Caleb said he'd like to see Pastor Gilbert's bees, so I called and asked if we could set up a fieldtrip. It turns out that Gilbert was going to feed sugar water to the bees the next day, so we all joined him today (despite the cyclone in the northern islands pounding rain on the kids in the back of the truck). See attached video for our trip. Gilbert has about 200 hives throughout Efate. Some agriculturalists rent the hives for cross-pollination. He's hoping to teach Tannese how to use their bees to make money with the sale of honey, but there's a steep learning curve, and it takes a while to become income-generating.
At the end, he gave us a bottle of "Gilbert's Honey" to enjoy.
Monday, January 31, 2011
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