Apiculture a Sustainable and Resilient Tool to Overcome the Economic Downturn Caused by Global Pandemic (COVID 19).

Ten reasons why Apiculture:

POLLINATION: Bees pollinate flowering plants. This activities is vital for life on Earth. Adequate pollination is essential for maintaining the YIELDS of many food and cash crops.
USEFUL PRODUCTS: Honey is valued across the World as a healthy food and medicine. Beeswax is used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, polishes, soaps, candles and many other products.
LAND USE: Bees visit flowers anywhere. Farms, bush, protected areas and other natural habitats all have for beekeeping. Beekeeping does not use up land that could be used for Crops.
LOW COST: Beekeeping can be very low cost. Hives and other equipment can be made locally and Bees are freely available. Bees do not depend upon Beekeeper for food.
INCOME GENERATION: The scale of Honey and other bee products generates income.
SUSTAINABLE: Beekeeping is sustainable. Beekeepers are friends of the natural environment, willing to conserve forests and vegetation where Bees live and forage.
BENEFITS SEVERAL SECTORS: where there are beekeeping activities, other people in the Community can generate income through the sale of equipment, bees products and secondary products.
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE: In areas of Africa where there are abundant natural resources and healthy bees populations, there are opportunities to market Honey as organic or fair trade.

RESILIENT INCOME: Beekeeping is resilient when disaster happens. Displaced Communities can make hives and gain benefit from bees in a relative short time.

GENDER AND AGE INCLUSIVE: Bees can be kept by men and women of all  ages. Bees do not need daily care and can be attended to as other work allows.

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