Beekeeping Test is being put together

We are currently putting together the beekeeping test for our first students.  We are extremely happy to be at this position.  As I mentioned in a previous blog, our partner has received the observation hive grant.  This is critical in the future teaching of beekeeping.  This observation hive is also critical in conservation efforts on the island as it will teach locals about why it is important to protect the environment.

The beekeeping test will be a brief written test that will cover everything from the anatomy of the honeybee, to the type of jobs the worker bees will have.  Students will then have to pass a field test of manipulating a hive.  While this is a crash course in beekeeping we feel that these students will be very successful.  These students will do hive inspections for a complete year, and inspecting the hives 2 times a week.  With the observation hive, the students will do inspections each week. 

The students are to keep detailed notes of bee behavior, hive condition, and the weather conditions at the time.  These students will then be able to be officially certified beekeepers.  Our goal is to have them train other students who want to become beekeepers. 

We have to say that this is the first step in making the economy on the island move.  While initially it is on the micro-level it will show locals and foreign investors that we can successfully implement a program that will provide jobs based on skills that locals are taught.  Stay tuned as we are working on more details for this year.

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