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Apiculture gives some of the world's poorest people the opportunity to trade commodities in local, regional and international markets, giving people the potential to enhance their household's cash income.
A wide range of bee products can be produced and traded. Honey and beeswax are most widely known, produced in the largest volumes and have markets everywhere. Other hive products such as pollen, propolis, bee venom and royal jelly are also traded. Secondary products/value added items and beekeeping equipment may also be produced to generate additional income. These latter categories do not necessarily have to be produced by the beekeepers; family members and other traders in the community can be involved. The bees themselves and/or their pollination services, can be traded and under some circumstances are very valuable.
Although the first response from project organisers and producers is frequently linked to ideas of exporting their honey to the developed world, this is not always the most profitable market for people. Gaining access to international markets usually requires enforceable product standards to be developed in the country of origin. Prices are often higher in local, domestic urban or wider regional markets with lower packing and transport costs and without the need to adhere to strict legislation or compliance with costly marketing scheme regulations. The easiest market to access is almost always the one that is closest to the producer, but these may be limited in terms of size. Gaining access to more distant markets requires dealing with traders, wholesalers and retailers. Producers may find they need new ideas, new information, new skills and new ways of working to access and benefit from distant markets. Forming an association or collective trading group can be a first step to achieving the scale of production needed to reach distant markets advantageously.
List of Articles available on this topic (138):
Title | Author |
40 nations eligible for honey import to EU | Bees for Development |
A couple of things about honey: honey standards and regulation | Ball, R. |
African honey trade workshop (no.33) | - |
African honey trade workshop (no.81) | Bees for Development |
Agri Ministry moves to expand honey production | Myers, J and Turner, R |
An Analysis of the Factors Influencing Beekeeping in Uganda | A M Akol |
An estimate of honey and beeswax production in the North-Western province | Mulenga, K.B. |
Antidumping petition filed against the Chinese government | Anon |
Api-Consult: Focus on African Traditional Beekeeping | Stanford M T |
Apiculture in Asia | - |
Apitrade Africa meets in Arusha | Bees for Development |
Asian honey, banned in Europe, is flooding US grocery shelves | Schneider, Andrew |
Assessment of the status and capacity of honey packers and beekeepers in Uganda | Bees for Development |
Bashkir exports to US | Flottum, K. |
Bee products in Ethiopia | Lowore, J |
Beekeeping development with Apis mellifera in the Philippines | Wendorf, H. |
Beekeeping for people living in countries under stress: Afghanistan | Dr Nicola Bradbear |
Beekeeping in Brazil: A slumbering giant awakens: Part 1 | Sanford, M.T. |
Bees and their role in forest livelihoods: a guide to the services provided by bees and the sustainable harvesting, processing and marketing of their products | Bradbear, N. |
Bees as a Development Resource in Sub-Saharan Africa | Corner J |
Book of honey | Bogdanov,S |
Brasil: la apicultura del nordeste: XV congreso Brasileno de Apicultura | Canas, S |
Burma Beekeeping News 1988 | |
CABESI - a multi-faceted, self-help project | Gloor, R. & Thomas, H. |
Certification traceability of products EU Import Regulation | Broker, U. |
China - Production Yields Marketing Policy Consumption | ANON |
China Honey Demand | Anon |
China Honey Exports | Anon |
China Honey Exports 2000 | Anon |
China market News (April 2000) | Anon |
China Market News (Sept 1999) | Anon |
China Trade with US | Anon |
China, Peoples Republic of ... | ANON |
China\'s Syndrome | John Parker |
Commerce equitable, commerce solidaire eet partenariat interentreprises | Olivier,B |
Commercial beekeeping in Argentina | Cropley, R. |
Costing and Pricing for Export: The Essentials for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises | ITC |
Development Policy and Public Action | Hewitt, T., Mackintosh, M. & Wuyts, M. |
Directory of Associations of Specialized Importers | International Trade Centre - ITC |
Enquiry from a beekeeper in Cameroon | Beekeeper from Cameroon; Bees for Development |
EU Honey Legislation Update | |
EU markets for African honey and beeswax | Traidcraft |
EU Third Country Listings 2010 | |
European beekeepers protest chineses honey import | - |
Export of Honey from South Caucasus Countries Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to the EU | Bees for Development |
Export, production of Honey | Anon |
Export, Production of Honey | Anon |
Export, Production of Honey | Anon |
Export, Production of Honey | Anon |
Export, Production of Honey | Anon |
Export, Production of Honey | Anon |
Export, Production of Honey | Anon |
Facilitating EU Third Country Listing for Ethiopian Honey | Greiling, Juergen |
Fair Trade Seminar | Miel Maya Honig (eds) |
Fair Trade Seminar | Miel Maya Honig |
Fifth Caribbean Beekeeping Congress in Guyana | |
