Bees for Life!

by Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences
Bees for Life!
Bees for Life!
Bees for Life!
Bees for Life!
Bees for Life!
Bees for Life!

Summary

The project is aimed to create livelihood support to marginal farmers that will form part of the conservation initiatives of the organization. Recent studies by CSE shows, Indian Honey is highly adulterated and reveals that the beekeeper is not making any profit due to lowest purchase price given by corporates who indulge in getting natural honey mixed with sugar syrup. The project aims to provide livelihood support; ecosystem services and conservation of native species and guaranteed pure honey

$3,500
total goal
$1,807
remaining
24
donors
1
monthly donor
3
years

Challenge

Honey is a traditional nutraceutical- food stuff, is a sweetener & medicine. Recent studies revealed that even the most popular brand of honey in India is adulterated & posses serious threat to the entire community. Covid pandemic severely affected the socio-economic fabric of many states, especially middle & lower income. The project aims at providing a livelihood support for the farmers & good quality honey to the community.

Solution

TIES select marginal farmers from middle & lower income families; provide boxes with healthy colonies; scientific training & expert assistance. Employs ethical & sustainable methods to ensure that the native bee population increases in the project area which inturn supports the biodiversity. E-commerce tools will be used by farmer's for selling honey to buyers/consumers directly, which empower them to become Entrepreneurs. Continuous monitoring will be deployed in the project site.

Long-Term Impact

1.Provide livelihood support to marginal apiculture farmers 2.Conservation of native bee species, because we will adhere to using exclusively the Native Honeybees, as conservation is one of the key focus area 3.Increases the native bee population 4.Biodiversity enhancement of the locality through pollination (a "regulatory" & "production" service) and other ecosystem services 5.Pure honey is guaranteed

Resources

Organization Information

Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences

Location: Kottayam, Kerala - India
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Twitter: @tiesktm
Project Leader:
Sarath Babu
Kottayam , Kerala India

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