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Greener Hills Honey Cooperative

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!

Adopt-an-Apiary

Things are abuzz in many of our villages

The GHC team of trained beekeepers and apiary managers at the National Beekeeping Institute in Nairobi

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Here comes the honey

Our new processing equipment gets its first test in Tabaka

The GHC team recently harvested (in the dark nonetheless) 25 liters of honey from the flourishing Tabaka Apiary.

Harvesting honey in Kegati Apiary

An up close video of one of our harvests from Kegati Village. As the video shows, our beekeepers closely examine each hive and comb to ensure it is ready for harvest. This harvest yielded over 20 liters of honey! 

Inspecting Hives in Kegati Apiary

Our Kegati Apiary will eventually house 50 hives. In February, 2024, 22 hives have been colonized and 17 reside in the apiary. 

Kiagware Apiary is buzzing too!

The newly built Kiagware Apiary will house 50 hives as well. 

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