Food Standards Agency Bans Chinese Honey | Uk food standards agency press release |
Fungicide residues bankrupt beekeepers | Tan,N.Q. |
Global Agricultural Marketing Management | FAO |
Guiding Hope Business Award Press Release | Guiding Hope |
Honey and Bee Products Market Study in Cameroon | Erasmus, T., Hamaljoulde, D., Samaki, J., Njikeu, M.T., and Nyat, G.M. |
Honey and beeswax value chain analysis - Ethiopia | Agonafir, J |
Honey bee biology: bee adventures in Bangladesh part 1 | Mangum, W.A. |
Honey bee biology: bee adventures in Bangladesh part 2 | Mangum, W.A. |
Honey bee biology: bee adventures in Bangladesh: a pollination lesson: part 4 | Mangum, W.A. |
Honey Bee Keeping - A Lucrative Business | Anon |
Honey from Africa and the international market | Bees for Development |
Honey Legislation Update | Bees for Development |
Honey market | - |
Honey Market Argentina | |
Honey Marketing | Riches, H |
Honey marketing in India - an overview | Mishra, R.C. |
Honey Production and Trade Report | Anon |
Honey trade issues | Durham, M. |
Honey trade issues | Durham, M |
Honey trade symposium | Waring, C. |
Indian Honey Ban | Kentor. Bill |
Information for honey packers | Lowore, J. Bradbear, N. |
Keeping bees for business | Progressive Interventions |
La apicultura de las islas Azores | Canas, S |
La situation actuelle de l\'apiculture Afghane | Shahrouzi, R. |
Linking People, Places and Products | Vandecandelaere, E., Arfini, F., Belletti, G. & Marescotti, A. |
Major Markets for Honey: Openings for Quality Supplies from Developing Countries | ITC |
Malawi gold standard: Beekeeping business management plan | USAID |
Malawi honey sub-sector analysis: initial report | Kadale Consultants |
Mapping the market: a framework for rural enterprise development policy and practice | Albu, M. and Griffith, A. |
Market access for beekeepers | Lowore, J. Bradbear, N. |
Marketing Honey and Beeswax from Apis dorsata in West Kalimantan | Mulder, V.; Heri, V.; Wickham, T. |
Marketing of Hive Products in Zambia with Its Associated Problems | Mulenga, M.M. |
Marketing Zambian honey in the German market | Kaitisha, F. |
Mieles monoflorales de tamarindo y atamisqui y la posibilidad de algarrobo o alpataco - part II | Wingleton, M.C. |
Natural antibiotic found in honey | Bradbear, N., Martin, P. & Wainwright, D. |
New EU Decision Prevents Import of Honey | |
Note on Markets in the United Kingdom, France and Italy for Selected Products of the Bee-keeping Industry: Prospects and Developments | ITC |
Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Honey from ... China | |
Organic honey update: questions and concerns | Fulton, H. |
Peace Corps Volunteer in Zaire Known as \"The Bee Charmer\" | McCarty J |
Plan Bee; linking Kenya beekeepers to the market. | Baiya, H. and Nyakundi, B. |
Policy and Processes that Enable Honey Export | Sharma, HK; Partap, U; Gurung, Min B |
Production, marketing and constriants in agro-based enterprisesadoptes by farm women of the Punjab (India) | Kaur, R. and Bala, S. |
Quality Assurance for the Honey Trade in the Hindu Kush Hiamalayan Region | Partap, U., Gurung, M. & Joshi, S. |
Quality honey from affordable local- style hives | Mogga, J. |
Quality linked to geographical origin and geographical indications: lessons learned from six case studies in Asia | Lecoent, A., Vandecandelaere, E. & Cadilhon, J-J. |
Reconstructing Fair Trade through the African Queen: Tanzanian Beekeeper\'s Understanding of International Markets | Fisher, E. |
Report of Honey Exporter Meeting | SNV |
Science for Self Reliance | Society for Technology & Development |
Small Enterprise Development: Harvesting, Processing & Selling Honey & Beeswax | Draper, P & Duggan, M. |
Smallholders Beekeeping Project Mukim Serkat, Pontian | RISDA |
Standards for beekeeping and hive products | Demeter International ev. |
State of Beekeeping in China | ANON |
Strengthening trade in honey in Uganda | Lowore, J. and Bradbear, N. |
Sustainable beekeeping in Uganda yields top-quality honey | Leow, L. |
Tainted Chinese honey relabelled | Flottum, K. |
The Constitution of the Apiculture Trade in China | Yan - Zhi - Li |
The honey and beeswax market in the EU | CBI |
The Honey Industry in Malawi & Beekeeping in Mzuzu | Munthali, S.C. & Chunga, C. |
The honey industry in Malawi (short article) | Munthali, S.C. |
Top ten tips for roadside selling | Bees for Development |
Trade | - |
Uganda Honey Trade Project | Bees for Development |
Uganda honey trade project | Bees for Development |
Update on BfDJ 103 - Fungicide residues bankrupt beekeepers in Vietnam | Source: Tuoi Tre News, 17 May 2012 |
US beekeepers make history with first Australian bee imports | Harrison, B. |
US honey import prices | Parker, J.B. |
US Royal Jelly Import Statistics | Anon |
Various (5) Short Articles on China Honey Trade | various |
Vietnam: Beekeeping development and honey marketing | Phipps, R. |
Visions towards the beekeeping in Bangladesh | Hannan, A. |
Wax market report for Europe 2004 | Phipps, J. |
World honey market | Phipps, R. |
World honey market - Argentina | Graham, J.M. |
World honey market - Argentina | Graham, J.M. |
World honey market - Argentina | Graham, J.M. |
World honey market - Argentina | Graham, J.M. |
World honey market - China | Graham, J.M. |
World honey market - Mexico | Graham, J.M. |
World honey trade | Guoda, G., Chun, Z. |
Zooming in on ... China | ANON |