Bees for Development has been involved with a number of Caribbean initiatives since 1992. Our main partner organisation in the Caribbean is ACBO, the Association of Caribbean Beekeepers' Organisations. Bees for Development has been closely involved since the inception of this organisation, which seeks to support the beekeeping industries of small island nations.

This Project was delivered in partnership with DANTAN, Denmark and ZALWEDA, Zanzibar. The target was to train 200 beekeepers to produce honey for sale - as a means to supplement their income to reduce poverty. This Project was completed in 2014. The number of trainees exceeded the target and 343 people were helped. Many

Beekeepers in the very poor Province of Ha Tinh experienced terrible floods in October and November 2016. Livestock of all types were lost (bees, cows, pigs, hens) and people’s homes greatly damaged. Bee hives were swept away. People in this Province know beekeeping well, and rely on this source of livelihood. They told

In Kyrgyzstan Bees for Development worked with local partner RDF topromote public understanding of the value of honey bees in the regionpromote beekeeping as a sustainable and environmentally beneficial livelihood for young herders in the northern Kyrgyzstan pastures of Chon-Keminensure that beekeepers’ rights to use pastures are recognised in law and practice. Extract from External evaluation, LTS, 2015In terms

We worked with beeswax exporting company, Guiding Hope, and importing company, Tropical Forest Products, to improve the efficiency of beeswax trade from Cameroon to Wales. Projects aims To identify the most cost effective and efficient equipment for processing honey comb harvested from fixed comb hives To maximise the recovery rate of liquid honey

Along with Apiculture and Nature Conservation Organisation (ANCO), we supported the Nkor community to develop sustainable beekeeping as a forest-friendly addition to their livelihoods. The objective of this Project was to build a strong financial incentive for local people to conserve forests and to increase incomes for the forest communities. With support from the forest conservation campaign Size

In Kilim-Ijim local craftspeople are skilled in making good quality, inexpensive hives. We worked with local partner Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch (CAMGEW), supporting forest-fringe communities to keep bees for income generation. The overall purpose was to alleviate poverty and to help make conservation pay - by demonstrating the financial benefits