Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

I received an email today asking additional questions from the group behind the Pollinator Grant.  This would be a $1,000 grant that would be used to beautify the existing Public Plaza, create pollinator gardens, and help with the current deforestation and erosion issues on the island of La Gonave. This is an opportunity to push this project further than ever.  This grant will allow us to go full steam ahead and build up the areas near and around Anse-a-Galets.  Anse-a-Galets will be the starting point for most of our projects from the honeybee program, the honeybee highway, to our reforestation efforts. I will specify in the language we provide to the pollinator grant group that we will purchase Vetiver from Haitian suppliers, which will then be planted by locals.  Vetiver is very important as it will establish a strong root system that will go deep into the soil.  This will help prevent soil run-off, but also help to prevent areas of heavy flash flooding....

I mentioned that our partner has applied for a grant to supply an observation hive, which would be over $1,500 grant.  If approved, this hive will head to La Gonave, and be installed in a community center.  There it will help train future beekeepers, children, and adults in the community. Another grant in the amount of $1,000 is also being offered.  This grant is a Pollinator Grant, which would be wonderful for our honeybee highway that we want to build on the island of La Gonave.  This would propel the project and expand the amount of area where we can help fix the damaging effects of deforestation.  This will allow for more native plants to come back to La Gonave, and give precious food for bees, wasps, butterflies, and birds.  We may get our partner to also apply for this grant to double the efforts for the honeybee highway. By applying for this grant, it allows us to make a long lasting impact on the island of La Gonave.  While we are not sure...

Given that I have talked about so many forms of transportation ideas on La Gonave this honeybee highway has nothing to do with the conventional sense of a highway.  The honeybee highway is a program where we build an artificial flight path for honeybees and other pollinators.  We design the highway with an idea of where farms are located.  The highway will bisect these farms, allowing honeybees to pollinate these farms. These highways also ensure that the bees will have the needed food and pollen needed.  By artificially planting specific flowers we are planting flowers that bloom year round, which will aid in the bees overall health and food. Well we officially started the beginning and end portion of the highway.  The beginning of the hive is at Greater Good Haiti, in Anse-a-Galets.  The end is about a quarter of a mile away along the hillside.  So when we connect both ends it will cover the full width of the city.  We will put up a map alo...