South Africa expands beekeeping
Today is World Environment Day and while the main theme is the world's oceans, in South Africa there is an increasing focus on the honeybee.
A private company, the Bee Foundation, based in Pretoria plans to help 10,000 people in rural areas set up in beekeeping over five years (the newspaper article quotes different figures, but I think these are more accurate). It will sell specially designed hives (with bees) at about half the market rate (R400). It will also collect the honey harvest paying R780 per kilo, earning each beekeeper a gross income of an expected R16,000 each per year. Each beekeeper's net monthly income should be in the region of R1,000.
South Africa currently has approaching 10,000 beekeepers, and industry analysts say that figure could be doubled.
Shared Interest (the US, not the UK organization) is contributing to the project and giving emphasis to the production of organic honey and to non-destructive methods of honey harvesting. In the past, many honeybees have died by fire in the harvesting process.
A private company, the Bee Foundation, based in Pretoria plans to help 10,000 people in rural areas set up in beekeeping over five years (the newspaper article quotes different figures, but I think these are more accurate). It will sell specially designed hives (with bees) at about half the market rate (R400). It will also collect the honey harvest paying R780 per kilo, earning each beekeeper a gross income of an expected R16,000 each per year. Each beekeeper's net monthly income should be in the region of R1,000.
South Africa currently has approaching 10,000 beekeepers, and industry analysts say that figure could be doubled.
Shared Interest (the US, not the UK organization) is contributing to the project and giving emphasis to the production of organic honey and to non-destructive methods of honey harvesting. In the past, many honeybees have died by fire in the harvesting process.
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