Join us in celebrating World Bee Day. It takes place on 20th May each year to draw the attention of the global public to the importance of preserving bees and other pollinators. World Bee Day is supported by all UN Member States and the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations.
Three ways to celebrate on 20th May
1. Tell Your Bees – for generations beekeepers marked the passing of important events such as births marriages and deaths by ‘telling the bees’. This is their day as much theirs as yours so if you have bees go out and share it with them.
Photo by Charles Napier Hemy 1897 - Widow & Son telling her honeybees of her late husband's death - Tate Gallery, London, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org
2. Work with Bees (and Bees Abroad) - we have gaps to fill with volunteers:
Social Media and Digital Content – to set direction, mentor and build a presence.
Beekeeper Marketing – to ensure all UK beekeepers know about us.
Project Managers - We run 36 individual projects in developing countries and receive around 60 enquiries a year from communities who need our help, sadly we can only fulfil a few. To learn more about becoming a project manager
Learn more about the positive impact of the work done by Project Managers John and Mary Home, David Evans and the Late David Njuguna in Kenya.
3. Help Bees to help Kinyamaseke Youth in Development Group in Uganda
This group really impressed Richard and Jane Ridler when they met them in February 2018. Its leaders were competent, the management team included the young people and they had realistic goals.
There are 18 girls and 22 boys in the group. All are disadvantaged by some combination of unemployment, domestic violence, sexual abuse, poverty, negative attitudes, illiteracy and cultural superstitions.
They are offered:
Vocational skills training e.g. carpentry, hairdressing.
Games and sports for exercise and as a method of peacebuilding amongst youth.
Woodland management and gardening.
HIV/AIDS education.
Instruction about human rights, gender-based violence and nature conservation.
To this, we will add beekeeping so that members have a way to earn money and live independently. They will be taught how to make hives and protective clothing; we will pay for the materials. Two apiaries will be built in woodland they already have, and training will be given in all aspects of beekeeping and how to make an income from it. The area is well suited to beekeeping and they are really keen to get started!
The cost of this project is only £4,000. Please help us make it happen.
Designed to promote World Bee Day, these cards can be used all year around. 100% of the proceeds from this card will be used to support beekeeper-to-beekeeper training to alleviate poverty.
Each pack contains four cards and four envelopes. Two cards of each design.
Inside of the card is left blank for your message.
