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BEE FARMING IN KENYA presented by Solomon Tungani Eshirembe Youth Bunge Email: soltungani@gmail.com 25 th October 2012, Golf Hotel, Kakamega. PRESENTATION STRUCTURE. •Introduction •Importance of beekeeping •Honey production and marketing structure

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  1. BEE FARMING IN KENYApresentedbySolomon TunganiEshirembe Youth BungeEmail: soltungani@gmail.com25th October 2012, Golf Hotel, Kakamega

  2. PRESENTATION STRUCTURE •Introduction •Importance of beekeeping •Honey production and marketing structure •Factors affecting production and marketing •Why different honey colours? •Other hive products •Acknowledgement •References

  3. INTRODUCTION • Honey is one of the few natural products used as food as well as medicine • The technologies used to produce honey are simple hives which can be made by carpenters • Environmental pollution is a problem to clean honey production and should be prevented.

  4. The Hives used to keep honey bees Langstroth KTBH

  5. IMPORTANCE OF BEE KEEPING Employment opportunities for over the 60% youth in Kenya Food security with honey consumption Value addition of hive products into lotion, soap, lipstick Income generation through sale of honey and beeswax Increased crop and fruit yields through bee pollination Use of honey and propolis as medicine and tincture for throat

  6. Honey production and marketing structure •Environmental & •Other factors • Quality of honey • Hives used • Change in climate Liquid honey Comb honey Industry use Direct marketing Local market Farmers Second level marketing Co-operatives • Hives of required measure • Prices Outside market

  7. Why different honey colours? This is because of plants from where bees collect their nectar and pollen

  8. FACTORS AFFECTING HONEY PRODUCTION • The type of hive used, Kenya top bar or Langstroth • Poor honey harvesting methods • Gender of people keeping bees e.g Youth, women or men

  9. FACTORS AFFECTING HONEYMARKETING • High Prices • Information shortage • Which honey people want, liquid honey or comb

  10. Tropical countries or regions with legislation, standard or codex. (IBRA,1977; Crane 1990). Kenya has Vision 2030

  11. MAJOR PROBLEMS IN BEEKEEPING 1. Cutting down trees 2. Poor quality honey 3. How to carry honey after harvest before the bees follow you 4. Overheating honey 5. Poor handling of honey 6. How to produce a lot of honey and sell

  12. OTHER HIVE PRODUCTS • Beeswax • Propolis • Royal jelley • Pollen • Bee venom • Bee brood (‘Amana,’ ready to eat protein)

  13. Acknowledgement 1. The Organizers and sponsors, USAID 2. National Beekeeping station for required information on telephone 3. Eshirembe Youth Bunge Members for the required Support 4. The venue where this workshop is being held

  14. References • The National Beekeeping Station, Nairobi, Kenya. • Kenya population census report, 2009 • IBRA, 1977 • Eva Crane, 1990 • Vision 2030

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