African project
Beekeeping Asali & Nyuki Sanctuary – Tanzania
artisanal honeys “with conscience” from around the world towards economic
development for those beekeepers living on the margins. Key to the ability to market,
brand and sell honey is FTH commitment to promote honey as a premium food and
medicine. In 2012, Canning was invited by National Beekeeping Supplies CEO David
Camara at the request of P & P Bee Farms of Tanzania to participate in the first Honey
Expo in Dar es Salaam. At this time, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, extended this
invitation to include visiting regional bee farmers who were managing traditional
& top bar hives, while being trained in contemporary hive colony management.
Follow The Honey introduced the branding of honey from its pristine forage as
“Asali” [Swahili for honey] while marketing distinct monoflorals from nectar of
baobab, miombo, itigi thicket, acacia, sunflower and more ~ including rare asali from
Bhiaramuloas as well as a stingless bee renowned for a range of health benefits.
Follow The Honey will introduce these rare, premium and exotic honeys for the first
time to US in 2015.
About National Beekeeping Supplies
National Beekeeping Supplies Limited (NBS) is a Tanzania-based company founded
by beekeeping entrepreneur David Camara, whose commercial and industrial activity
has its origins in the forestry sector there since 2009. In 2011 NBS developed a
modern beekeeping woodenware materials production line used to manufacture
beehives sustainably in Tanzania. This same year, NBS partnered with P & P Bee
Farms to carry out solidarity actions to support the sustained development of the
beekeeping communities in twelve Tanzanian regions, implementing beekeeping
education, training courses and financial support to these beekeeping groups. NBS
developed beekeeping production centres in order to promote the development of
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