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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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_083.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 close up bees on of 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_030.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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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 />
<br />
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, beekeeper, opens a defensive africanised hive to check the health of the hive frame by frame. The bees swarm around him.<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_089.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 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 />
<br />
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
  • Honey pours into a filter in the COADAP laboratory in Santa Elena, 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_097.jpg
  • Honey pours into a filter in the COADAP laboratory in Santa Elena, 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_094.jpg
  • Honey pours into a filter in the COADAP laboratory in Santa Elena, 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_092.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
  • 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
  • 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_050.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_058.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
  • 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_044.jpg
  • Alex Juárez a beekeeper in his protective clothing on the back of a pickup truck travelling between groups of hives. <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_063.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García works with other beekeepers at 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_021.jpg
  • Dawn in 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_20120309_101.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García, Rolando Barientos and Alex Juárez, beekeepers with their hives. <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_061.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García works with other beekeepers at 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_019.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
  • 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_018.jpg
  • Miguel Angel García, beekeeper, prepares his smoker and protective clothing before approaching his africanised beehives. <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_015.jpg
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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
  • 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
  • Here bee-keepers Donald Hernández Vallestero and Olinda Duarte inspect hives. Donald and Olinda produce fairtrade-certified honey.
    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_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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Tierra Nueva coop in Boaco, Nicaragua, has more than 500 producer members, and is Fairtrade-certified.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_Tierra_Nueva_201111...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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • José Misael Selva Umaña, is promotor of agriculture in Carazo. “I’ve planted fruit trees, I monitor the rainfall in the area, and I work with the hives, I’m a meloponiculturalist. I have several hives already, this is a good initiative with the bees, it’s medicinal, the honey. And that’s a good thing for the family, and also it’s something we sell, we make some money from it. I’ve got oranges, lemons, bitter lemons, and ornamentals to attract the bees, so the bees don’t go very far. I also have calala and other fruit. Some of the hives are in logs, cut straight from the trees, others are in technified wooden boxes, that help us divide them and harvest the honey without disturbing them much. I have different types of bees too. And, we’ve got a good well from the project too, it’s clean”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_839.jpg
  • José Misael Selva Umaña, is promotor of agriculture in Carazo. “I’ve planted fruit trees, I monitor the rainfall in the area, and I work with the hives, I’m a meloponiculturalist. I have several hives already, this is a good initiative with the bees, it’s medicinal, the honey. And that’s a good thing for the family, and also it’s something we sell, we make some money from it. I’ve got oranges, lemons, bitter lemons, and ornamentals to attract the bees, so the bees don’t go very far. I also have calala and other fruit. Some of the hives are in logs, cut straight from the trees, others are in technified wooden boxes, that help us divide them and harvest the honey without disturbing them much. I have different types of bees too. And, we’ve got a good well from the project too, it’s clean”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_752.jpg
  • Rosa Lilian Peña and Raymundo Calderón<br />
El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
<br />
Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by a disease so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I’ve also had three pigs, through the project. I was given 25 chicks, and we were taught how to manage poultry, now I have 200 chickens. I have planted about 500 trees, coconut, mandarin, lemon, orange, papaya, grenadine, passion fruit, bananas, plantains, lots of yuca, and more.” <br />
<br />
Rosa Lilian says: “Thank God, we’ve had this project with CIEETS, we got the chicks, the team taught us about poultry management, and we’ve been selling the chicken, it’s helped us a lot economically, we’ve been able to help our children and pay for their education. Our eldest son is beginning to study medicine at university, we’re paying for that with the profit we make from the chickens.”
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190613_495.jpg
  • Raymundo Calderón, El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
<br />
Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by vinegar fly  so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I have different types of Melipona, I've got Mariola and Tamagaz."
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190613_671.jpg
  • Raymundo Calderón, El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
<br />
Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by vinegar fly  so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I have different types of Melipona, I've got Mariola and Tamagaz."
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190613_701.jpg
  • Raymundo Calderón, El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
<br />
Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by vinegar fly  so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I have different types of Melipona, I've got Mariola and Tamagaz."
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190613_654.jpg
  • Rosa Lilian Peña and Raymundo Calderón<br />
El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
<br />
Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by a disease so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I’ve also had three pigs, through the project. I was given 25 chicks, and we were taught how to manage poultry, now I have 200 chickens. I have planted about 500 trees, coconut, mandarin, lemon, orange, papaya, grenadine, passion fruit, bananas, plantains, lots of yuca, and more.” <br />
<br />
Rosa Lilian says: “Thank God, we’ve had this project with CIEETS, we got the chicks, the team taught us about poultry management, and we’ve been selling the chicken, it’s helped us a lot economically, we’ve been able to help our children and pay for their education. Our eldest son is beginning to study medicine at university, we’re paying for that with the profit we make from the chickens.”
