Amigos started this beekeeping group a number of years ago and we were delighted to visit and see how they were getting on! The women were as thrilled to see me beekeeping as I was to see them doing it (women beekeepers are in the minority here!!) We arrived in the heat of the day ... so had a meeting under the shade of a tree and then once again enjoyed some wonderful hospitality with posho and beans and meat in the slight coolness of the grass-covered mud hut. But still at 4pm it was pushing 36 degrees, so with my long sleeve sweater, beesuits and boots, I was sweltering walking across the scorched fields to the hives!
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| Ready to head to the hives |
It was wonderful to see their 20 hives colonised and most with lots of honeycomb! We opened a few hives to have a look and were thrilled to harvest some good capped honey from one. We are still a little early for main harvest, but it is looking very good! We stopped working the hives a little sooner than planned as a lone bull was getting rather close and acting in a peculiarly agitated fashion ... and not wishing to see the bull stung for fear of what might ensue, it seemed wise for us to clear out!
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| Beautiful honey ready to harvest! |
Brilliant!
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