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Elephants pass through the baobab tree-studded landscape of Tarangire National Park in northern Tanzania. |
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Bee Keeping Project Boosts LivelihoodsAug 26, 2008SAMBURU, KENYA—Deep in the scrublands of Samburu, residents are exploring bee-keeping as an alternative livelihood that upholds conservation values. With training and other support from the African Wildlife Foundation, residents are learning how to keep bees, harvest honey and sell their products. "We teach the people how to engage in bee keeping. We also have a refinery here, and we produce pure honey that is packaged and sold to the local people and the surplus taken to Nairobi," says Steve Lelengwe, project manager of the bee project. The Samburu region has excellent conditions for bee keeping because it is rich in tree varieties. Local beekeepers, who tend to be nomadic pastoralists, move with their hives when they relocate in search of pasture. Today, the farmers produce as much as 10 tons of honey a month, and are aiming to produce up to 50 tons monthly once the project matures. Read more about bee keepers in the Samburu Heartland in the article by The Standard: 
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