Posts Tagged ‘farmer-to-farmer’

the Kenya Top Bar Hive (KTBH) in Jacquesyl, Haiti

This video is the result of training regarding the Kenya top bar hive or KTBH conducted in Jacquesyl Haiti in July of 2009 as funded by USAID and administered through Partners of the Americas. As you can see, the inclusion of stretcher handles onto the KTBH allows it to be easily carried and also facilitates hanging the hive for protection from ants and other pests as well as bush fires—which are often used to clear land where such hives are used. The handles also give you a convenient place …

beekeeping in Ghana 10– newsprint series

See http://www3.telus.net/conrad/bees.htm for more information on Farmer-to-Farmer and/or beekeeping development. Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, OIC Tamale Beekeeping Technical Specialist, and Conrad Bérubé, Farmer to Farmer Volunteer, use newsprint visual aids to instruct beekeeping trainees about how to best establish an apiary near Tamale, Northern Region Ghana.

beekeeping in Ghana 15–swarm removal

See http://www3.telus.net/conrad/bees.htm for more information on Farmer-to-Farmer and/or beekeeping development.
Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, OIC Tamale Beekeeping Technical Specialist, and Conrad Bérubé, Farmer to Farmer Volunteer, assist novice beekeepers in removing a swarm from a building near Tamale, Northern Region Ghana.

beekeeping in Ghana 3– things not to do

See http://www3.telus.net/conrad/bees.htm for more information on Famer-to-Farmer and/or beekeeping development.
Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, OIC Tamale Beekeeping Technical Specialist, and Conrad Bérubé, Farmer to Farmer Volunteer, identified inadvisable practices of beekeepers near Tamale, Northern Region Ghana.

beekeeping in Ghana 14–hiving a swarm

See http://www3.telus.net/conrad/bees.htm for more information on Farmer-to-Farmer and/or beekeeping development.
Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, OIC Tamale Beekeeping Technical Specialist, and Conrad Bérubé, Farmer to Farmer Volunteer, assist novice beekeepers in hiving a swarm during a training exercise near Tamale, Northern Region Ghana.