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Breakfast with and the Malawiyas Honey Beeman

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Breakfast with and the Malawiyas Honey Beeman

Breakfast with and the Malawiyas Honey Beeman.

Nice working with F1 queens #ACIAR

Thank you FBA for 2023 menor program

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Thank you FBA for 2023 menor program

Thank you FBA for 2023 menor program #ACIAR #PI4FON and mentor Mohammed Rahim for I am profoundly grateful for the guidance you’ve provided.

Your wisdom and support have illuminated my path, offering clarity in times of uncertainty and strength in moments of doubt.

Your words have been a beacon of hope, guiding me towards my goals and empowering me to overcome obstacles.

I cherish the lessons learned and the growth achieved through your mentorship.

Nazid AttariFiji – Beekeepers Association

Teitei Taveunis program with treating varoa mite on Taveuni with Atrul Nisha

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Teitei Taveunis program with treating varoa mite on Taveuni with Atrul Nisha

Teitei Taveunis program with treating varoa mite on Taveuni with Atrul Nisha – May 2024.

# FO4ACP # Pifon # MOA # Landcare # ACIAR

Success Story in Bee Removal

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Success Story in Bee Removal

#SuccessStory in #BeeRemoval

All praises for the wonderfulweather, the beautifulsunshine, the dry spells and the awesome long wetseasons that we’ve all experiencedthroughout the year!!

#BeeFriendly

One of the passions of Beekeeping is by, helping other’s grow within our community, sharring the skills and knowledge and provide them the necessary help….especially tothose who have shown keen interest in starting up.

When the efforts we put in togetheris fruitful, it reflects so many things….the #challenge was never easy.

Helped harvested honey for the first-time yesterday after trippling their Hive last month.

#HoneyFlow

#TheLoveOfBees

Pacific Islands World Bee Day 2024 Photo Contest Winners

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Pacific Islands World Bee Day 2024 Photo Contest Winners

Four impartial judges evaluated the 33 photos entered. The scores from each judge were added together to determine the contest winners.

The winners of FBA’s 2024 World Bee Day photo contest are:

1st Place, overall and Bees in Nature category: Wahid Malawiya of Fiji for “Sufyaan and Swarm”

2nd Place, overall and Bees in Nature category: Arneth Jamepa of Papua New Guinea for “Bee on Zinnia”

3rd Place, overall and 1st in the Value of Bees and Beekeeping category: Atrul Nisha of Fiji for “Youth Honey Harvest”

The competition was close. An honourable mention to Joshua Prasad (Fiji), Tia McCay Prasad (Fiji), Debra Allan (Tonga), Alistair Macquarie (Cook), Uili Lousi (Tonga), and Eleutilde Vainikolo (Tonga) for their high scores in the judging.

Sufyaan and Swarm. 1st Place, overall and Bees in Nature category: Wahid Malawiya of Fiji

2nd Place, overall and Bees in Nature category: Arneth Jamepa of Papua New Guinea for “Bee on Zinnia”

3rd Place, overall and 1st in the Value of Bees and Beekeeping category: Atrul Nisha of Fiji for “Youth Honey Harvest

The top two overall photos will be submitted to Apimondia’s worldwide photography competition in Copenhagen, Denmark, September next year. A few top photos will also be sent to local news media to accompany May 20 World Bee Day articles.

Thanks to all participants for entering and sharing to beauty of bees and beekeeping in your photos. There were 15 photos (out of 33 judged) that received at least one positive mention from the judges.

The photo judges were:

Maureen Conquer – Apimondia’s New Zealand representative and professional honey taster

Megan Denver – Apimondia’s Rural Development Commission chairperson

Jodie Goldsworthy – Apimondia Australia representative and owner of Beechworth Honey.

Cooper Schouten – Senior Research Fellow and Director of Bees for Sustainable Livelihoods, Southern Cross University

World Bee Day is designated by the United Nations and observed annually on May 20. It raises awareness about the essential role that bees and other pollinators play in maintaining healthy ecosystems.

This photo contest was organized by Apimondia’s Oceania Commission and Fiji Farmer to Farmer.

Thank you, contestants and judges, for your participation in this year’s World Bee Day competition. Enjoy the photos!

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Some F1 queens marked today & nucs made - April 22 2024

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Some F1 queens marked today & nucs made - April 22 2024

Some F1 queens marked today & nucs made – April 22 2024.

Routine inspection with trainees at our community cluster Tunuloa corridor - April 2024

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Routine inspection with trainees at our community cluster Tunuloa corridor - April 2024

Routine inspection with trainees at our community cluster Tunuloa corridor last week.

April 2024 – Honey Joe

Savusavu (Nawi island) - SUCCESSFULLY removed a colony

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Savusavu (Nawi island) - SUCCESSFULLY removed a colony

Successfully removed a colony within a double wall at Savusavu (Nawi island).

With the help of my super assistant trainee (2023 mentoring program) with FIJI BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION funded project “Angie Chand” and safely place them in a proper hive yesterday.

