Coastal region farmers are getting trained on honey harvesting using modern kits and beehives. With the new beehives, a farmer can harvest honey up to six times a year. Photo courtesy. Beekeepers along the coastal region are now recording up to 60 kilos of honey produced per year using modern hives such as langstroth, catcher […]
H.E. President Kenyatta of Republic of Kenya visits The Hive stand during the just concluded Nairobi Internation Trade Fair at Jamhuri Grounds in Nairobi. Photo courtesy. The Hive Group, a supplier of modern beekeeping equipment in African is selling an improved version of Longstroth beehives called CAB hives that increases honey yields two fold from
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Part of Ezekiel Mumo’s farm in Masinga, Machakos County. He runs 26 beehives where he harvests honey for sell four times a year besides his job. Photo courtecy. Ezekiel Mumo, 25, who got a job with Bee Care Apiaries International last year is running his own beekeeping venture in a two acre farm at Masinga
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Smallholder farmers can double their honey yields from 10kgs to 20kgs by adopting the use of modern beehives such as the Langstroth hive system which ensure easy harvesting. According to the African bee keepers, the producers of the contemporary beehive, a farmer can collect 20 to 30kgs of honey per harvest from Langstroth as opposed
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