Author: Aligo, M
Language: English
Year of publication: 2009
Number of pages: 1
Type of publication: Your Story
Publisher: Bees for Development
Publication location: Text on this website
Country: Sudan
Region: Africa

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I was a cattle keeper, but during the long war in Sudan my cattle were raided several times and I lost them all.  In order to pay school fees and support my family with basics I thought of beekeeping because they are not easily stolen.  I started with 50 local hives made of reeds and grass with a skill I learned from my grandfather.  It worked but fire burning by hunters made me lose 10 in 2000.  Today I have changed all of them with Kenyan top bar hives and I have put them in three apiaries, well cleaned, under big trees near my house.  For the last 9 years my children clean, harvest, and sell honey and pay their basic school expenses.  Many friends and buyers come to the house to buy the honey sometimes.  We produce 2 to3 tonnes yearly. I am looking for information for a small cottage processor so that I can add value and get more money by selling the honey and its byproducts separately. 

Manoah Aligo, Yei, Southern Sudan, October 2009