By Mallorie Espinar | Project Leader
About the activity and methodology
The activity focused at equipping the trainees/beekeepers with knowledge in basic apiary and hive best management basic practices and skills. It also looked at equipping them with value addition skills on honey and other honeybee hive products. The training aimed at ensuring that members gain knowledge and management skills for increased production, improved incomes and livelihoods.
Trainees were taken through topics like; setting up a good apiary, apiary and bee management, harvesting and extracting quality honey, keeping apiary/hive records, how to harvest and process quality beeswax, and value addition on beeswax to make different products
The methodology involved classroom facilitation and hand on practice. After the classroom facilitation, the trainees where give chance to practically try out some skills.
What went well?
A reasonable number of group members turned up for the training with enthusiasm to learn new ideas and skills
The trainees demonstrated strong interest in and commitment to Beekeeping. They actively participated in the training activities and were very much cooperative and supportive
The training was timely and provided solutions to the apiary/hive management problems the groups has been facing
What didn’t go well?
Some members didn’t turn up for the training. It’s assumed that they lost interest in the Beekeeping project
The practical part on value addition was limited. We didn’t do much on the practical part of value addition due to lack of equipment and material
The group has some harvested honey but they lack packaging materials to enable them sale their honey
Under budget estimates on feeding/ training welfare of the trainees. The cost of food items has almost doubled
What can we improve upon?
Interest the inactive members to actively start participating in group activities
Organize a more practical training on value addition. Source for the required equipment and materials
Readjust the budget to able cater for the meals of participants
Followed the drawn action points for improvement (Apiary clearing and hive repair and cleaning, Routine Apiary and hive inspection)
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