WEST NILE

The Lugbara

The Lugbara are a Sudanic-speaking people. They were originally known as the Madi and the term Lugbara is thought to have come from Khartoum Arab slavers in the 19th century.

In their tradition, the first two human beings ‘Gboro-Gboro’ (male) & ‘Meme’ (female) were super human. Some traditions only speak of meme, whose womb God filled with the living things of the world. Then a gazelle made an opening in Meme’s womb by rupturing it with its hoof and all the worldly creatures came out; man was the last to come out.

The Lugbara had a clientage system called ‘Amadingo’, whereby the poor would be looked after by the rich. Such clients were treated as members of the family and could be given land if they wished to stay. Brideprice would even be paid for them, when they wanted to marry.

Sources of Bee Natural Honey in West Nile, Uganda

Through working with registered farmer groups the company has managed to work together with them throughout the honey season from baiting the hives, positioning of hives in the farms, monitoring the progress to check the colonization rates till harvesting time. This ensures the honey and bees wax we deliver to our customers is of high quality and managed under very hygienic. At Bee Natural Uganda the customer comes first hence we put all our efforts into getting them a product they are assured of.

Our Farmers

Through working with registered farmer groups the company has managed to work together with them over the years from baiting the hives, positioning of hives in the farms, monitoring the progress to check the colonization rates till harvesting time. This ensures the honey and bees wax we deliver to our customers is of high quality and managed under very hygienic. At Bee Natural Uganda the customer comes first hence we put all our efforts into getting them a product they are assured of.

Training and empowering of farmers at the site

Training of farmers is done practically at the farm as this accords the farmers the practical lessons which they can then replicate in their own hives. This has proved to be effective unlike other training and workshop all is hands on hence results are delivered.

The training is inclusive of the youth, women and the olds as well covering all members of the society proving Bee keeping is an economic activity for everyone. It attracts farmers with traditional hives, one hive or large scale beekeepers with hundreds of hives as there is always something new to learn from the training team.