Bees Abroad | Creating beekeepers for life

Creating

Beekeepers

for life

We help communities build sustainable livelihoods through beekeeping.

Creating

Beekeepers

for life

We help communities build sustainable livelihoods through beekeeping.

Creating

Beekeepers

for life

We help communities build sustainable livelihoods through beekeeping.

Our Approach

Project Proposal

Communities identify beekeeping as a tool for change & apply for support.

Get funds

We secure the funds from our supporters to make the projects happen.

Select & collaborate

We review for long term sustainability & viability and provide guidance.

Training & mentoring

Income generation

We work with local partners to provide locally appropriate training & mentoring.

Community based enterprises market and sell their products.

Equipment & tools

We provide resources and materials, from beehives to mobile honey shops.

Crafted products

Community utilise skills and resources to make high-quality honey and beeswax products.

Income Generation

Training & mentoring

Community based enterprises market and sell their products.

We work with local partners to provide locally appropriate training & mentoring.

Sustainable Livelihood

The community uses the money to move closer to their vision of a better life.

We work with local partners to provide locally appropriate training & mentoring.

Our Approach

Project Proposal

Communities identify beekeeping as a tool for change & apply for support.

Get funds

We secure the funds from our supporters to make the projects happen.

Select & collaborate

We review for long term sustainability & viability and provide guidance.

Training & mentoring

We work with local partners to provide locally appropriate training & mentoring.

Equipment & tools

We provide resources and materials, from beehives to mobile honey shops.

Crafted products

Community utilise skills and resources to make high-quality honey and beeswax products.

Income Generation

Community based enterprises market and sell their products.

Sustainable Livelihood

The community uses the money to move closer to their vision of a better life.

54 Live Projects

7 Countries

54 Live Projects

7 Countries

IN PROGRESS

Bee Farmers on Crutches

We're working with a local NGO to incorporate beekeeping in to a permaculture course tailored for amputees.

Participants

Duration

4-5 Years

Crops

Disability

IN PROGRESS

Road Barrier Widows

This women's group has chosen beekeeping alongside farming, handicrafts, and tailoring to improve their livelihoods.

Participants

Duration

3 Years

Women

Community

IN PROGRESS

Atudorobesa Women’s Co-operative

A women’s group who have turned to beekeeping in the face of environmental degradation.

Participants

Duration

5 Years

Women

Conservation

Community

IN PROGRESS

MamaHive Social Enterprise

A beeswax-based social enterprise supporting women and families living with Albinism.

Participants

Duration

3 Years

Enterprise

Women

Disability

IN PROGRESS
Road Barrier Widows
This women's group has chosen beekeeping alongside farming, handicrafts, and tailoring to improve their livelihoods.
Participants
30
Duration
3 Years
Women
Hygiene
Crops
IN PROGRESS
Bee Farmers on Crutches
We're working with a local NGO to incorporate beekeeping in to a permaculture course tailored for amputees.
Participants
74
Duration
4-5 Years
Women
Hygiene
Crops
IN PROGRESS
Atudorobesa Women’s Co-operative
A women’s group who have turned to beekeeping in the face of environmental degradation.
Participants
32
Duration
5 Years
Women
Hygiene
Crops

All projects

Our Story

Over 25 years ago, in the late 1990s, our founders took the first steps toward creating Bees Abroad. By 1999, our first project was in full swing, and we sent out our very first newsletter.

In 2005, we made it official and formerly registered as a charity. Two decades later, our founders and some of our earliest volunteers continue to dedicate their time to supporting beekeeping communities.

We our proud of our heritage and the communities we work with, many of which we are still in contact with all these years later.

2,328

Beekeepers

Trained

Beekeepers

Trained

Beekeepers

Trained

151

Communities

Supported

Communities

Supported

Communities

Supported

13,142

Individuals

Benefited

Individuals

Benefited

Individuals

Benefited

Our Beekeepers

Boluwaji Durogbola
Beekeeping initiative has helped in diversifying my streams of income and promoting my farming experience. I managed apiary for not less that fifteen farmers, harvesting and processing for them as a paid service
Patricia, Ghana
I will use my honey money from this harvest to provide meals for my children and buy some essential items. Beekeeping is so important for us now.
Jostina Biira
We no longer fear bees and are excited to see more hives colonized. We have respect in our village. People now come to visit our Apiary as it is the only one they have seen in our village!

Fatimata Kamara

I have six children and there is only me here to help them. Five years ago I learned bee farming. When you bee farm, soon you will eat or you will sell the honey and use it to buy other things, so I was very happy.

Jostina Biira

We no longer fear bees and are excited to see more hives colonized. We have respect in our village. People now come to visit our Apiary as it is the only one they have seen in our village!

Boluwaji Durogbola

Beekeeping has diversified my income streams and enhanced my farming experience. I managed the apiaries of more than fifteen farmers, harvesting and processing honey as a paid service.

Meet them all

Thriving Hives, Thriving Lives

We need your help with our biggest ever Big Give challenge.

We need to crack a safe with £25,000 in it. This money has been promised by trusts and philanthropists, but only if we can raise the same amount,

£25,000 in just one week 3-10th December.

Can you help us crack the safe and raise a total of £50,000 to support beekeeping communitites?

We need your help with our biggest ever Big Give challenge.

We need to crack a safe with £25,000 in it. This money has been promised by trusts and philanthropists, but only if we can raise the same amount,

£25,000 in just one week 3-10th December.

Can you help us crack the safe and raise a total of £50,000 to support beekeeping communitites?

Thriving Hives, Thriving Lives

We need your help with our biggest ever Big Give challenge.

We need to crack a safe with £25,000 in it. This money has been promised by trusts and philanthropists, but only if we can raise the same amount,

£25,000 in just one week 3-10th December.

Can you help us crack the safe and raise a total of £50,000 to support beekeeping communitites?

Our supporters

Ian Grant

I came across Bees Abroad through a talk by Richard Ridler and immediately saw the benefits of encouraging beekeeping in Africa. I now donate any fees that I receive for my talks and when I collect swarms as I know that this money can change lives.

Betty

I have been raising money on my own for Bees Abroad by making and selling little pine cone Bees. I have managed to raise £300 which turned into £675 during the BIG Give week. It makes me feel happy knowing that the money I can raise for Bees Abroad is helping to change the world.

Nadia

I like to invest my effort in every activity which I deem sustainable, and Bees Abroad is one of them: sustainable environmentally and financially. Moreover, the team of volunteers is very good company!

Anthony

I was glad to help your beekeeping cause with a donation. Your organization is doing great work especially by advancing beekeeping training to others. It is a noble cause.

Our Supporters

Ian Grant

Betty

Nadia

Anthony

I was glad to help your beekeeping cause with a donation. Your organization is doing great work especially by advancing beekeeping training to others. It is a noble cause.