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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
  • 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
  • Honeycomb. Guaya'b Cooperative is a certified Fairtrade producer of coffee and honey based in Jacaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala.
    Guatemala_Hawkey_Guayab_20120314_098.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
  • 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_092.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
  • 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
  • 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_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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, 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
  • 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 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, 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
  • 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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  • 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_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_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_20110614_276.jpg
  • Manuel García under his solar drying area on his farm in San Benito, El Manantial. A member of the Flor de Dalia coop in Jinotega, Nicaragua, Manuel produces organic coffee, cocoa and honey.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190618_528.jpg
  • Manuel García under his solar drying area on his farm in San Benito, El Manantial. A member of the Flor de Dalia coop in Jinotega, Nicaragua, Manuel produces organic coffee, cocoa and honey.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190618_520.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_499.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_487.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_468.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_624.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_577.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_554.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_544.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_525.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_501.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_456.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_474.jpg
  • 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”.
    Nicaragua_Hawkey_20190614_416.jpg
  • 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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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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