Bees for Development Journal 137 December 2020
Global Hive Webinar – Making money from beeswax “This was an incredibly informative webinar! I appreciate how you brought diverse actors together to share their experiences and recommendations. I sincerely hope you do more of this in the future”, reported one of over 200 participants who joined us from around the world for our first Global Hive Webinar on 7 October. We had several guest speakers including John Koster from Koster-Keunen (USA), who discussed the history of his company, the value of beeswax and why African beeswax is so highly prized, and Dr Sara Robb (UK), a close supporter of Bees for Development who demonstrated the practical uses of beeswax. She treated participants to a live presentation on how to make a beeswax balm, using a basic, flexible recipe. All of the ingredients (except beeswax of course) can be substituted for something that is locally available to you. You can get the full recipe here: www. beesfordevelopment.org/documents/h/honey-cerate Ezekiel Okuga, a field officer from TUNADO in Gulu, Uganda shared a brilliant ‘how to’ instructional video demonstrating how simple and effective is the hot water method for beekeepers in rural locations extracting valuable beeswax from honeycomb. It never fails to amaze that we can turn what looks like trash into treasure: just remember to use the correct filtering material to keep your beeswax as clean and pure as the bees made it.
Informative Q&A sessions are an integral part of our webinar strategy. We know how valuable it is for you to put forward real beekeeping questions to real beekeepers whose knowledge of their sector is vast. “The Webinar was excellent. Got good information. We are a group of 40 beekeepers (10 women, 15 tribal people, 15 farmers) in Dahanu/Palghar district of Maharashtra State, India. We keep Apis cerana indica each of us with more than 10 hives. Our region is known for good forest and palm trees khajri and coconut trees. Beekeeping for some of us is an ancestral activity which is ancillary to farming. The Webinar was very informative. Please give us the link so we can see it again”. Mrugank Divekar, India BfD: In case you missed it, you can catch up and watch it again on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/QtoNUpeo7Ak
Next Seminar
13 January 2021, 2pm GMT Making Money from Beeswax Book here http://link.beesfd.org/webinar
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The Guest Speakers and the Bees for Development Team Zoom in to the Webinar
Joining the Webinar (left to right) Top row: Sean Lawson, Milan Wiercx van Rhijn, Sara Robb, Janet Lowore. Middle row: Giacomo Ciriello, John Koster, Dickson Biryomumaisho, Nicola Bradbear. Bottom row: Ezekiel Okuga, John Metaxas, Isaac Mbroh and Richard Harrington. Bees for Development, 1 Agincourt Street, Monmouth NP25 3DZ, UK Telephone +44 (0)1600 714848 info@beesfordevelopment.org www.beesfordevelopment.org © Bees for Development 2020 ISSN 1477-6588 Printed on environmentally friendly paper and delivered in a fully compostable wrapper made from potato and corn starch
