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PREVIOUS
2007 November 12
Arrived in Conakry following a two-day delay caused by inclement weather. Met
with Tom Barrows who is working with OIC Guinea and Ghana to conduct an effectiveness
assessment. Filled out paperwork for lost luggage.
13 November 2007
Met with OIC Guinea staff in Conakry (Leon Sakho, Country Representative Guinea
Program, and Sidy Conde, FtF coordinator) and travelled to Pita and Labe to
meet FAPI staff (Mamadou Yaya Diallo, president, and Tanou Diallo, technician,
and Oury Sow, trainee technician/translator)
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14 November 2007
Transferred electronic information
to the FAPI computer including instructional videos and texts. Discussed possible
activities and came to the conclusion that training of the trainers should be
a principle goal. We "planned to
plan" the organization of some demonstration sessions incorporating non-formal
education techniques for training of novice beekeepers.
Yaya indicated a desire to link with beekeepers in other countries.
I committed to providing such information but indicated that I thought
that it would probably be most useful to start with some francophone beekeepers
in French-speaking Canada. I put out
an inquiry to an entomological discussion group and conducted a google search
to acquire several contacts (see Appendix
A: contacts).
Yaya also indicated interest in connecting with beekeepers in other West
African countries and I indicated that I would provide the contact information
of Mohammed Ali and other Ghanaian beekeepers.
FAPI staff were interested in the per hive production of honey and wax
for various hive systems. I indicated
that the information was available in Apiculture
à Petite Echelle but provided caveats about comparing one hive system with
another especially between regions that were widely disparate in terms of ecology
and economics.
M. Yaya indicated that one difficulty the federation faced was in obtaining tanks for storage of honey. 55 gallon drums used for the transport of oil are recycled to this end but if not properly treated the acids in the honey will corrode the metal and the honey will take on an off-flavour. Aluminum paint which is used to treat the tanks to prevent this is difficult to obtain and very expensive. Federation members have experimented with lining the tanks with plastic bags. I suggested that coating the inside of tanks with wax, as is sometimes done in Canada might be worth trying and the technicians seemed receptive and committed to testing the idea.
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The federation reps indicated that they were interested in getting the addresses of potential wax buyers in Canada-- I indicated that I would be happy to look into this but that the cost of transportation would probably make the beeswax uncompetitive with beeswax produced domestically in North America. I indicated that beeswax can be worked up locally into a number of valuable products that are currently imported into Guinea (such as pomade, cold cream, etc). Federation representatives indicated interest in learning how to make such products and committed to taking samples of each to prospective industrial manufacturers for potential production within Guinea.
I suggested that although a sensitive subject there might be an opportunity to use the manufacture of condom candles as a cottage industry and public health education exercise in which Yaya expressed cautious interest.
Thiabe
contact: Mody Ismaila Diallo
Abdourhamane Diallo, Diambobo Diallo, Oury Sow and I met with four honey producers
(I will use the term honey producer in this document because currently most
of the folks producing honey are "bee killers" or at best "bee
havers" rather than true beekeepers because they do not actively manage
the brood nests of their colonies-- see "Chapitre 1,
Les abeilles et les hommes" of Apiculture à Petite
Echelle ). We discussed, using photos and drawings to illustrate concepts
and stimulate discussions on the following key points (henceforward to be referred
to simply as "the key points curriculum":
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We then toured the apiary doing a quick inspection of two hives close to sundown (due to the fact that this is the dearth season when bee resources are at a minimum in the environment and the bees are likely to abandon a hive that is disturbed we kept hive manipulations to a minimum during our apiary inspections).
2007 November 15
Kollamala
contact: Thierno Sadou Bah
Tanou Diallo, Abdourhamane Diallo, Oury Sow and I met with 2 members of FAPI
(one of whom, Thierno Sadou Bah, has 100 hives of his own, the greatest number
of holdings of a single member) representing 32 members of the organization.
We discussed, using photos and drawings to illustrate, concepts and stimulate discussions and to impart the key points curriculum.
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We toured Thierno Sadou Bah's apiary
where the hives were nicely spaced in an open wooded meadow, each hive positioned
in a small tree where it was supported and shaded. Along with a great number of KTBH's the honey
producer had a number of traditional fixed comb log hives as well as a number
of trapezoidal hives of the general form of the KTBH with fixed lids. Although the trapezoidal shape of the hive
would facilitate harvesting by minimizing comb attachment at the sides and bottom
of the hives, the brood nest would be destroyed in the harvest. We suggested that the fixed lids be replaced
with moveable top-bars and emphasized the need for the top-bars to be of the
proper width (3.2 cm-- see chapter 5 "L'espace
à abeilles et les ruches" of Apiculture
à Petite Echelle). Emphasized that
top-bars should include guides either by cutting groves in the center of the
topbars and placing strips with wax
therein or by cutting the topbars to be wedge-shaped in cross-section; the guide
so created prevents bees from building comb across the length of the top-bars.
