Nkuringo Bee Keepers
September 2017. Salvatrice Musabyeyezu, Tourism Specialist with International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP), speaks with Charles Nshakumanza, chairman of the Nkuringo Bee Keepers Multi-Purpose Co-Operative Society (NBMCS) about their bookkeeping. The organization harvests, processes and sells honey based in a facility built in 2010 by UN-FAO. Some of the members were former poachers and Charles was a gold miner. And some of them used to harvest wild honey traditionally, which often included chopping open trees to get to the hives and using open fire to smoke the bees. All have stopped those practices now that they can make money beekeeping. Rubuguri, Uganda. Photograph by Jason Houston for USAID
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Nkuringo Bee Keepers
September 2017. Salvatrice Musabyeyezu, Tourism Specialist with International Gorilla Conservation Program (IGCP), speaks with Charles Nshakumanza, chairman of the Nkuringo Bee Keepers Multi-Purpose Co-Operative Society (NBMCS) about their bookkeeping. The organization harvests, processes and sells honey based in a facility built in 2010 by UN-FAO. Some of the members were former poachers and Charles was a gold miner. And some of them used to harvest wild honey traditionally, which often included chopping open trees to get to the hives and using open fire to smoke the bees. All have stopped those practices now that they can make money beekeeping. Rubuguri, Uganda. Photograph by Jason Houston for USAID
