Modern beehives to boost production

Dar es Salaam. Singida-based beekeeping company has designed a modern beehive that is capable of increasing the production of various bee products by 50 percent.

The Ifoneo Singida Techno Hive has come up with the new beehive in an effort to help small-scale farmers benefit from the various opportunities that the sector offers, including the production of hives and bee products.

The company came up with the beehive after realising that many beekeepers were using old beehives that could only produce a maximum of 10 kilogrammes of honey per year, while modern ones could produce up to 30 kilogrammes.

Speaking to The Citizen yesterday at the 47th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF), the Ifoneo Singida Techno Hive marketing manager, Mr Ezekiel Kitiku, said the new hive has two different boxes that separate the queen bee from other worker bees.

That way, he said, it ensures the production of quality bee products that meet international standards.

In addition, the modern hive can enable beekeepers to harvest eight bee products such as honey, bee pollen, royal jelly, propolis, bee bread, bee soup, beeswax, and bee venom by changing or fixing traps and collectors to the entrance.

It has been made with two mirrors that help the beekeeper inspect the beehive’s development, such as checking if honeycombs are ready for harvesting without disturbing the bees by opening them several times, which can cause bees to abscond the hive.

“This technology has been improved year by year due to the needs of beekeepers; the hive has two boxes that separate the only honey deposit from the colony development, specifically the Bee queen, so that she can continue to feed the children without interfering with the honey deposit supers,” he explained.

According to him, the hive has been in high demand in the market, as it also enables beekeepers to benefit from the beekeeping value chain for generations.