Great learning experience.

Vina’a Valevu ladies Lynne and Angie for the team work

April 2024 – Honey Joe

Getting ready for a major hive upgrade and maintenance program - April 2024

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Getting ready for a major hive upgrade and maintenance program - April 2024

Getting ready for a major hive upgrade and maintenance program – April 2024

Hard work pays off in long run 🙂

by Mohammed Shamir

Marking some mated laying queens in Fiji - April 2024

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Marking some mated laying queens in Fiji - April 2024

Visiting Apiary after a month of fasting for Ramadan.

Marked some mated laying queens, moved some nucs into single hives & doubled some single hives.

God is good 🙂

By Riyaz Dean

Wax Embossing training for Vanua Levu farmers in Fiji

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Wax Embossing training for Vanua Levu farmers in Fiji

Wax Embossing training for Vanua Levu farmers in Fiji in March 2024.

Imraz Ali

painful challenges of Beehive robbing :(

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painful challenges of Beehive robbing :(

One of the painful challenges that’s facing small scale beekeepers in our community is Beehive robbing.

By Somewhere Out There.

Helped out a fellow Beekeeper yesterday working on one of his Hives.

The sad part was, on December 2023, he noticed that 1 of his doubled Hive has only 2 frames inside the parent box, 8 frames gone missing, together with the 10 frames inside the honey super(top box)

All the 18 frames as well as the hive Feeder, got stolen by the robbers.

He was hurt and very confuse, as to what might have happened, he never realized or to even believed that some pro’s can be that desperate, stealing matured honey frames for a living.

Those poorbees survived, they’ve struggled so much, to build-up their combs inside the bottom box, filled it up with worker brood, pollen, honey and lots of bee bread…. newly built combs partially filled with honey, hangs out inside the Hive Lid/Cover so they can fill up the huge empty space inside the top box.

Oh!! How cruel humans can be, when it comes tovery inhuman act!!

I do feel for the beesguys and the struggling farmers, who relies on honey marketing to support their family needs.

B E A W A R E

A L E R T M O D E

#DONTuseYourSkillsToSTEAL

#RespectLife

#SaveTheBees

#HelpOthersGrow

Introduction to Basic Beekeeping Training (Private training) on 11th and 12th April @ D O's Conference room Savusavu

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Introduction to Basic Beekeeping Training (Private training) on 11th and 12th April @ D O's Conference room Savusavu

Introduction to Basic Beekeeping Training (Private training) on 11th and 12th April @ D O’s Conference room Savusavu.

*Venue -D O’s Conference room Savusavu

*Date-11th & 12 th April

*Time -9am-3pm

*$50 per participant

Message me if interested or contact me on: #9763976.

Theory and Practical will help participants gain knowledge on Beekeeping.

PACIFIC BEEKEEPERS PHOTO CONTEST For WORLD BEE DAY 2024

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PACIFIC BEEKEEPERS PHOTO CONTEST For WORLD BEE DAY 2024

Enter your best photos:

PACIFIC BEEKEEPERS PHOTO CONTEST For WORLD BEE DAY 2024

.World Bee Day, May 20, 2024, is a day of awareness about the importance of Honeybees, and why we need to protect them.

The Oceania region of Apimondia, the world federation of beekeeping associations, is organizing a bee themed photography contest for Pacific island beekeepers.

Amateur beekeeper-photographers are invited to enter their best photographs to the competition.

Enter by emailing your photos between now and Close of Entries on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

Designated by the United Nations, World Bee Day seeks to inform and educate people about honeybees and their impact on our biodiversity.

Winners will receive recognition in World Bee Day 2024 press releases to public news media that includes the top-judged photographs.

The photographs will likely appear in newspapers and online media related to World Bee Day, with credit given to photographers.

The top two winning photographs will also be printed and entered into Apimondia’s World Beekeeping Awards photography contest, under the photographers’ names, to be judged at the 2025 Apimondia Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

The tentative schedule is for this competition:

* Open for entries on Friday, March 1, 2024

* Close of Entries end of day on Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Entries may be emailed to [email protected] before the end of day on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Entries will receive email confirmation of entry.

COMPETITION JUDGING

Each photo will be assigned a number for blind judging by a few world-recognized leaders in photography and beekeeping who are outside the Pacific region. Judges will be announced in a later communication.

ENTRY GUIDELINES FOR PHOTO COMPETITION

Photos must have been taken by a Pacific islander, living in any Pacific country or territory, who is not a professional photographer.

Photos should include bees (any species), beekeeping, or otherwise show the value of bees in agriculture or the world’s ecosystems.

Photos will be judged in two categories (tentative titles): Bees in Nature, and The Value of Bees and Beekeeping

Up to two entries per beekeeping household may be entered in each category (up to 4 photos total).

Send high resolution photographs (up to 25 MB) by email to [email protected]. Each entry should be accompanied by a photo title, and name of the photographer.

