Bees Abroad

Bees Abroad Developing sustainable community beekeeping businesses through training and continued support.

Relieving poverty through beekeeping, we transfer our skills to young people, women, children who need to create a sustainable income.

20/05/2026

One in three bites of food on your plate, bees made that possible.

Today we celebrate them, and the 6,000+ beekeepers across Africa who work alongside them every day.

Happy World Bee Day 🐝

A huge congratulations to our partners at People's Agenda for Development Sierra Leone (PAD-SL) who took home the Humani...
12/05/2026

A huge congratulations to our partners at People's Agenda for Development Sierra Leone (PAD-SL) who took home the Humanitarian Service Award at this year's African Ovation Awards in Freetown. 🏆🇸🇱

Recognised for their impact in underserved communities and their unwavering dedication to humanitarian service, this award is thoroughly deserved.

We are proud to call PAD-SL partners and cannot wait to share more about the work we are doing together in Sierra Leone.

Congratulations to Joseph Barnes and the whole team. 🙌

Meet Esther Tolorunju. 🐝Esther holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and has spent over a decade researching how smallho...
07/05/2026

Meet Esther Tolorunju. 🐝

Esther holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics and has spent over a decade researching how smallholder farmers, especially women and young people, build sustainable livelihoods from the land.

Based in Nigeria, she has led projects, trained trainers, and shaped policy across rural development and food security.

At Bees Abroad, she is working directly with communities in Nigeria to help young women and youths turn beekeeping into a real source of income.

Welcome, Esther. We are glad you are here. 🇳🇬

One of The most efficient workforce on the planet doesn't clock in, nor take lunch breaks.But behind every colony, there...
01/05/2026

One of The most efficient workforce on the planet doesn't clock in, nor take lunch breaks.

But behind every colony, there's a human worker too.

In Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and beyond - beekeepers are waking up early, suiting up, and doing the quiet, skilled work of building a livelihood from the land.

Today, on Workers' Day, we're celebrating all of them.

The bees, the beekeepers, and the Bees Abroad team (volunteers, trustees, in-country partners, and supporters) who show up every day to make sure that work is sustainable.

Happy International Workers' Day. 🐝

We did it. 🎉Thank you to everyone who donated, shared, and cheered us on during the Big Give Earth Raise. You've helped ...
29/04/2026

We did it. 🎉

Thank you to everyone who donated, shared, and cheered us on during the Big Give Earth Raise. You've helped take the Rukwa–Katavi Coexistence Programme to new villages, new families, and a future where elephants and communities can thrive side by side.

This is what happens when people show up for nature. 🐘🐝

Watch this space — the work is just beginning.

22/04/2026

The Big Give Earth Raise is live, from 22–29 April only.

Together with our partner, Wild Survivors, we're supporting a community-led approach to human–elephant coexistence. By installing hive fences and delivering beekeeping training, we aim to reduce conflict between farmers and elephants and create sustainable livelihoods for rural communities.

Every donation is match funded. Double your impact today.
🔗 Donate Here - https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000BJmAmYAL

18/04/2026

Pollen Toss. One of the highlights of our presence at this year's BBKA Spring Convention, and it was created by our very own volunteer, George.

The rules are simple: match the beanbag to the correct flower pollen colour, get 3 out of 5 right, and you're in with a chance to win an NBS beekeeper's toolkit worth £82. All it takes is a £3 donation to play.

It's been a hit since the convention started and if you're here at Spring Convention, there's still time to give it a go. Comes find us. 🌼

We're at the BBKA Spring Convention and things are getting a little competitive 🐝✨Come find us, try your hand at Pollen ...
18/04/2026

We're at the BBKA Spring Convention and things are getting a little competitive 🐝✨

Come find us, try your hand at Pollen Toss, and walk away with a prize.

No experience necessary 😅 Just good aim and better vibes.

In communities across Rwanda, beekeeping has been passed down through generations.But in Ngororero, the young people not...
02/04/2026

In communities across Rwanda, beekeeping has been passed down through generations.

But in Ngororero, the young people noticed a gap forming. Their grandparents, the ones who kept the hives, who knew the bees, were getting older. Fewer young people were learning. The knowledge, the colonies, the benefits to local food systems, all at risk of quietly disappearing.

So 31 young men and women came together and founded the Ngororero Young Beekeepers.

They have four apiaries across two villages, rich forest forage, and strong local demand for honey. What they need now is the training, equipment, and mentorship to build something that lasts, and it costs less than 25p a day per person to make that happen.

This is exactly the kind of community-led initiative Bees Abroad was built to support.

Learn more about the Ngororero Young Beekeepers, the impact they're making, and how you can support them: https://www.beesabroad.org/support-projects-across-east-africa

24/03/2026

Bob Maurer, Chairman of and long-time supporter of Bees Abroad, shares why he believes in our work and and why this moment matters for the communities we support.

Find out more about the communities we’re supporting this month and how you can help here: https://www.beesabroad.org/support-projects-across-east-africa

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