Nestled in the heart of the Kwahu Afram Plains, Bees for Development Ghana’s Honey and Beeswax Trade Centre has become a game-changer for local beekeepers, providing them with a reliable market, fair prices, and essential support services. Since its establishment in 2022, the centre has not only improved income for beekeepers but has also
Over the past few years Bees for Development has been refining a traceability system designed to work in remote areas with no internet connection but that can give near live traceability data to honey buyers looking to buy honey produced through our projects. Why is traceability important? Traceability is an important part of any food
At Working for Bees, the belief is that an efficient and effective system for selling honey and other bee products is required within the beekeeping sector to encourage people to produce it. Once honey is produced it must find its way to the market but it has been very difficult for beekeepers to penetrate the
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
For more than 30 years Bees for Development has been helping people to improve their livelihoods through beekeeping. For many this starts with the basics, learning to make hives from the materials available, attracting a swarm, managing an apiary and finally harvesting honey. Once a harvest is completed and there is a bucket of
Traceability is an important part of any food production system. Knowing where problems originate, ensuring quality and being able to demonstrate the provenance of your products are crucial when selling food to a customer. This is no simple task when your product is honey that comes from the dense forests of Anderacha in South
For years, trucks have been seen leaving Donkorkrum in Eastern Region, Ghana, laden with timber and charcoal, the production of which has wreaked havoc on the local environment, causing severe land degradation. However, this June marked a significant shift in exports out of the area from practices contributing to deforestation to sustainable honey production,
On Friday evening we visited Hawa and Issaka Ibrahim who live with one of their six children in Kojobator. We brought you news from Hawa not long ago, when she was awarded a prize as ‘Best beekeeper’ in the district at the National Farmer’s Day ceremony. Click here to read the story of how
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