The way bees work together is a lesson for us all. They produce food, care for the young, recycle waste and create an effective, efficient community.
Bees can as much as double some fruit and vegetable yields.
A package of Heifer Project bees and a hive give a family better crops, candle wax, pollen for medicine and honey to eat and sell. Honoring a friend or family member with bees sent in their name is a honey of a gift that shows you cherish both people and the environment. Honeymaking Means Moneymaking In Ghana, Comfort Pinto is considered the honey harvesting queen by her women's group. Working at night so the bees can't see her, she calms them with smoke and squeezes out the comb. She also gets beeswax, used for printing on colorful cloth the group can sell.