The re-designing of the original basket hive used by traditional beekeepers of Koinadugu District of Sierra Leone has enabled beekeepers to harvest honey combs in a sustainable way without destroying the entire nest of the bees. Honey and beeswax yields have improved substantially. The new Kamara basket hive has a brood chamber which slots into a second honey section and allows harvesting with little disturbance of the colony. The honey chamber is taken out and all combs are removed after which it is placed back onto the brood chamber which is left untouched. Beekeepers now mount these new hives on platforms or arrange them under thatch huts for easy management of colonies instead of placing them high up in the branches of trees.