Bairunyi Honey Co-op
Tharaka, Embu County, Kenya.
Bees gethering pollen, Mt. Kenya National Park.
The ITL honey hubs project aims to help poor farmers become more efficient using the honey hub model – honey enterprises in strategic locations that enable the pooling of honey, coordination of sales and access to inputs finance and services. So far the project has influenced country government to allocate funds for the bee sector and provide a platform for farmers to influence policies affecting the sector. ITL
Bees gethering pollen, Mt. Kenya National Park.
The ITL honey hubs project aims to help poor farmers become more efficient using the honey hub model – honey enterprises in strategic locations that enable the pooling of honey, coordination of sales and access to inputs finance and services. So far the project has influenced country government to allocate funds for the bee sector and provide a platform for farmers to influence policies affecting the sector. ITL
John Gitonga, chairman of Bairunyi Bee Keepers Association sits amongst hi new hives befor placing them in Mount Kenya National Park. The association has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
The boundary of tea producing land and the protected National park where the members of Bairunya bee Keepers Assiciation keep their hives. The association has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
Tradition log hives are placed high in the trees in Mt. Kenya National Park by Bairunyi Bee Keepers Association to protect their contents from Honey Badgers. The association has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
John Gitonga, chairman of Bairunyi Bee Keepers Association checks his hives in Mount Kenya National Park. The association has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
Bees entering a Bairunyi Bee Keepers Association tradition log hive, Mt. Kenya National Park. The association has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
Members of Bairunyi Bee Keepers Association refining raw honey. The association has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
Members of Bairunyi Bee Keepers Association refining raw honey. The association has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
Members of Bairunyi Bee Keepers Association refining raw honey. The association has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
Members of Bairunyi Bee Keepers Association refining raw honey. The association has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
Joyce Waceke is a members of Bairunyi Bee Keepers Association works in the associations refinery. A single mother, she is one of 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.
Jars of Honey produced by Bairunya Bee Keepers Assiation which has has 300 members operating within Mount Kenya National Park, tending over 30,000 hives.