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  • Antonio Gilberto Paz de los Santos, apiculture technical support officer from the coop, holds a handful of 'Italian' bees in his unprotected hands. The careful management of the queen bees in the area has eliminated the dangerous and defensive africanised bees. Cooperativa de producción integral apicultores del sur occidental RL, COPIASURO, is a Fairtrade-certified honey producer based in El Sitio, Catarina, San Marcos, Guatemala. COPIASURO collects and markets honey from apiaries from small-scale beekeepers in the San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz regions, that covers highlands and lowlands.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COPIASURO_20120322_...jpg
  • Antonio Gilberto Paz de los Santos, apiculture technical support officer from the coop, holds a handful of 'Italian' bees in his unprotected hands. The careful management of the queen bees in the area has eliminated the dangerous and defensive africanised bees. Cooperativa de producción integral apicultores del sur occidental RL, COPIASURO, is a Fairtrade-certified honey producer based in El Sitio, Catarina, San Marcos, Guatemala. COPIASURO collects and markets honey from apiaries from small-scale beekeepers in the San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz regions, that covers highlands and lowlands.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COPIASURO_20120322_...jpg
  • Antonio Gilberto Paz de los Santos, apiculture technical support officer from the coop and Frutalico Antonio Piedrasanta, a coop member. Both wear light protective veils and no gloves as they have eliminated the highly defensive africanised bee from the area with careful queen management. Cooperativa de producción integral apicultores del sur occidental RL, COPIASURO, is a Fairtrade-certified honey producer based in El Sitio, Catarina, San Marcos, Guatemala. COPIASURO collects and markets honey from apiaries from small-scale beekeepers in the San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz regions, that covers highlands and lowlands.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COPIASURO_20120322_...jpg
  • A closeup of a queen cell on a frame of honeycomb in a beehive. <br />
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CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_050.jpg
  • Carpenters make beehives in the CIPAC building. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_020.jpg
  • Olinda Duarte, responsible for marketing in the Tierra Nueva coop in Boaco shows equipment for bee-keeping. Olinda is a bee-keeper and member of the cooperative.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_Tierra_Nueva_201111...jpg
  • Salvador Hernandez in Piedras Negras, Santa Barbara, Honduras, working on beehives in a community project that produces honey, beeswax and royal jelly. Produce is consumed in the community and sold in local markets. The project, that is part of a broader regional programme on food production and nutrition, is supported by CWS through CASM.
    honduras_hawkey_20110614_276.jpg
  • Sandri Lizeth García Herrera, 20, holds a frame of honeycomb before putting it into a centrifuge. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_058.jpg
  • Beekeepers use smoke to keep bees calm while they inspect the hives. Guaya'b Cooperative is a certified Fairtrade producer of coffee and honey based in Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Guayab_20120314_081.jpg
  • Maria Eugenia Maldonado, an administrator of the coop, stand in the honey laboratory near the honey filter. Mario Serafin Arreaga, in charge of the honey warehouse is in the background. Cooperativa de producción integral apicultores del sur occidental RL, COPIASURO, is a Fairtrade-certified honey producer based in El Sitio, Catarina, San Marcos, Guatemala. COPIASURO collects and markets honey from apiaries from small-scale beekeepers in the San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz regions, that covers highlands and lowlands.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COPIASURO_20120322_...jpg
  • Salvador Hernandez in Piedras Negras, Santa Barbara, Honduras, working on beehives in a community project that produces honey, beeswax and royal jelly. Produce is consumed in the community and sold in local markets. The project, that is part of a broader regional programme on food production and nutrition, is supported by CWS through CASM.
    honduras_hawkey_20110614_321.jpg
  • Salvador Hernandez in Piedras Negras, Santa Barbara, Honduras, working on beehives in a community project that produces honey, beeswax and royal jelly. Produce is consumed in the community and sold in local markets. The project, that is part of a broader regional programme on food production and nutrition, is supported by CWS through CASM.
