Beeworks Brazil: Beehives for Forest Families

Good day all,

Thank you for your contributions to our project Beeworks.  Unfortunately, we've had a bit of a delay in implementing the project.  The native stingless bees are being sourced from meliponiarists near Ribeirao Preto (in São Paulo state), a region that was hit pretty badly by wildfires in late August.  Needless to say, the priority in the past few months has been saving and recovering the colonies that were ravished by the wildfires.  With the colonies on the mend, the project can resume.  Dr. Roberto Greco, local lead on the project, has met with a meliponiarist from the region who has agreed to mentor the Guapiruvú community in Vale do Ribeira (also in São Paulo state) on native beekeeping.  Hives of jataí and droyana stingless bees will be delivered to the community in early January when the first lessons will begin.

Thanks, as always for your support, and we look forward to a productive 2025!

With gratitude,

Lev

Greetings all,

We're happy to report that the Beeworks team has been busy at work out in the field.  We've had several visits with the Guapiruvu community to help children explore their environment and to bring residents of Guapiruvu to the nearby city of Cananéia to talk with experts on native beekeeping and observe basic beehive maintenance.  In the next few months, we are going to be working on acquiring beehives, complete with bees, to bring to families at Guapiruvu.  These are stingless native bees, so they require different care than typical stinging European bees.  We'll continue working on putting together a sound educational program to assist with developing local beekeeping skills over the next few months as well.

With gratitude,

Lev