A title of the photo is helpful, but not necessary. If credit for the photo is someone other than the person submitting it, please indicate who should receive credit.

There is no cost to enter this competition. By entering, contestants consent to Apimondia using their photograph entries for non-commercial purposes, including submission to news media, with credit given to the photographer..

Depending on number of entries, additional awards may be given for best photos from a country and/or additional categories. Contest updates will be announced on https://www.facebook.com/groups/FijiBeekeepers and other Pacific beekeeping social media.

This competition is organized by Apimondia’s Oceania region in collaboration with Fiji Farmer to Farmer.

ENTER YOUR BEST PHOTOS FOR THIS COMPETITION!

Balancing family, growing business and the resilient journey - Waitika Farm Jean Tikaram at the 3rd WIN Convention

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Balancing family, growing business and the resilient journey - Waitika Farm Jean Tikaram at the 3rd WIN Convention

Women are the queen bees of their families and businesses. They are also like the worker bees who wear many hats and play various roles in their hives that represents their homes, communities and businesses.

Waitika Farm owners Jean and Anil Tikaram at the 3rd WIN Convention at the GPH in Suva. Picture: TIMOCI VULA

Waitika Farm’s Jean Tikaram shared this analogy while presenting at the 3rd WIN Convention in Suva last Saturday on the topic ‘Balancing family, growing business and the resilient journey’.

She said all the bees in a beehive are worker bees and all are females. In the bee hives, she said, worker bees lasts for about 35 days before they die.

She explained when little bees are born, they eat their way up the cell after which they go straight back in, clean out their little cell, and then get to work.

“They feed the other little bees. They become nurse bees for the next age group of bees and so on and so forth. Their jobs continue to change,” Mrs Tikaram said.

“They are nurse bees, they look after the home, they all work together. They don’t operate independently.

“They produce their wax, they produce the honey, they create food, and the more I was thinking about this, I said ‘hey, this is us!’ “We are like the worker bee. And you know us women, we wear many, many hats.”

Mrs Tikaram said the beehive is headed by one queen bee.

The queen bee is also like us (women) because if that queen bee is working, if she’s sick, if she’s unwell, that beehive is moody and is sick and is not well.

“I can tell the minute I take off the lid off the beehive, I can tell the health of the queen.

“Why? Because the hive is either going to come out like they want to attack or they’re very aggressive, and I know straight away that there is something wrong with the queen.

“If that beehive is beautiful, they’re all buzzing. it’s beautiful and they’re organised, I know the queen is healthy.

“If you let that sink into you and you use that analogy in your own lives, if you are not well, are you going to function in your business? Are you going to function in your homes and your families? No!

“The point I am trying to make is health. The queen bee needs to function. You are the queen bees of your families. You are the queen bees of your lives.”

Waitika Farm owners Jean and Anil Tikaram at the 3rd WIN Convention at the GPH in Suva. Picture: TIMOCI VULA

WIN Convention 2024 | All-round queen bees

Taveuni Beekeepers Association & TEITEI TAVEUNI varoa mites program

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Taveuni Beekeepers Association & TEITEI TAVEUNI varoa mites program

Thanks to you all beekeepers who attended this meeting .

Taveuni Beekeepers Association are looking forward to working with TEITEI TAVEUNI and beekeepers around Taveuni in treating varoa mites.

Planning proposals are put forward .

THANKS to MOA support with oxylic acid treatment .

THANKS TO FO4ACP for funding this project.

SAO & SROS PARTNERSHIP UPDATE

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SAO & SROS PARTNERSHIP UPDATE

We’re thrilled to share the recent success story of our partnership with SROS, highlighted by their honey harvesting event in January 2024.

Looking back on our journey, which began in April 2023 with the aim of elevating beekeeping practices in Samoa, this milestone fills us with joy.

Through collaboration with Alusio Vuainabuke, a seasoned beekeeper with over three decades of experience from Fiji, we organised a training session on necessary beekeeping techniques (Beekeeping 101) for SROS and MAFF personnel.

This collaboration was made possible thanks to the UNDP-GEF Small Grants Program Samoa.

Initially equipped with four hives, some of which were not in best condition, SROS has seen remarkable progress after receiving training and capacity-building support.

They now manage seven healthy hives.

In November 2023, SAO donated essential honey harvesting equipment, including 5/10 Double RTG hive kits, a honey extractor, uncapping tray, uncapping knife, uncapping fork, smoker, and hive tools.

The fruits of this collaboration became apparent when SROS staff successfully utilised these tools for honey harvesting.

This accomplishment perfectly aligns with our core objectives of implementing efficient beekeeping systems, which involve stabilising and expanding existing colonies while ensuring the maintenance of well-managed hives.

UNDP-GEF Small Grants Program Samoa

Scientific Research Organization of Samoa

#srossamoa

#beekeeping #apiarylife #beekeepersofsamoa #apiarist #honey #beekeeperextraordinaire #maintenance #inspiration #bees #apiary

Samoa Apiculture Organisation Inc

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