This is from Joseph who is leading the Navajo Bee Project.
"I wanted to give you a quick update on The Navajo Bee Project and ask for your help.
We raised $3,791 on Indiegogo and are working with a bee keeper with an apiary of fantastic bees on the Rio Grande River. He's selling us bees for $225 a hive and we are spending another $55 for veils, smokers and gloves for every beekeeper. That's enough for a thirteen hives once we pay gas money for him to travel to Navajo Land to train. Everything else: his time, support and training for the next year, a permacultue site to do the training, the food served, etc., is 100% donated.
Problem is we have had over two dozen Navajo ask for hives and we hate to disappoint them. Navajo like Eugene Bahe who owns an organic farm on Navajo Land and wants pollinators to keep it healthy. Also, the Nez Family who want to become beekeepers to strengthen their family bonds (I've included their photo and email about getting a hive.)
I hate to turn these people down so am trying to raise enough to give away at least another six hives. A dozen would be fantastic. We are traveling to Navajo Land this Saturday night with the dozen hives to do training all day Sunday. We have had so much response that we will travel again next Sunday and hopefully give away another dozen hives. We need your help.
BackYardHive beekeepers were some of our most generous donors on Indiegogo, but most got news of the campaign when it only had a couple of days left. Please help us raise another $2,500 to get another dozen hives and equipment into the hands of Navajo. For the Indiegogo campaign we were asking for at least $500 to be invited to Navajo Land, but for BackYardHive donors we are inviting you to Navajo Land (we are going Mid September for a dedication ceremony and to close the hives) for ANY donation. Even $10 gets you an invite to Navajo Land to meet the Navajo, attend the dedication ceremony and help close the hives for winter.
We are taking donations directly. You can send your donation to: Joseph Chinnock, 635 Granada Street, Unit B, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 87505. Make them out to me or BeeTech with a note: NBP.
Thanks so much and email with any questions!
Joseph Chinnock
The Nez Family's email about getting a hive:
We are the Nez Family: Jerry, Ora, Alexandra, Rebecca, Christopher and Samantha. We are gardeners, we plant vegetable, fruit tree and about anythinG that will grow in our environment. We are from Fort Defiance Arizona. We love to grow our own food, we store and canned what we grow. We love to learn as a family..new ideas new adventures. Jerry and I attended a gardening workshop on bee keeping.
We want to participate to bring new adventure to our family life and more importantly to ensure the survival of the bees. With so much negative media on the lost of bee and colonies because of pesticides and other negative impact we want to be a part of the change to bring them here.
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