What have been the positives of CCD and honey bee decline? Renewed attention to bees and beekeeping Beekeeping skills now being passed on to younger generation Hipsters keep bees During Obama presidency, there was a White House beekeeper

Greater awareness and promotion of commodity chains for fair trade and organic honey

Monofloral honeys produced by local, artisanal beekeepers sought after and sold at higher prices

Beekeeping can also be promoted as form of development

Photo by my PhD student Heather Gamper Photo by my PhD student Heather Gamper. Honey color (and taste) varies according to the flowers used by the bees to make it. Forest honeys produced by local beekeepers in rural Veracruz state, Mexico

Beekeeping as forest conservation tool in Laos

Bee fences in Kenya to control crop-raiding elephants

Beekeeping is not always successful in a development context

Nepal Sudan Kenya

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What are the factors that have to be considered if beekeeping is being promoted as a livelihood and a form of development? Is it more than just sending someone a bunch of bees, a smoker, and a veil? What factors might vary from country to country? What is it important to have in the land surrounding the beekeeping site?

Beekeeping for development Google “Bees For Development” and this locate this specific page: http://www.beesfordevelopment.org/categories/bees-in- development/ In small groups, do the following Make a list of the reasons why beekeeping might be promoted as a form of development Make an accompanying list of factors that must be considered before promoting beekeeping as a form of local development. If you want your beekeeping project to succeed, what are all the factors that need to be considered? Be prepared to report on your group’s responses