The European honey bee, Apis mellifera can be found throughout Europe and Africa and has been introduced to Australia and both North and South America as well. The regions where Apis mellifera honey bees are native (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) vary dramatically in climate and survival conditions. This variation has caused many
In 2024 we began a new project called Bees and Trees in the Makoni district of Zimbabwe. This project aims to support people living in poverty and improve the biodiversity of the area. The central theme of the Bees and Trees project is to set up a tree nursery with the capacity to grow
It has been a busy and productive year at Bees for Development and we have selected five of our favourite highlights of the year to share with you. After spending the summer training teachers, we launched six new Buzz Clubs in schools around Donkorkrom, Ghana. Florence Sefakor of Bees for Development Ghana took
Molla Adugna has five children and lives in Fogera, Ethiopia. To make ends meet he works hard cultivating crops including produces teff, rice, maize, onion, tomato, grass pea, chick pea. He also rears livestock and has 15 beehives. Molla noticed that as he used more pesticides, his honey bees were dying. “I was causing
Since the Green Match fundraising campaign in April, there has been much activity in Zimbabwe. Robert Mutisi, founder of our partner organisation Working for Bees, gives us an update below on the impact that the generous donations from our Green Match donors has had. Beekeeping training for landless women 40 landless women
Beekeepers act as a warning system for general pollinator health, as they are some of the only people to regularly interact and monitor insect populations. The importance of this connection is especially evident in parts of the world where wide-scale and more targeted environmental monitoring practices are less developed or simply don’t exist.
The Green Match 2024 campaign was a huge success, and Working for Bees - the Zimbabwe partner of Bees for Development - are starting work with groups of women and their wider communities. Some of the positive impacts that will be realized as a result of the Bees and Trees project include contributing towards
As the world is experiencing progressively warmer temperatures, with Wales averaging a record high of 6.9°C in February this year, one new arrival to the county is taking full advantage. As the world is experiencing progressively warmer temperatures, with Wales averaging a record high of 6.9°C in February this year,
In the Makoni District of Zimbabwe we are supporting women beekeepers to protect their apiaries through tree planting and fire management. After training women’s groups in nature-based beekeeping, we established three training apiaries which act as a resource hub. Seedbed where women identify seedlings ready to be transferred into polythene sleeves.
Bees for Development is undertaking a new venture this year, working alongside local entomologist, Roger Ruston, to record the diversity of bees across Monmouthshire. Female Plain dark bee (Stelis phaeoptera) on Field scabious > Over 150 different species of bees have been recorded in Monmouthshire! One of these
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