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190613_463.jpg
  • Rosa Lilian Peña and Raymundo Calderón<br />
El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
<br />
Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by a disease so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I’ve also had three pigs, through the project. I was given 25 chicks, and we were taught how to manage poultry, now I have 200 chickens. I have planted about 500 trees, coconut, mandarin, lemon, orange, papaya, grenadine, passion fruit, bananas, plantains, lots of yuca, and more.” <br />
<br />
Rosa Lilian says: “Thank God, we’ve had this project with CIEETS, we got the chicks, the team taught us about poultry management, and we’ve been selling the chicken, it’s helped us a lot economically, we’ve been able to help our children and pay for their education. Our eldest son is beginning to study medicine at university, we’re paying for that with the profit we make from the chickens.”
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190613_453.jpg
  • Rosa Lilian Peña and Raymundo Calderón<br />
El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
<br />
Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by a disease so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I’ve also had three pigs, through the project. I was given 25 chicks, and we were taught how to manage poultry, now I have 200 chickens. I have planted about 500 trees, coconut, mandarin, lemon, orange, papaya, grenadine, passion fruit, bananas, plantains, lots of yuca, and more.” <br />
<br />
Rosa Lilian says: “Thank God, we’ve had this project with CIEETS, we got the chicks, the team taught us about poultry management, and we’ve been selling the chicken, it’s helped us a lot economically, we’ve been able to help our children and pay for their education. Our eldest son is beginning to study medicine at university, we’re paying for that with the profit we make from the chickens.”
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190613_454.jpg
  • Raymundo Calderón, El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
<br />
Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by vinegar fly  so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I have different types of Melipona, I've got Mariola and Tamagaz."
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190613_688.jpg
  • Raymundo Calderón, El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
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Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by vinegar fly  so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I have different types of Melipona, I've got Mariola and Tamagaz."
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  • Raymundo Calderón, El Mojón, La Conquista, Carazo, Nicaragua<br />
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Raymundo says: “we are working with Melipona. Melipona is a small bee that doesn’t have a sting, it produces special honey that’s medicinal, it’s very good for your eyes and your heart. Melipona doesn’t produce much honey, compared to the bees with stings, but it’s special honey, and we can sell it. I’ve had 11 hives, but we’ve been affected by vinegar fly  so I’ve only got six right now. The CIEETS team has taught us all about it. I have different types of Melipona, I've got Mariola and Tamagaz."
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  • Melipona bees are tiny and stingless, and there are many varieties. This is the hive guard of the bee called Estrella, or Star, because of the shape it makes at the front door of the hive, in a log. The guy in the door is the bouncer, to stop flies and other riffraff getting in. Some dirty flies get in and bring disease and eat the honey, so they need a good guy on the door. Their honey is considered to have magical medicinal qualities and Central American indigenous people use it to cure blindness, and it works.
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  • René Bermúdez has been taught by the CIEETS program supported by CWS to farm Melipona bees, a stingless bee that produces medicinal honey. This variety is called Star Bee because of the shape it make at the opening of the hive.
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  • René Bermúdez has been taught by the CIEETS program supported by CWS to farm Melipona bees, a stingless bee that produces medicinal honey.
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  • René Bermúdez has been taught by the CIEETS program supported by CWS to farm Melipona bees, a stingless bee that produces medicinal honey.
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  • René Bermúdez has been taught by the CIEETS program supported by CWS to farm Melipona bees, a stingless bee that produces medicinal honey. This is a portrait of him with his son René Camilo.
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  • René Bermúdez has been taught by the CIEETS program supported by CWS to farm Melipona bees, a stingless bee that produces medicinal honey.
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  • René Bermúdez has been taught by the CIEETS program supported by CWS to farm Melipona bees, a stingless bee that produces medicinal honey.
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  • René Bermúdez has been taught by the CIEETS program supported by CWS to farm Melipona bees, a stingless bee that produces medicinal honey. This is a portrait of him with his son René Camilo.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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  • Marta Gutierrez lives in the community of La Vainilla, Caraza, Nicaragua. She has taken part in a CIEETS program on diversification and food security supported by CWS. “We have had the idea of improving our living standards for a long time, but it isn’t easy. The honey production has helped us. Some people questioned it, they said it was no good waiting a whole year to see the production. But we have patience, and it’s been good. We have three hives, in logs, and we spent a year before we could divide up the hives into box hives. Now we have three different types of Melipona bees. I’ve already harvested three litres of honey, but it’s not the same as honey you’d find in a shop, the color and smell is different, and it is medicinal, specially for the eyes and for coughs, but also for women, for period pains. Chipiza is really tiny, jicote chipiza is another. I go to all the farmer markets, fairs, I sell mangos, jocotes, vegetables, a bit of everything, even soft cheese, eggs. With this project I’ve been growing new things, citrus fruits, squash, onions”.
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