By Sarath Babu | Project Leader
As part of Bees for Life project, five colonies were provided to Mr. Migdad, one of the beneficiaries. In the beginning, we expected to collect honey from all these hives during the time from mid of March 2021 up to mid of May 2021.However, this didn’t materialise as anticipated, which we believe was due to the altering monsoon patterns in the area. There were intermittent rains in Kerala since March2021 onwards which has severely affected the bee colonies. Normally, feeding of the colonies starts from the month of June, but due to the altering climatic pattern, we were constrained to feed the colonies from March(2021), two months prior to the normal feeding phase. In spite of this, two colonies were abandoned due to the drastic climatic change. The remaining three colonies are healthy and feeding of these colonies is still continuing.
Some good news to cheer about here; Migdad is now capable of maintaining his colonies independently!!
Colony division can begin from the mid of October 2021 as per the ongoing conditions. This will aid in retaining the abandoned colonies and thereby enhance the colony numbers.
The Bees for Life project now aims to reach a broader spectrum by expanding its activities to the community. As part of this initiative, we have initiated the purchase of 150 bee boxes inorder to increase the number of beneficiaries in the community group.
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