Honeybee update.
So working with three different organizations to bring honey bee production to La Gonave Island. An initial assessment will happen in Feb 2015. So there will be someone personally that we will have that will go to the island to see if the island can support a bee colony. The biggest obstacles are the correct plants that will provide enough nectar for the bees.
If the assessment comes back negative, meaning that the island isn't suitable, that isn't the end of the project. What will happen is plants will be brought to the island from Haiti, or seeded into the soil. These plants will have to survive on the island successfully before another assessment can be done. When that assessment is complete and successful, then honey bees will be installed on the island. The bees will be from a farm on the Haitian mainland. Also beekeeping will be taught to a farmer or two on La Gonave as well. This training is very important to keep the hives healthy. After these hives are successful, the idea is to create a breeding program, hive box production, and of course honey production.
Stay tuned!
Go Gonave!
If the assessment comes back negative, meaning that the island isn't suitable, that isn't the end of the project. What will happen is plants will be brought to the island from Haiti, or seeded into the soil. These plants will have to survive on the island successfully before another assessment can be done. When that assessment is complete and successful, then honey bees will be installed on the island. The bees will be from a farm on the Haitian mainland. Also beekeeping will be taught to a farmer or two on La Gonave as well. This training is very important to keep the hives healthy. After these hives are successful, the idea is to create a breeding program, hive box production, and of course honey production.
Stay tuned!
Go Gonave!
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