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Bring a taste of Rwanda home from Expo 2020 Dubai.

Earlier this year we held training sessions to teach the beekeepers of co-operatives The Apiary works with. Twenty-eight beekeepers in our train-the-trainer training programme attended a course on how to make a beehive system, or design, commonly known as the Kenyan top-bar hives. Top-bar hives (TBH) provide honeybees with a good home – a nesting structure – to protect them from the weather such as rain and varying temperatures, intruders and other predators. Happy bees equals healthy colonies and good honey!  The training, held in adherence to COVID-19 regulations and conducted by an international TBH expert, comprised practical and theory in making and maintain...

Whether it’s a chilly morning, hot afternoon or a balmy evening, there’s nothing like a refreshing drink to perk one up. Having said that, there’s also nothing better than a mug of warm milk or hot chocolate to help one settle in for the night...   If your drink of choice is tea, water, coffee or milk, or if you’re a juicer, we have the perfect enhancer to your drink. Honey. Natural honey’s goodness and appetizing taste is the perfect addition to any drink – an elixir to the body and a delightful and a flavourful drink family and friends will be...

Honey bees in Africa are healthier “with (the) least honey bee disease problems” when compared to bees in other regions of the world according to United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation [Beekeeping and Sustainable Livelihoods report 2012]. This is because the wild bee colonies, bee populations that provide diversity, can be found across the continent, and beekeeping in Africa is not at the industrial-style level where commercial apiaries often adopt chemical prevention to control parasites and pathogens that attack the beehives. This is why our honey is special. 100% natural. It’s pure natural honey produced by wild bees thriving and...