16 November
Spent the majority of the day downloading and editting photos and videos from
field work to include in a presentation to honey producers to be held on the
17th. In addition I put together a draft advertising/PR poster to promote the
consumption of table honey.
The Federation should develop a public relations and advertising campaign to promote the consumption of honey. I believe that the campaign should be geared towards the educated and well-to-do demographic in Conakry who will be able to afford higher end products of the Federation as the rural population is likely to acquire an appreciation for honey as well if it has a reputation as a luxury product and should be able to afford honey bottled at the local level.
Key messages for the campaign should include:
honey is natural product distilled by honeybees from the nectar of flowers.
As it is composed of simple sugars it is easier to digest, which is particularly
useful for individuals with weak digestive system such as the elderly, toddlers
and those suffering from diarrhoea. (Honey should not be consumed by babies
less than one year old as some of the pollen and other materials coming from
flowers may upset their systems.)
The simple sugars of honey can be assimilated more quickly than table sugar
and can provide a quick source of energy to athletes or others needing a quick
boost.
Short-course in Labe dealing with administrative and technical aspects of beekeeping.
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There was some discussion about the manner in which the Federation paid for honey and wax and M. Yaya recognized that they were working to overcome challenges in the financial dispersements. M. Yaya indicated that the Federation would pre-pay for honey that the members have in hand but did not bring with them to the meeting, an arrangement with which the members were quite satisfied. He indicated however that it was only fair that if they chose to sell their honey to some party other than the Federation that they use part of that money to pay back the money that they owed to the Federation. If they did not pay off their loans they would not be allowed to participate in the Federation or its cooperative financial ventures.
I made a presentation to the group presenting challenges and responses from my Ghana experiences-- most of which seemed applicable in the Guinean context-which included coverage of the key points curriculum.
2007 November 19
Bourouwal Kassa
contact: Alsseiny Diallo
FAPI technicians Abdourhamane Diallo,
Barry Haruna, translator Oury Sow and I met with 10 male members of the federation
who have been keeping bees for 6 years; the local school teacher and 14 women
and numerous children were also in attendance. The beekeeping project was part of a USAID
forest protection partnership. The group
obtained 14 hives through the Projet Elargi de Gestion des Ressources a Winrock
Internat'l/VITA-Land o'Lakes-ACA-PRIDE/Formation USAID-DNEF program about 6
years ago. The group received another
15 hives through FAPI. The members indicated
that they have had problems with ants and termites and that they would treat
termite nests near the hives with a homemade pesticide (made from soap, kerosene,
and leaves of a certain plant). We explained that it was also possible to reduce problems with termites
and ants by hanging hives and that wood could be protected by the residue left
over from the production of shea butter (neban care). We invited the
participants who had also been at our seminar to explain the points they took
away from the meeting and filled in the remaining information concerning the
key points curriculum. In addition,
we discussed the caste system and how beekeepers could maximize the number of
workers by ensuring that the brood nest was composed primarily of worker comb
by moving drone comb to the outside of the brood-nest.
We also discussed proper placement of the apiary.
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The group complained that carrying honey to market is very difficult and sometimes
people who have committed to purchasing honey do not follow through on their
commitment.
The group was interested in making cold cream and we described the process and
left the recipe.
We related a Ghanaian folk tale in the hopes of eliciting similar stories about
bees from the Guinean repertoire; although no one could think of one involving
bees the following sting tale was related:
Scorpion and Frog fell in love with the same girl and Frog told Scorpion "Let us fight. I will stomp on you 6 times-- if I don't kill you outright you can stomp me 6 times also." Scorpion said "I accept your challenge brother Frog-- but though you are far bigger than me you should not be so full of yourself."
So Scorpion hunkered down and Frog jumped high into air and landed on top of Scorpion with both feet-- six times. But Scorpion in his armour shell was unscathed.
Now it was Scorpion's turn to have
at Frog. Frog braced himself and made
his soft body as tight as he could by inflating himself not thinking that the
weight of tiny Scorpion would be that much to bear at any rate.
