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Ambassador Hull Launches Le11 million Honey Bee Project in Newton

Amb. Hull and Honey Bee farmer

On August 17^th United States Ambassador Thomas N. Hull launched the Koya Honey Bee Project in Newton on the outskirts of Freetown. The Koya Rural Bee Keepers Association won an 11.6 million Leones ($3,903) grant from the US Ambassador’s Special Self Help (SSH) fund, to introduce a new method of honey bee farming that preserves forests and bees and increases yields of honey by using smoke rather than fire to harvest. Using this method, honey bees, after harvest, return to their hives to produce more honey and beeswax. (press release)

More Information on Ambassador's Self-Help Project

 

 

• Self-Help Application Information Sheet