Pioneers in Their Field
Bees Unlimited was established in 2008, and is based in Siem Reap, NW Cambodia. We have long been the leader when it comes to promoting the practices of rafter beekeeping and sustainable harvesting in this country. We also implemented a comprehensive village-based program, early on, that combined appropriate technology beekeeping with practical hands-on training in indigenous bee beekeeping.
Bees Unlimited has always focused on both rafter beekeeping and sustainable honey-harvesting, helping traditional honey-hunters and rafter beekeepers, while also providing beekeeping assistance to international, non-governmental organizations, local communities, and even private individuals in Cambodia.
The bees we've worked with:
Apis dorsata | Apis florea |
Apis cerana | Trigona |
Contact Bees Unlimited to learn how you can make a difference for good when it comes to beekeeping and sustainable honey-harvesting in Cambodia; and, while visiting Siem Reap, please don't hesitate to contact Bees Unlimited to arrange a bee tour where you can observe this unique rafter beekeeping tradition.
Over the years Bees Unlimited has helped steer rafter beekeepers in NW Cambodia away from destructive one-cut-take-all harvesting, and taken the rafter beekeeping tradition to yet another level, by introducing it and sustainable honey-harvesting to other communities in this country.
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So much has changed in and around Siem Reap since 2008...
The forest habitat of the bees has been decimated; prime areas of bee forage have been plowed up and planted in non bee-friendly crops like black pepper and cassava; bee colonies are ransacked for their brood, which is sold to and eaten by an ever-increasing local population that cares little about the environment, and even less about the importance of bees; as a result, honeybee numbers are way, way down.
These are bad times, not only for the bees but also for rafter beekeepers, and Bees Unlimited... to where our focus is less on bees and more on Eco Tours.
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