Scorpion asked: "Are you ready brother Frog?" and Frog replied
"Give me your best kick, Lightweight." So Scorpion said "Here
goes!" but instead of stomping on Frog, he pricked him with his stinger. As the frog leapt up in pain from the scorpion's venom and jumped
into the water he cried "Wouro! Wouro!
That's six, that's six!" (The Malenke word for the number six, wouro sounds similar to the call of a frog.)
2007 November 20
Garki
contact: Amadou Oury Diallo
Abdourhamane Diallo, Barry Harouna, Diambobo Diallo, Oury Sow and I met with
16 male members of the federation and 2 women honey producers who have been
keeping bees for 6 years. The area has a history of traditional beekeeping which
was practiced by many of the members. Langstroth hives were introduced about
20 years ago by a French development project but were eventually abandoned because
there was little follow-up support. They have about 150 traditional hives and
15 KTBH's from FAPI. We discussed some of the problems with the introduction
of the Langstroth hive (difficult to make, lower benefit to cost ratio compared
to KTBH, require extraction machinery, etc). Quite surprisingly the members
mentioned that bears are a frequent problem in the area and often destroy hives--
subsequent inquiry determined that, although they used the French word "ourse"
to describe the animal, they were actually talking about the honey badger. Our
discussion covered all the key points curriculum. Additionally, we discussed
the caste system and how beekeepers could maximize the number of workers by
ensuring that the brood nest was composed primarily of worker comb by moving
drone comb to the outside of the brood-nest. In response to inquiries about
beliefs related to honey and beekeeping the group indicated that, traditionally,
the clothing of a person who is very talkative was burned inside the hive to
attract swarms-- presumably because the droning of such a person resembles the
buzz of bees. The group mentioned that one of their problems was desertion of
the hives by the bees and we discussed that a possible solution would be to
ensure that the hives are left with enough food to survive dearth periods.
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The members indicated that it was difficult to transport honey to market and that it was difficult to get a good price for their honey. Abdourhamane Diallo, Barry Haruna. Oury Sow and I conducted a demonstration of the production of cold cream from beeswax and local shea butter.
2007 November 21
Balaya
contact: Boubacar Sy
Abdourhamane Diallo, Barry Harouna, Oury Sow and I visited 21 FAPI members who
have been working for 10 years with traditional hives and 6 years with top bar
hives (4 women were also present). They have about 300 traditional hives and
30 KTBH's. The villagers mentioned that monkeys ravaged many of the hives. We
recommended tying the lids to the hives but the members indicated that the monkeys
would chew through or untie the ties. We suggested that chains and padlocks
around the hives would be effective although expensive. I also suggested that
tying the hive lids down with ropes impregnated with chilli oil might be effective.
Our conversation covered the key points curriculum. The group commented that
when the honey was good they would take the honey to Senegal or anywhere else
they could get a good price but if the honey was bad they would save it for
the Federation.
We explained that the adulteration of honey is an industry-killing practice that should be punished by permanent expulsion from the Federation. A tour of the apiaries turned up a couple of challenges that provided the opportunity to guide members away from placing hives in direct sun, too close to cropped areas, roadways and buildings and not to tilt hives too drastically from the horizontal. Proper width of top-bars and the need for central guides to ensure proper orientation of comb was also stressed. I congratulated members on their courage and initiative in constructing their own hives despite the minor corrections that were necessary.
2007 November 22
Labe
The morning was spent orienting Abdoul Gadiry Diallo, Abdourhamane Diallo, Barry
Harouna, and Oury Sow to the electronic texts, graphics and videos covering
all aspects of small scale beekeeping and many concerns relevant to local and
international marketing of hive products which I had copied onto the FAPI computer.
The afternoon was spent guiding beekeeping technicians Abdourhamane Diallo and Barry Haruna to conduct a demonstration of the production of cold cream from beeswax and local shea butter for other members of the Federation (Mamadou Yaya Diallo, Tanou Diallo, Abdoul Gadiry Diallo, Oury Sow and Sulliman Diallo). Marketing of cosmetics and other wax-based commodities was discussed in conjunction of viewing video interviews of a West African woman entrepreneur who runs a small business manufacturing and distributing such products. This activity was followed by experimentation with appropriate tech candle making in which the technicians came up with an innovative mold using the petioles of papaya leaves. The technique holds promise as an appropriate technology approach for cottage industry candle production and was shared with many of the communities visited subsequently.
