BEE FARMING IN KENYA
presented
by
Solomon Tungani
Eshirembe Youth Bunge
Email: soltungani@gmail.com
25th October 2012, Golf Hotel, Kakamega
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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
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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.
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The Hives used to keep honey
bees
Langstroth
KTBH
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
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Honey production and marketing structure
•Environmental &
•Other factors
• Quality of honey
• Hives used
• Change in climate
Direct
Farmers
Local market
marketing
Second level marketing
Co-operatives
• Hives of required measure
• Prices
Outside market
Liquid honey
Comb honey
Industry use
Why different honey colours?
This is because of plants from where bees
collect their nectar and pollen
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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
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FACTORS AFFECTING HONEYMARKETING
• High Prices
• Information shortage
• Which honey people want, liquid honey or
comb
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Tropical countries or regions with legislation, standard or
codex. (IBRA,1977; Crane 1990). Kenya has Vision 2030
Tropical countries or regions with
legislation, standard or codex
(IBRA, 1977; Crane, 1990)
(12)
Africa
(26)
Europe
Africa
America
(20)
America
Asia
Oceania
(2)
Oceania
(13)
Asia
Europe
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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
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OTHER HIVE PRODUCTS
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Beeswax
Propolis
Royal jelley
Pollen
Bee venom
Bee brood (‘Amana,’ ready to eat protein)
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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
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References
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The National Beekeeping Station, Nairobi, Kenya.
Kenya population census report, 2009
IBRA, 1977
Eva Crane, 1990
Vision 2030
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