Tag Archives: Beehives

Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudanese refugees in Lamwo district are being blamed by the host community for destroying trees planted on individual land for fuel. Willington Apata, a resident of Padwat Central village in Padwat parish, Palabek Ogili sub-county told Uganda Radio Network that on Monday this week, …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Agago district has rejected 200 bee hives on grounds that they were procured in disregard of the formal procurement process.  The beehives were reportedly dumped at the district headquarters two weeks ago by the supplier without the knowledge and approval of the receiving committee …

Kibaale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 30 farmers under Kibaale District Bee Keepers Cooperative Society Limited have received 70 beehives to boost honey production. The beehives were supplied by the Kibaale district production department. John Baguma, the senior entomologist challenged farmers to diversify farming activities and urged them to join beekeeping …

Bobrovka, Russia | AFP | Anatoly Rubtsov looked despondently at the beehives lining his property. “The farm used to be loud, it sang,” he said.  Today just a faint buzz is audible but an overpowering rotting stench hung in the air after his bees were likely poisoned by a pesticide. Rubtsov, …

Montreal, Canada | AFP | Thieves in Quebec have staged an unusual heist of something that’s becoming increasingly rare in North America these days: bees. Beekeeper Jean-Marc Labonte lost more than 180 beehives worth $160,000 earlier this week in what he says is a first for his family business. “It’s …