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2007 November 24
I spent the day downloading and editing photos and videos from the previous
several days and collaborated with technicians to develop a photographic database
of clients who had attended a one-day apicultural seminar (see November
17). I also guided the technicians through an exercise to reproduce, by
tracing, a series of instructional newsprint posters I'd put together.
The technicians were developing proposals for submission to USAID. I suggested
they consider proposing the following:
2007 November 25
Produced the second and third in a series of photographic posters promoting
honey.
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2007 November 26
Visited the local office of Population Services International (PSI) to discuss
opportunities for possible collaboration related to the appropriate technology
technique of using condoms to produce candles. This exercise naturally leads
to discussion of family planning and AIDS prevention. In addition, the activity
lends itself as an ice-breaking exercise to reduce inhibitions around such discussions
and the handling of condoms). At PSI's request for a written proposal FAPI staff
and I composed a brief letter outlining the possibility that PSI technicians
accompany those of FAPI when circumstances were appropriate (such as when technicians
were addressing groups of young people such as at the three beekeeping schools
that the federation operates). The letter also offered to train the PSI technicians
in the technique if they wished to use the exercise on their own or to accompany
them to their worksites to assist in the demonstration. It is envisioned that
such collaboration will function as a component of integrated development and
may facilitate travel to sites when one or the other agency is short on funds
to provide gasoline to their technicians. (Following delivery of the letter
PSI and the federation agreed to draw up work plans for the upcoming new year's
work cycle.)
I guided technicians through the production of soap from commonly available ingredients including hive products (honey, beeswax, shea butter and palm oil being the principle ingredients).
I guided the technicians through the completion of the beekeeping tips newsprint
presentation.
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I picked up a completed bee jacket from the tailor used by FAPI. The jacket
is lighter than those currently in use by local honey producers but when impregnated
with the scent of smoke it provides sufficient protection for most light hive
management. The lighter jacket is much more comfortable for working in hot climates
and can serve to encourage hive revisions as beekeepers are more likely to inspect
their colonies if they are comfortable while doing so.
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2007 November 27
Prepared PowerPoint presentation for workshop in Ley Miro.
Discussed the use of role plays as an instructional aid and led the technicians through two such exercises: "clean natural enemies from hives during swarm season" and "hive population changes depend on field resources" (see Appendix H: role play lesson plans). Conducted a demonstration of batik dyeing using beeswax.
Demonstrated and discussed basic hive manipulation during swarm season and harvest.
Farewell and depart for Pita.
2007 November 28
Completed draft of Labe PowerPoint presentation. Travelled to Ley Miro.
Attended and filmed short course on small animal husbandry.
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2007 November 29
Attended and filmed demonstration of composting for women's cooperative farming
venture. Explored market for local resources appropriate to small scale beekeeping
(found shea butter, did not find honey seller [although we were told he had
been selling earlier in the day]).
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Attended and filmed demonstration of home-made pesticide manufacture.
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Presented work-to-date PowerPoint presentation to 29 OIC contacts (21 men, 5
women, including 4 veterinary consultants, OIC Pita coordinator, 12 OIC technicians
and 12 community auxiliaries).
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2007 November 30
Discussed provisional site visits with OIC technicians. Site orientation with
Tanou and Amadou Petty Diallo.
2007 December 1
Discussed basic bee biology with Amadou Petty Diallo (OIC technician) and Boubacar
Deen (in charge of rural development). Exchanged folk tales and anecdotes and
peeled peanuts with Asiatu. Recharged computer and edited video of composting
and home-made pesticide demonstrations.
2007 December 2
Amadou Petty Diallo and I visited Kouye on market day to coordinate with local
honey producers and scheduled to visit Engroupments Diile and Koumadara
on Wednesday December 5 at 9:00 and Fetoual Faro Wednesday December 5 2:00.
Had an impromptu meeting with soap maker Asiatu Jing of Gouba who happened by
vending her wares and she agreed to assist us in facilitating a session on soap
production using hive products.
Met with honey producer Alpha Modjere Bah from Hoore Kola and arranged to meet with local engroupments for Bhoma and Bhawo Bhoma at 2:00 Thursday, December 6.
2007 December 3
Bousura
contact: Mamadou Bailo Kaby Bah
Amadou Petty Diallo and I ran into local beekeeper Mamadou Bailo Kaby Bah
and accompanied
him to his apiary, along with carpenter Amadou Sara Barry to give the woodworker
basic instructions and orientation on construction of the KTBH. Arranged to
meet with other Bousura honey producers on Friday December 7.
