APICULTURE (HONEY BEE PROJECT)
CERUD is promoting Apiculture management among the State’s rural farmers, because of the relative usefulness of the products to humanity. There is no doubt that honey is in high demand in the Country, hence the need to improve on its production activities to increasing the volume currently being produced and to enhance adequate training/capacity building for interested farmers and youths.
The act of Bee keeping for honey production (& other by-products) using artificial means such as hives is refered to as APICULTURE. A portion of land set aside for practicing apiculture is called an Apiary. In other words, Beekeeping is the practice of intentional maintenance of Honey-Bee colonies in hives by human beings. This is done in order to harness their products for food and income, as well as facilitating effective pollination for farmers’ crops to increase the quantity and quality of their farm yields. In effect, Bee-keeping can engender meaningful rural development, healthcare, economic empowerment, poverty reduction, diversification of income generating activities and improve standard of living.
The Centre for Rural Development (CERUD) commenced its beekeeping project (Apiary), in September 2005 at the project site of the Nigerian Institute of Oil Palm Research (NIFOR) in Abia, Badagry. However, the Centre relocated the Apiary (Bee project) to its present location within CERUD Research Office Complex in Igbodu, Epe in 2018. This was because of the distance in maintaining the apiary & incessant cases of theft of the products by the people around the host community, since then the Project has being impacting positively on participating rural dwellers, farmer groups etc on quality honey production.
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