Sustainable Safari Activities: Traditional Honey Tasting with Samburu Communities
- By Bena Roberts | Ethical Safari Specialist for Women
- Jan 8
- 2 min read
Updated: 4 days ago
Did you know?
Beekeeping in Kenya dates back centuries, historically practiced by indigenous communities like the Ogiek in the Mau Forest who harvested honey from wild colonies using log hives and followed seasonal bee migrations. Traditional honey gathering also played cultural, nutritional and medicinal roles.
Also...
Most beekeepers in Kenya still use traditional hives.
The Kenya news agency reported that there were 90K beekeepers who manage 2 million hives in Kenya. So in our meeting with CWC, they told me how they had started beekeeping. I go so excited and took went on the first hive visit!
Bees play a vital role as pollinators for crops and wild plants. Increasing honeybee numbers can boost pollination success, support biodiversity, and help conserve fragile environments.
In some Kenyan communities, beehive fences are used to deter elephants from raiding crops, capitalizing on elephants’ natural fear of bees. This is a method that supports both human livelihoods and wildlife conservation.. (Rajas in the video below from CWC told me this!)
Bena why are you going on about bees?
Because we will have a honey tasking night on our Safari. Organised with the CWC where they have added Beehives in the outskirts of the camp to create a unique honey experience!
In this video, I am chatting with Rajas from the CWC. At Soroi Larsens Camp in Samburu Kenya.
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