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N'dantary
contact: Mamadou Safaiou Sall
Amadou Petty Diallo and I met with at 8 of least ten traditional honey producers
in the area, them were present as were a honey hunter and approximately seven
other young men.
We discussed natural enemies and preventative measures (hanging hives, keeping apiary weed-free, etc) smoking oneself and keeping clothes clean using cassava leaf juice as a bee repellent, moving a hive into the shade for manipulations. We discussed basic KTBH design and the use of shea butter residue, unused motor oil and sheep's wool as means to keep ants out of hives. We also discussed the fact that during harvest some honey should be left for the bees.
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Dianfou
13 traditional honey producers
with 56 hives (from 3 to 14 hives each) with hives made from "runier"
palm. 6 men and 13 women were present for the presentation.
We discussed natural enemies and preventative measures (hanging hives, keeping apiary weed-free, etc) smoking oneself and keeping clothes clean using cassava leaf juice as a bee repellent, moving a hive into the shade for manipulations. We discussed basic KTBH design and the use of shea butter residue, unused motor oil and sheep's wool as means to keep ants out of hives. We also discussed the fact that during harvest some honey should be left for the bees.
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2007 December 5
Tanou Diallo and Abdourhamane Diallo of FAPI arrived from Labe in acceptance
of my invitation (kindly relayed by Tanou Diallo of OIC Pita) to participate
in field visits in the Ley Miro area. They made very valuable contributions
during their visits to Kouye, Gouba, Fetoual Faro and Hoore Kola during the
following two days-- as well as in discussions with members of FAPI they encountered
in Ley Miro (in particular Mamadou Bailo Kaby Bah
of Bousura who introduced our
team to other honey producers who had arrived for the market day on December
5). I believe that their visit helped to seal the partnership between OIC and
FAPI and assisted the technicians of both organizations to gain a level of comfort
in working with one another.
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contact: Amadou Gooky Barry
Tanou Diallo, Abdourhamane Diallo, Amadou Petty Diallo and I met with 27 traditional
honey producers (running 10-15 hives at the height of the season for a total
of about 200 hives) and 6 women present from engroupments in Diile and
Koumadara. Currently they only use traditional hives and they kill the bees
during harvest and squeeze the larva with the honey. We covered the usual curriculum
and conducted demonstrations of candle and pomade making. Nearby in the public
meeting area a doctor was conducting a women and children's health survey. We
invited their participation, to which they agreed, during the portion of our
discussion with honey producers concerning home remedies using honey.
Gouba
contact: Aissata Jing
Tanou Diallo, Abdourhamane Diallo, Amadou Petty Diallo and I met with Aissata
Jing, a soap maker, to discuss her collaboration in refining soap making techniques
using beeswax and honey. She agreed to meet us in Hoore Kola the following day.
Fetoual Faro
contact: Abdoulai Bah
Tanou Diallo, Abdourhamane Diallo, Amadou Petty Diallo and I met with honey
producers (and eventually the majority of the village as we conducted the session
late in the day when everyone's chores were done-- in all about 40 people were
present). There are 16 traditional honey producers in the area with a total
of about 10 hives each (2 - 20 hives per person with about 160 hives total)
that are killed off annually. We conducted the usual curriculum and the group
was very excited about the possibility of acquiring improved hives.
2007 December 6
Hoore Kola
contact: Alpha Modjere Bah
There are 26 traditional honey producers in the area with about 250 hives in
which they kill the bees seasonally. Present at the session were 8 honey producers
and 18 women who attended a soap-making demonstration conducted by Aissata Jing
of Gouba.
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We also discussed home remedies using honey as well as demonstrated appropriate-tech
manufacture of oral rehydration drink using honey (about which the group was
particularly interested), candles and pomade. Because the group present were
mostly women we changed the focus of the presentation from improved beekeeping
per se to the use of hive products. Amadou Petty Diallo will conduct
future sessions with the group to cover the material we usually covered in other
villages.
In the evening Amadou Petty Diallo arranged for the loan of a generator to charge my computer so that I could edit photos and videos taken in the Ley Miro area thus far. This also provided the opportunity for the community to view a video in the meeting hall served by the generator.
2007 December 7
Bousura
contact: Mamadou Bailo Kaby Bah
Amadou Petty Diallo and I met with 4 of the 10 honey producers of Bousura (but
there are also a number of other beekeeping groups not associated with FAPI
who do beekeeping-- the Bousura folks thought that one of the impediments to
other communities joining was that the other honey producers did not want to
pay the membership dues). They have 45 KTBH's and 28 traditional hives. We covered
the usual key points curriculum and viewed a number of videos demonstrating
some of the more advanced management techniques since this group were more experienced
than some others.
