Bees Abroad UK Limited

Bees Abroad is a small UK-registered charity. Volunteer Project Managers assess and support beekeeping projects in developing countries world wide. They use their expertise, working in the local community group to develop a viable project which will become self-sustainable.  

Using indigenous bees and techniques appropriate for each location, Bees Abroad offers training and support in beekeeping including making hives and protective clothing from local materials, managing bees, collecting honey safely and handling and storing it hygenically.

Home-based production of honey and other saleable goods from the by products of beekeeping is introduced, together with marketing and business skills to ensure the sustainable generation of new income by poor rural communities in developing countries.  Bees Abroad projects are normally self-sustaining after five years and no longer dependent on external finance and mentoring.

Bees Abroad has projects which need funding and enquiries from community groups in Kenya, Uganda, Cameroon, Nepal, Ghana, Romania, Nigeria, Malawi and Sudan.

2010 has started well for our Ugandan EMESCO project. In January the States of Guernsey decided they would continue their financial support for a further twelve months after the present phase ends in May. Bees Abroad’s Roy Dyche, who is overseeing our work in Uganda, was delighted: “This is tremendous news! We needed another year to prepare the villagers themselves to take the project over. Now we’ve got it. Guernsey’s Christmas present may have been delayed in the post but it’s no less welcome for that!”

Click on the link to hear Roy's interview with a villager who is reaping the benefits of modern beekeeping.

In March 2009 Brian Durk and Doris Fischler visited the Mamfe region in Cameroon to train local beekeepers.  

A thank you to Exotix, who funded the project.