By Monika Goforth | Guatemala Executive Director
For the Bee Boys, producing honey isn't just about producing money.
The value of beekeeping is also a spiritual practice, a ceremony of communion with nature and nurturing the positive relationships between plants, bees and humans.
The Bee Boys have a fire ceremony site at the entrance to their land so they can stop to attune to the bees and enter the space in calmness. This is necessary, especially when bringing guests, because the bees are very sensitive to emotional agitation and will swarm at the already upset person.
For Utz Kab, the beekeeping is also about spreading awareness. Concerned about the ecological crisis, keeping bees is about raising awareness amongst neighbouring coffee farmers - chemical sprays affect the populations of our most precious pollinators.
Finally, Utz Kab is about preserving cultural heritage through language and way of life in the modern world. As musicians and actors, they sing proudly about traditional farming in Tzu'tujil language with an electric guitar and bass. Their income from honey fuels their creative expression for community cohesion.
Thank you for supporting Utz Kab - Good Honey.
By Monika Goforth | Guatemala Director
By Monika Goforth | Guatemala Programs Director
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can recieve an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
