Beekeeping in Tanzania

[tomcarroll]

From Felicien email: fjshayo@yahoo.com


Information about our Work at Forestry Training Institute, Olmotonyi.
>
> OH! Well, Here in our Institute the Trainers are known by the name
> Tutors, On the Part of Beekeeping first and fore most, I am helding
> the Post of Apiary Manager, that is I am the one responsible to take
> care of the Institute Apiary.
> Our Apiary currently accommodats about twenty Beehives, 15 is the top
> bar hives, and five Langstroth.
> It have been very successfully for the Past seven months but
> unfortunately on beginning of the rains in Feb. last week I lost seven
> colonies because of the safary ants.I am now concentrating baiting
> several catch boxes to chance on the absconding colonies which might
> be lost the same way as occured to ours.
> I teaches Bee Behaviour and Apiary Management which combine both
> B/Behaviour and Management of Honey bees.
> Environmental conservation,Ecology and a little bit of Botany for the
> past ten years.
> We also conduct short courses for the farmers which last for a week to
> two weeks( Management of colonies and processing of the bee products).
> As apiary manager currently in our plan is to purchase and manage
> about 20 colonies of stingless bees for training purposes. My Father
> in-law is currently possessing about 100 colonies of stingless bees
> and he is just working at his homesteady. His carreer and experience
> has convinced us to take students to his place to share and learn the
> experience.
> Hope this might be one of the useful information to which members of
> the forum may enjoy.
> Students here are from within the country, sometimes from Kenya,
> Uganda,Zambia, Swaziland, Botswana and Zanzibar.
> With Regards Felician Shayo.