2007 December 8
Bousura
contact: Mamadou Bailo Kaby Bah
Amadou Petty Diallo and I facilitated a demonstration of candle and pomade instruction
with 4 local honey producers and met briefly with an additional 4 honey producers
following an ascent on the local landmark Mount Sakoma. Mamadou Bailo Kaby Bah
committed
to transferring the knowledge he had acquired during our contact to other members
of his group and to women in the village.
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Travel to Telemele was curtailed due to impending nightfall.
2007 December 9
Travelled to Guguye but most of the population had gone to Telemele for the
weekly market day. Amadou Petty Diallo and I spent some time reviewing and introducing
new beekeeping concepts with Mamadou Bailo Kaby Bah
who had travelled 17 km by bicycle
from Bousura to spend more time with us.
Introduced the concept of condom candles to OIC health technician Mariama Dioulde Camara who agreed it was worth trying as an ice breaker with groups with whom she was discussing family planning and prevention of sexually transmitted disease.
2007 December 10
Silaare
10 male and 16 female honey producers the 47 honey producers (including 25 women)
were present; the group has a total of 106 traditional hives (73 of which have
already been harvested).
The group indicated that the following were perceived as problems:
Amadou Petty Diallo, Amadou Bailo Kaby and I demonstrated candle and pomade making and covered the key points curriculum.
Bende
17 male and 32 women honey producers were present (representing a total of 35
honey producers including 18 women with a maximum of 150 traditional hives only).
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The group indicated that the following were perceived as problems:
Discussion of the the key points curriculum covered most of the topics, however, the topic of women building hives was left to the community to discuss further (it was pointed out that there is no reason why women cannot learn to build and manage their own hives, as is done in Ghana, but that the issues of traditional gender roles/tasks and how labour is divided in the community was one that went beyond our expertise).
2007 December 11
Peguete
There are 3 groups of honey producers in the area (representing a total of about
38+35+38=111 with a maximum of about 300 exclusively hives with some few hives
remaining of 13 hives provided 8 years ago by the Fund International de Devellopement
Agricole and an additional 30 hives 5 years ago through the Italian mission).
The group indicated that the following were perceived as problems:
Our presentation of the key points curriculum addressed all of these issues.
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This site seems to be an area where traditional beekeeping is particularly rich. The honey producers demonstrated a local song used when placing hives in the field:
Nata fitoo,
Yalta fitoo,
Faalama dumbe,
Soobe!Which means:
Going in with moving arms,
Coming out with moving arms to fight bees,
I want a hive,
Right now!
The honey producers in the area were familiar with the use of lemon grass as an attractant and incorporated access doors into their traditional designs. We demonstrated candle-making and the fabrication of moisturizing skin cream-with which we had some success in using egg-yolk as an emulsifying agent. We only used about a quarter of an egg yolk for the small batch we made-I think a whole yolk, mixed into the water before adding to the oil and wax mixture may have been closer to the mark.
Nyigue
Amadou Petty Diallo and I (and Oury Sow and Joe Foltz) met with 10 honey producers
(4 women and 6 men) of 19 honey producers in the area who operate 50 hives at
the height of the season, all traditional.
The group indicated that the following were perceived as problems:
The key points curriculum covered all of these issues.
2007 December 12
Telemele
Amadou Petty Diallo and I arrived, as sent in a letter of December 9 and as
discussed with M. Suarez the evening of December 10. We were disappointed to
find that M. Suarez had gone travelling and had not informed any of the potential
contact groups or technicians as requested. As we were unfamiliar with the area
we were unable to make contact with the representatives of the FAPI groups we
had provided to M. Suarez.
To make some use of our time in Telemele we conducted a training demonstration to Mariama Dioulde Camara on making condom candles (see November 26)
2007 December 13
Travel to Pita.
2007 December 14
Debriefing with OIC staff in Pita including PowerPoint presentation of work
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Internet networking/research in Labe.
Koubara
Tanou Diallo, Abdourhamane Diallo, Amadou Petty Diallo and I conducted a short
hive inspection practicum for Petty to gain at least a modicum of hands-on training.
We practiced
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2007 December 16
Travel to Conakry
2007 December 17
Debriefing with OIC staff in Conakry and with USAID Mission Chief Clifford Brown.
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