Registered beekeepers farming traditionally & enabling communities

Community training

Our registered beekeepers are trained by the EAWC field team. We provide the tools and equipment needed to support beekeeping practices that enable the wild bees’ broods and beekeepers to thrive.

For example, our beekeepers are required to leave 30% of the hive intact when harvesting. The broods are free to leave and roam, there is no queen containment or wing-clipping practices allowed.

Traditional light touch methods

Traditional methods are carefully used to harvest, collect and initially filter the beeswax. We educate our beekeepers to use the lightest touch when harvesting.

Once filtered, the beeswax forms into solid ‘cakes’ which are brought to the EAWC collection points. Then our beekeepers are paid their premium and their batch records are logged.

Enabling communities to thrive

Two female Massai community groups were initially supported with twenty hives. After generating an income from the honey and beeswax, they self-funded a further twenty hives.

The income from beekeeping has improved this community’s livelihood and supported female education, therefore changing gender perceptions. Furthermore, it has enabled biodiversity to thrive around the hives and pollinated surrounding crops and forests.