Bees for Development Journal 128 September 2018
GHANA I am always pleased to receive Bees for Development Journal. I am excited to inspire local people here in Kete Krachi, in the northern Volta of Ghana, to attach beekeeping to their traditional yam farming.
Photo © Kafui Kwesi Appia
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The picture shows Mr Gyingyi Nelson who has benefited a lot from the beekeeping I introduced to him two years ago. Following training he and his wife now have seven colonised hives and eight litres of honey from their first harvest. In addition, they have extracted some beeswax and made honey wine from the residue obtained after honey extraction.
Kafui Kwesi Appia, Honeyforwealth Beekeeper’ Cooperative, Kete Krachi (right) Gyingyi Nelson
Photo © Adrian Watson
JAMAICA Show hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture to promote beekeeping as a sustainable living both in a rural and urban context. At the June meeting of the Kingston and St Andrew Beekeepers’ Association new beekeepers were introduced to the correct processes for melting and cleaning wax Dr Khadijah Williams, one of the Directors of the Village Academy School of Agriculture, Moneague, St Ann, invited me to make a presentation on beekeeping as a source of income to the students who have at some stage come into conflict with the law and/or are from low income homes.
Promoting beekeeping at the Denbigh Agricultural Show Thank you for the Bees for Development Resource Box we received earlier this year. We have put the contents to good use at recent events. The Jamaica Environmental Entrepreneurs’ Advocacy Network
in collaboration with Honai Beez Apiary advocates the role of entrepreneurship in environmental protection, with beekeeping as a major tool the outreach is promoting. I made a presentation at the annual Denbigh Agricultural 15
Dr Williams and I are now in discussion about starting beekeeping training at the School, certifiable under Jamaica’s National Vocational Training Qualifications programme.
Adrian Watson, Jamaica Environmental Entrepreneurs’ Advocacy Network, Kingston
