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Beekeeping In Kenya
Beekeeping is the art of managing bees in order to obtain honey, beeswax and other bee products for both food and income (and sometimes medicine). It is also an ideal…
Basic Tips On Bee Farming In Kenya
Apiculture is basically the rearing of bees for products like honey, wax and propolis. Some African communities keep bees with the sole purpose of providing security to their homesteads and…
Factors to consider before starting beef cattle production in Kenya
Beef cattle production is certainly a daunting undertaking, especially for beginners, perhaps the reason why many people opt for dairy farming, which they consider easy as they can readily learn…
Making Money From Bee Equipment’s, Success Story Of Pauline Otila
They are dozens of them, and she samples a few meticulously like a doctor examining a patient. The boxes are beehives – Kenya top bar hives – and Pauline is…
Important steps before you install that hive and invite bees
Before you order or build your first hive and invite any bees to move in, check that you have the space, time, money and other resources necessary for your new…
Bee Farming In Kenya: How to go commercial
Bee keeping (apiculture) is done for several purposes. In Africa, farmers keep bees to produce honey for own consumption, however, it is another thing altogether to keep bees for commercial…
Advanced Modern Beekeeping Management Techniques
Kenya has a huge potential for beekeeping products such as Honey, propolis, wax, bee pollen, bee venom and royal jelly. Many clients are not conversant with modern techniques that ensure…
BEE FARMING; The untapped business that is affordable and easier to handle than livestock farming.
Many farmers have not discovered the potential of honey bees farming. Most of us opt for livestock or poultry farming instead. The fear of bee sting can be scary for…
21 must have beekeeping equipment for every Kenyan farmer
Savannah Honey was founded ten years ago with the aim to build a community of smart, motivated and socially responsible beekeepers in Africa. Daily we are inspired by the beauty…
PROPOLIS: The Unexploited Money Maker Farmers Should Pursue
The demand for propolis in Kenya has skyrocketed with very few people engaged in its production mainly because of lack of information. Joe_McUbed/Getty Images Propolis is a high income earner…
