghana.  April 2011

"Hello, its my pleasure to inform you that I have received the Resource Box in good order. The materials are very relevant as we are going to train newer members for integration in the organisation. I shall keep you informed and thank you so much".
Hellen Kimanthi, Kinyiki Beekeeping Development Organisation, Kenya.  March 2011

"We are highly appreciative of your regular assistance to us in the field of beekeeping through sending us your Journals and other beekeeping information sources included in your Resource boxes. This major role you played brought about the initiation and inauguration of the beekeeping group writing to you now."

C C Akpoke (Mr Bee), Nigeria.  August 2009

Picture: Lebialem Hunters' Beekeeping Initiative, Bechati, Cameroon (copyright Juliet Wright 2009)