Let's Talk Bees

There's a lot of sweet stuff happening at GHC, so take your time and have a peek at a few of our apiaries, beekeepers and new honey processing equipment. 

And please check out our new Greener Hills Honey Cooperative!

We have discovered that bees flourish in western Kenya, and found beekeeping and honey processing to be a very lucrative and empowering income generating project for our CHEC members. Our members not only build their own apiaries but manage them and help with honey processing as well. 

 Beekeeping offers a low barrier of entry with relatively high returns: a liter, or kilogram, of raw honey on the wholesale market typically fetches around $10; a kilogram of beeswax around $10; a kilogram of propolis around $40.

Besides the economic empowerment benefits, beekeeping plays a vital role in protecting our planet by supporting pollination, biodiversity conservation, and habitat restoration. By adopting sustainable beekeeping practices and promoting bee-friendly initiatives, such as apiary gardens, GHC and Greener Hills Honey are contributing to the conservation of pollinators and the ecosystems they depend on for survival. And that we, as humans, ultimately depend on. 

CURRENT FAST FACTS:

# of Apiaries: 10

# of Hives: 460

Village Locations (# HIVES): MOKUBO (10); BIOMBE (50); TABAKA (10); 

KIAGWARE (50); KEGATI (50); ITITI (30); NYASUMI (140), NYAMAGESA (40), NYAMECHEO (40), NYANTURAGO (40)

# of Apiary Managers Trained: 64

Total # of CHEC Members Involved in Beekeeping: 672

Just like our Adopt-a-Village program, we have an Adopt-an-Apiary program as well.   Click the button below to learn more about it!