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UTMT trains poor Indian farmers add bee-boxes to their farms; offers extensive, year-long training in beekeeping; works in partnership with local NGOs to reduce costs and ensure reach; develops a local support network of farmers; and provides market access to increase farmers’ income. In doing so, UTMT seeks to increase agricultural yields and farming incomes across India, relieving pressure on food supplies.
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Bees for Poverty Reduction
Glimpses of our work
The area
Communities we work with
Promoting homestead beekeeping
with theindigenous honeybee:
‘Apis cerana indica’
Natural colony of Apis cerana indica
Farmer Trainings
Natural Colony Transfer Demonstration
Settling bees in the bee box
Bees wax making Training
Training in Bee Box Manufacturing
Handholding Support
(Box Inspection over 18 months)
Honey Harvesting
Extracting honey from Frames with Honey Extractor
Filtering extracted honey
Weighing Honey
Beekeeper Bhikare Urade with honey extracted
from his bee box
Creating Markets
Our single origin honeys
Connecting with customers
Annual Honey Subscriptions
Honey…a unique gift option
Beekeepers in Action
Beekeeper families & their Bee Boxes
UTMT is committed to and believes in the idea:
“a simple bee-box with
market access can make a world of difference.”
Thank you!
