Beekeeping Training and Fences

In January 2012 the VSPT, in association with Malaika Honey, organised beekeeping training. The course provided apiary management, care and harvesting information to fifteen members of the Omumashaka Bee Keepers Co-Operative, who have been producing honey in Kyambura since 2006. The local farmers were taught the necessary skills to become commercial beekeepers through practical, on-site training. The hives have been set up to create a fence surrounding farmers’ land, helping to deter elephants from raiding the crops and reducing human-wildlife conflict as elephants detest bees. Sales of honey and fees paid by international visitors help make the project sustainable and increase the livelihood of local people.

To support this project please click on the ‘donate’ button below.

For a contribution of $1,000 you can support this project for 3 months and help provide the local beekeeping cooperative with an alternative source of income. Fund are used to provide the members with additional bee hives, projective suits and equipment.