“I want to be a good beekeeper for the future and I want to increase the number of colonies so I can earn enough money to change my life.” 24-year-old Mulat Abie has just started keeping bees for a living with the help of Bees for Development. He has seen that Covid-19 has

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Demand for beeswax has soared in recent years, and the uses of beeswax continue to change over time. Today, we see beeswax used for food wraps, cosmetics, and even to coat confectionery. To meet regulations, buyers are demanding clean, unadulterated and residue-free beeswax for their products.   Some people have opted to ‘cut’ their beeswax with paraffin –

Pro-poor beekeeping is essentially an unconditional cash transfer from nature to people, with few risks and without high transaction costs. The cheapness of the primary resources for beekeeping – nectar, bees and hive-making materials - is one of the reasons why poor people choose beekeeping, and one of the main reasons they

“We took what we learned and set aside another area in our village for protection and tree-planting” Natural resource degradation and deforestation are severe problems in Amhara, Ethiopia. About 1.9–3.5 billion tonnes of fertile topsoil are washed away annually into rivers and lakes due to deforestation alone. Yet the vast majority of the region’s

“The Journal helps me to get more useful information regarding beekeeping” reader from Zanizibar Our quarterly Bees for Development Journal is a valuable source of information about apiculture worldwide, providing unique news and views. The Journal includes practical advice on beekeeping and management techniques, future events (including training programmes) and

Somaliland, a country of semi-desert, is experiencing ever more frequent and severe droughts – the result of climate change which is hitting the poorest hardest. Rural people are dependant on livestock, yet 70% of the country’s animals have perished in the last five years. Thousands of families are reliant on food

Bees for Development worked to establish the Bee Friendly Monmouthshire campaign in 2013 to address the dramatic decline in the numbers of bees and other pollinating insects including butterflies, moths and hoverflies, and indeed all insects in our home county of Monmouthshire. The Bee Friendly Monmouthshire group is now helping to implement the

The Bees for Development Bee House is a nest box for honey bees. A bee house populated by honey bees The Bee House provides the right sized cavity for a honey bee colony to build its nest and live naturally. It replicates a hollow tree and simply provides a nesting space