Bees for pollination to improve lives in Ghana

Bees for Development recently travelled to Ghana to visit some of the farms included in our Bees for Pollination to Improve Lives in Ghana project. We were there during the cashew nut harvests and wanted to share some photos of the harvesting process - as well as our thriving bees!

Keeping bees on cashew farms increases the yield of cashew nuts – by up to 100%. This can make a huge difference to a family’s standard of living. As you can see from the photo below of an overflowing hive, bees thrive on cashew farms – thus giving farmers honey and hive products such as beeswax to sell – as well as a greater harvest of cashew nuts. Below you can see a picture of one of our hives overflowing with bees!

In the other three photos you can see the process of cashew nut harvesting – from the initial collection of nuts – through the external quality-control evaluation process – to the final packing and loading for export. On each farm included in our project, cashew nut yields have greatly increased and farmers are busily learning new beekeeping skills in preparation for extracting and selling honey and beeswax. These skills will stay with them for life and enables each household to improve their livelihood and viability of their farms.

Thank you again for your continuing support in Ghana. Your ongoing contributions make a real difference to daily life for families and whole communities. We look forward to being able to help more families as time goes on.