My TeleFood beehives

I have been keeping bees for quite a while. One day in 2001 I was approached by another beekeeper in Ludza who said that if we formed a group we could get money from FAO's TeleFood fund to expand our operations.

We were 11 in the group to start with. Four members are still active.

TeleFood gave me the impetus to expand. I had 20 hives before, but now I have 33 big hives and 21 smaller ones. TeleFood paid for barrels to hold the honey, honeycombs and seeds to grow the plants for pollen for the bees to gather.