African Design Magazine December 2016 | Page 59

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 Click here to read more