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Cameroon

We are Boyo Association for Rural Development (BARUDEV). Our objective is to conserve nature through beekeeping. We very much appreciate reading Bees for Development Journal – we have learned so much and have passed on the information to rural beekeepers who cannot read and write. We need organisations to partner with for more skills and knowledge and it is only through your network we can have these partners. Please send us past issues of Bees for Development Journal.

Chia Benard Ful Director of BARUDEV

Ethiopia

Bees for development Ethiopia are working to reclaim an area of degraded land in Dangila, Amhara. In April 2016 the site was mapped using GIS and is estimated to be 73 ha. The reclamation process involves planting indigenous trees, protecting natural vegetation re-growth from cattle grazing, and constructing terraces to reduce water runoff and soil erosion. The local authorities will help formalise a local ban on cattle grazing during the reclamation process. More than 15,000 seedlings have been raised in the main nursery site and will be moved to temporary nurseries near the site to avoid transport problems during the rainy season.

Tilahun Gebey, Director of Bees for development Ethiopia, in the area demarcated for reforestation

Photo © Bees for Development Ethiopia

DR Congo

The Centre for Promotion of Beekeeping and Agriculture in North Kivu (CEPANKI)

CEPANKI organised training for the benefit of beekeepers from all its sites, namely Rugari, Kinigi-Kibabi, Luke and Kibati. Eighteen men and four women took part in the training meeting in February 2016. Participants said they were keen to apply their new knowledge for the benefit of their families.

Women in apiary at Kibati, Democractic Republic of Congo

Photos © CEPANKI

Training covered how to establish and maintain an apiary, honey harvesting and making candles and polish from beeswax.

Rwanda

Thank you very much for your support via the information received from Bees for development Journal, I intiated the introduction of top-bar hives in the communities surrounding Nyungwe National Park with whom I work. I would like to thank you also on the behalf of the community I supervise.

Vincent Hakizimana WCS Rwanda Programme, PO Box 1699, Kigali-Rwanda

New beekeepers preparing to harvest honey

Photos © Vincent Hakizimana

Honey harvest on its way to market

Nigeria

I wish to thank Bees for development immensely for the many assistances received over the years especially Bees for development Journal and Resource Boxes which have really boosted my activities as a beekeeper. Recently, my organisation Apifloral Resource was among the ten organisations awarded for giant strides in beekeeping and capacity building. We received the Local Raw Material Content Award from the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology at Abuja, Nigeria. I dedicate this award to Bees for development for all your assistance to me and my group.

Emmanuel Ubeh CEO Apifloral Resource c/o Dept. of Agricultural Extension Federal University of Technology FUTO, Owerri, Imo State Nigeria

Emmanuel Ubeh receives his award from the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology

Photos © Apifloral Resource

Apifloral Resource at the awards ceremony

Tanzania

Thank you for the Bees for development Resource Box which you sent to us. I received the Resource Box one week ago – it was very helpful to the group and to me. We managed to make twelve top-bar bee hives using the information from the Journal. Seven hives have been occupied by bees already. Thank you a million times!

Joseph Ayengo, Tanzania

Top-bar hive manufacture under way

Photos © Joseph Ayengo

Occupied top-bar hives in Tanzania