Eastern Highlands provincial beekeeping coordinator Tella Loie has done a follow-up programme for Bulolo, Morobe province.
This time he has brought two extra bee hives for new bee keepers and 30 queen bees to re-queen failing hives and replace aging queen bees.
The programme will take at least one week and will cover most areas that have bee production.
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| Tella Loie (left) with Bulolo MP Sam Basil at the back of the delivery Toyota Landcruiser from Goroka |
“The general conditions of the hives will be checked and Loie will also check for honey flows,” said Bulolo MP Sam Basil.
“Most importantly, he will meet with existing farmers and discuss problems encountered during their farming trials.
“New equipment ordered by the Bulolo women's honey group will also be delivered, including wax foundations and material needed to produce queen bees and protective equipment.”
Basil said Bulolo district joint district planning and budget priorities committee (JDPBPC) approved the follow-up funding during its last meeting two months ago and would continue to fund the bee production programme in 2011.
Basil thanked Eastern Highlands Department of Agriculture and Livestock for making available resource people like Loie to extend the beekeeping movement in other parts of the country like Bulolo.
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