    honduras_hawkey_20110614_300.jpg
  • Manuel Guarchaj, President of the Nahuala coop on his way to beehives with a smoke box.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Nahuala_20120321_06...jpg
  • The honey warehouse at COPIASURO is a strictly controlled clean area, only accessible with special clothes and footware. Hundreds of barrels of honey are ready for exporting. Cooperativa de producción integral apicultores del sur occidental RL, COPIASURO, is a Fairtrade-certified honey producer based in El Sitio, Catarina, San Marcos, Guatemala. COPIASURO collects and markets honey from apiaries from small-scale beekeepers in the San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz regions, that covers highlands and lowlands.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COPIASURO_20120322_...jpg
  • Mario Serafin Arreaga, in charge of the honey warehouse (L), with Maria Eugenia Maldonado (R), an administrator of the coop, stand in the honey warehouse with hundreds of barrels of honey ready for exporting. Cooperativa de producción integral apicultores del sur occidental RL, COPIASURO, is a Fairtrade-certified honey producer based in El Sitio, Catarina, San Marcos, Guatemala. COPIASURO collects and markets honey from apiaries from small-scale beekeepers in the San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz regions, that covers highlands and lowlands.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COPIASURO_20120322_...jpg
  • Miguel Angel García, Rolando Barientos and Alex Juárez, beekeepers with their hives. <br />
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COADAP, Cooperativa Agrícola de. Apicultores de Petén, is a certified fairtrade producer based in the Petén jungle in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COADAP_20120308_061.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García, beekeeper, opens a defensive africanised hive to check the health of the hive frame by frame. The bees swarm around him.<br />
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COADAP, Cooperativa Agrícola de. Apicultores de Petén, is a certified fairtrade producer based in the Petén jungle in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COADAP_20120308_087.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García works with other beekeepers at his hives in Santa Ana, Petén. <br />
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COADAP, Cooperativa Agrícola de. Apicultores de Petén, is a certified fairtrade producer based in the Petén jungle in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COADAP_20120308_021.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García leads other beekeepers towards his hives in Santa Ana, Petén. <br />
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COADAP, Cooperativa Agrícola de. Apicultores de Petén, is a certified fairtrade producer based in the Petén jungle in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COADAP_20120308_018.jpg
  • Fidelino García, beekeeper, has 25 beehives in the village of Cuá, Guayabal, Huhuetenango. Here he takes the wax cap off a frame of honeycomb. <br />
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CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_052.jpg
  • A close up of a frame of honeycomb in a beehive, bees sucking up honey to move to another location. <br />
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CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_041.jpg
  • A close up bees on of a frame of honeycomb in a beehive. <br />
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CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_030.jpg
  • Joé Galvez runs an optical refractometry test on a batch of honey at CIPAC. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_008.jpg
  • Here bee-keepers Donald Hernández Vallestero and Olinda Duarte inspect hives. Donald and Olinda produce fairtrade-certified honey.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_Tierra_Nueva_201111...jpg
  • Tierra Nueva coop in Boaco, Nicaragua, has more than 500 producer members, and is fairtrade-certified. Here bee-keepers Donald Hernández Vallestero and Olinda Duarte inspect hives. Donald and Olinda produce fairtrade-certified honey. Fairtrade is an alternative approach to conventional trade and is based on a partnership between producers and consumers. Fairtrade offers producers a better deal and improved terms of trade. This allows them the opportunity to improve their lives and plan for their future. Fairtrade offers consumers a powerful way to reduce poverty through their every day shopping. (www.flocentroamerica.net)
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_Tierra_Nueva_201111...jpg
  • Beekeepers use smoke to keep bees calm while they inspect the hives. Guaya'b Cooperative is a certified Fairtrade producer of coffee and honey based in Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Guayab_20120314_090.jpg
  • Beekeepers use smoke to keep bees calm while they inspect the hives. Guaya'b Cooperative is a certified Fairtrade producer of coffee and honey based in Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Guayab_20120314_065.jpg
  • A beekeeper inspects bees in his bare hands. Cooperativa de producción integral apicultores del sur occidental RL, COPIASURO, is a Fairtrade-certified honey producer based in El Sitio, Catarina, San Marcos, Guatemala. COPIASURO collects and markets honey from apiaries from small-scale beekeepers in the San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz regions, that covers highlands and lowlands.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COPIASURO_20120322_...jpg
  • Alex Juárez a beekeeper in his protective clothing on the back of a pickup truck travelling between groups of hives. <br />
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COADAP, Cooperativa Agrícola de. Apicultores de Petén, is a certified fairtrade producer based in the Petén jungle in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COADAP_20120308_063.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García, beekeeper, opens a defensive africanised hive and to check the health of the hive frame by frame. COADAP, Cooperativa Agrícola de. Apicultores de Petén, is a certified fairtrade producer based in the Petén jungle in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COADAP_20120308_048.jpg
  • A close up of bees on a frame of honeycomb in a beehive. <br />
<br />
CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_037.jpg
  • Honey is poured into a plastic jar at the CIPAC coop. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_016.jpg
  • Eduin René Matías smokes a frame of honeycomb while he works on hives in the mountains near Tuiboch village in Huehuetenango. Eduin is part of the ACODIHUE group. Asociación de Cooperación al Desarrollo Integral de Huehuetenango, ACODIHUE, is a Fairtrade-certified producer of honey and coffee based in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    guatemala_hawkey_20120315_1230.jpg
  • Eduin René Matías, wearing the traditional dress of the Todos los Santos region and beekeepers protective clothing and veil, walks over a small wooden bridge near Tuiboch village in Huehuetenango. Eduin is part of the ACODIHUE group. Asociación de Cooperación al Desarrollo Integral de Huehuetenango, ACODIHUE, is a Fairtrade-certified producer of honey and coffee based in Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    guatemala_hawkey_20120315_1232.jpg
  • Salvador Hernandez in Piedras Negras, Santa Barbara, Honduras, working on beehives in a community project that produces honey, beeswax and royal jelly. Produce is consumed in the community and sold in local markets. The project, that is part of a broader regional programme on food production and nutrition, is supported by CWS through CASM.
