In an exciting and educational visit, Buzz Club Ghana schools become mini candle-making factories as Mr Peter Lead, a patron from England, United Kingdom embarked on a working visit to these schools in Ghana. This visit was not only an ...
A question that has bedeviled beekeepers across the US in recent years is ‘Where has all the honey gone?’ Scientists now say they have some answers as to why yields of honey have declined, pointing to environmental degradation that is ...
Beekeeping: In the tranquil village of Alombokorfe in Kwahu Afram Plains, a remarkable story unfolds as Adamu Hamed, a diligent man of 62 years, takes a transformative leap into beekeeping. With nine (9) top bar hives, Adamu embarked on this ...
In the world of conservation and sustainable development, few projects are as transformative as Bees for Development Ghana’s project that sought to convert honey hunters to beekeepers. The tremendous impact of that project birthed the Beekeepers Restore Forests (BRF) project. ...
A 14-year-old boy, Derick Godisking, takes responsibility by using beekeeping income to pay for the expenses of his elder brother so he can finish his high school education. Derick lives in a small fishing community in Kwahu Afram Plains with ...
Bees for Development Ghana (BfDG) has launched a new project called Beekeepers Restore the Forests of Afram Plains in Donkorkrom. The aim of the project is to create thriving rural communities across the Afram Plains where women and men earn stable incomes ...
While there are over 20,000 species of bees in the world, when most people think of bees, honey bees come to mind. However, many do not know that there are actually eight different species of honey bees. They range in ...
Honey bees (genus Apis) are well known for the impressive suite of nest defenses they have evolved to protect their abundant stockpiles of food and the large colonies they sustain. In Asia, honey bees have evolved under tremendous predatory pressure ...
Pesticides have been detected in flowers not targeted with the chemicals that could be an additional, underestimated threat to pollinators according to new findings by Trinity and DCU, published in the Science of the Total Environment. “This is the first ...
This female two-coloured mason bee may look like she’s trying out for the Quidditch team (she’d make a great BEE-ter), but she is actually busy collecting grass stalks to build her nest. The tiny insect was filmed by the crew ...
The latest research on honey bees by a researcher from Monash University provides the answer to whether the honey bee’s iconic waggle dance is learned or innate. As we progress through life, we learn many essential behaviours from more experienced ...
Bees for Development Ghana (BfDG) has introduced a new project to address gender disparity in relation to beekeeping development (and training). Research findings point to the fact that only about 13% of Agricultural Extension Agents are women. This is most likely ...