    honduras_hawkey_20120111_1362.jpg
  • Honey pours into a filter in the COADAP laboratory in Santa Elena, Petén. <br />
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COADAP, Cooperativa Agrícola de. Apicultores de Petén, is a certified fairtrade producer based in the Petén jungle in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COADAP_20120308_094.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García leads other beekeepers towards his hives in Santa Ana, Petén. <br />
<br />
COADAP, Cooperativa Agrícola de. Apicultores de Petén, is a certified fairtrade producer based in the Petén jungle in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COADAP_20120308_017.jpg
  • A close up of bees on a frame of honeycomb in a beehive. <br />
<br />
CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_046.jpg
  • Leonor García, a member of the honey-producing coop CIPAC, has 38 beehives in the village of Horno de Cal in Huehuetenango. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_025.jpg
  • Tierra Nueva coop in Boaco, Nicaragua, has more than 500 producer members, and is Fairtrade-certified.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_Tierra_Nueva_201111...jpg
  • Beekeepers use smoke to keep bees calm while they inspect the hives. Guaya'b Cooperative is a certified Fairtrade producer of coffee and honey based in Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Guayab_20120314_075.jpg
  • Beekeepers use smoke to keep bees calm while they inspect the hives. Guaya'b Cooperative is a certified Fairtrade producer of coffee and honey based in Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Guayab_20120314_069.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García, beekeeper, prepares his smoker and protective clothing before approaching his africanised beehives. <br />
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COADAP, Cooperativa Agrícola de. Apicultores de Petén, is a certified fairtrade producer based in the Petén jungle in Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_COADAP_20120308_015.jpg
  • A closeup of a queen cell on a frame of honeycomb in a beehive. <br />
<br />
CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_051.jpg
  • Leonor García, a member of the honey-producing coop CIPAC, has 38 beehives in the village of Horno de Cal in Huehuetenango. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_026.jpg
  • Francisco Trigueros, beekeeper member of CIPAC, takes a trolley along a road to bring his honey to the coop. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_022.jpg
  • Salvador Hernandez in Piedras Negras, Santa Barbara, Honduras, working on beehives in a community project that produces honey, beeswax and royal jelly. Produce is consumed in the community and sold in local markets. The project, that is part of a broader regional programme on food production and nutrition, is supported by CWS through CASM.
    honduras_hawkey_20110614_289.jpg
  • Honeycomb. Guaya'b Cooperative is a certified Fairtrade producer of coffee and honey based in Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Guayab_20120314_098.jpg
  • A close up of bees on a frame of honeycomb in a beehive. <br />
<br />
CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_043.jpg
  • A cake of beeswax produced by the CIPAC coop, ready for sale at the coop shop. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_005.jpg
  • Salvador Hernandez in Piedras Negras, Santa Barbara, Honduras, working on beehives in a community project that produces honey, beeswax and royal jelly. Produce is consumed in the community and sold in local markets. The project, that is part of a broader regional programme on food production and nutrition, is supported by CWS through CASM.
    honduras_hawkey_20110713_639.jpg
  • Beekeepers use smoke to keep bees calm while they inspect the hives. Guaya'b Cooperative is a certified Fairtrade producer of coffee and honey based in Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Guayab_20120314_083.jpg
  • A bee stings a beekeeper's finger. Some beekepers say that the stings have medicinal and therapeutic qualities and give longevity, so they don't mind being stung. <br />
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CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_036.jpg
  • Joé Galvez and Yefin Herrera moving barrels of honey in the clean area of the CIPAC building. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_013.jpg
  • Honey in plastic bottles, produced and processed by the  CIPAC coop. CIPAC, Cooperativa Integral de Producción Apicultores de Cuilco, is a Fairtrade-certified honey-producing organisation in Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_CIPAC_20120313_002.jpg