The document is a progress report submitted by Kashif Khan to Humera Shah that summarizes beekeeping trainings conducted from July to October 2013 by the HUJRA Organization as part of their Honey Value Chain Development Project. The project aims to increase incomes of beekeepers in 10 union councils in Swat, Pakistan through modern beekeeping techniques and market linkages. 11 trainings were held covering 213 male beekeepers. The 3-day trainings focused on increasing honey production and economic development through introducing advanced apiculture methods. Participants gained knowledge on honeybee biology, diseases, equipment and honey production. Feedback was positive with requests for additional training, equipment and market assistance.

1. Honey value Chain Development Project
Beekeeping Trainings Progress Report
July to October 2013
Date of submission: 11, December, 2013
Submitted by
Kashif Khan
Community Master Trainer and Stake Holder
Under the USAID Pakistan Entrepreneur
Submitted to:
Ma’am Humera Shah
HUJRA Village Support Organization
Near Allah-o- Akbar Masjid, Saidu Sharif, Swat, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Phone: +92-946-726799, Fax: +92-946-729016
Email: hujraswat@yahoo.com, Info@hujra.org
Website: www.hujra.org
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2. Acknowledgment:
I have taken efforts in progress report. However, it would not have been possible without the
kind support and help of many individuals and organizations. I would like to extend my sincere
thanks to all of them.
I am highly grateful to HUJRA (VSO) for their guidance and constant supervision as well as for
providing necessary information regarding the project & also for their support in completing the
progress report of the Honey Value Chain Development Project.
I would like to express my gratitude towards my parents and member of Hujra organization for
their kind co-operation and encouragement which help me in completion of this progress report.
I would like to express my special gratitude and thanks to organization persons for giving me
such attention and time.
My thanks and appreciations also go to my colleague in developing the report and people who
have willingly helped me out with their abilities.
A special thanks to Ma’am Humera Shah who give me this opportunity for making the
progress report of Honey Value Chain Development Project.
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3. Table of Contents
Summary………………………………………………………………………….……… 4
Introduction………………………………………………………………………….... 5
Objectives of training……………………………………………………..………. 6
Methodology…………………………………………………………………..……… 7
I)Pre-evaluation………………………………….……………….………. 7
II)Post-evaluation………………………………………………….……… 7
Process of techniques………………………………………………………..……. 8
Day 1…………………………………………………………………….……… 8
Day 2………………………………………………………….………………… 8
Day 3………………………………………………………….………………… 9
Feedback Summary…………………………………………………..……………. 10
Conclusion………………………………………………………………..……………. 10
Recommendations…………………………………………….…………………. 10
Annexes
……………………………………………….……………….. 11
(A) Detail of UC’s List
(B) ToRs
(C &D) Detail Lists Trainees
(E) Selected Picture of Training
Biblography …………………………………………………………..………………. 16
Glossary ……………………………………………………………….……………….. 17
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4. Summary:
The HUJRA Organization is implementing the Honey Value Chain project in Distract Swat
under the USAID Pakistan Entrepreneur program. The aim of the project is to increase the
income of Beekeepers, in ten Union Councils of Distract Swat through the introduction of
advance beekeeping techniques and market linkages and to enable males beekeepers to generate
income and sustained their economic development. The purpose of the modern beekeeping
training to increase the productivity of the beekeepers and to improve their production efficiency.
Mostly the project focuses on the Cerana beekeepers which is known is Swati bee. The trainings
are conducting for three days. The trainings aware the people about the decrease of the
production of honey and build the capacity of the beekeepers. Eleven trainings are cover in six
Union Councils and two hundred thirteen (213) male beekeepers are trained during July to
October 2013.
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5. Introduction:
The word “HUJRA” is taken from Pakhton traditional space, which means a traditional common
space of a Pakhton Society, which is an important traditional social institution for collective
decision-making, conflict resolution, information sharing and social development. Hujra
organization is non-profit able, non-political, non-ethnic and development oriented local
organization working in KPK and FATA of Pakistan. Honey value Chain Development Project is
of the project of HJARA organization, seeking to substantially raise incomes of Beekeepers of
ten Union Council of Swat (Shin, Ser Teligram, Janu Chamtali, Miandam, Fatehpur, Darmai,
Sakhra, Gualerai, Beha and Beshigram).
Beekeeping, the practice of artificially maintaining honey Bee colonies is one of the older forms
of food production. Formally known as apiculture, beekeeping is thought to have been practiced
as early as 13,000 BC. The ancient Egyptians were particularly skilled in the art of beekeeping.
Although most people associated with beekeeping exclusively with collection of honey, there are
many other ways modern beekeepers can earn an income from the colonies for beeswax,
propullus, royal jelly, pollens, which are of immense importance.
The importance of honey as medicine is also clear from Holly Quraan and Hadith. In Pakistan
beekeeping is also popular buisness. In Swat, beekeeping is also practicining from years but due
to lack of eduaction and skill the production of beekeeping is not very fruitful. Mostly men used
traditional mud hives which are not useful and cause low production.
Honey value chain development project is one of the main projects of the HUJRA organization
which work for local beekeepers for the purpose to build their capacities regrading modern
beekeeping to increase honey production and to develop their marketing linkages.
The report covers eleven trainings imported during July to October 2013 shown in the annex (A).
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6. Objectives of Trainings:
To motivate male beekeepers for the use of modern techniques regarding
beekeeping to get more benefits.
To enable males beekeepers to generate income and sustained their economic
development.
To facilitate male beekeepers to adopt modern Langstroth boxes instead of
traditional mud hive to get more honey production.
To build capacity of the community for understaking socio-economic
development in honey bee with the conservation of their natural resources.
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7. Methodalogy:
Local language, Pashto was used for the delivery of training session. Training approach method
was intercative with the paritcipants. Topics were thought with the help of charts, multimedia
and practical demonstraion. Group exercies and dicussions were also followed.
(I)
Pre-evaluation:
In pre-evaluation, trainers appered totally unaware about modern beekeeping. They were not
aware about honeybee diseases, pests, parasites and their control measures, even few of them
also did not known about Honey Bee Colony Organization like Queen, Workers and Drones.
They were using traditonal mud hives and did not know regarding other beekeeping products
likee Pollens, bee wax, propolus, royal jelly etc. They also did not know about the reasons of
swarming and absconding.
(II)
Post evaluation:
During post evaluation, trainers came to know a lot of knowledge regarding modern Beekeeping,
honey bees diseases, parasites, pests and their control. Seasonal management of beekeeping,
control of bees swarming, absconding. They have also know about beekeeping products and their
benefits. They were willing to make modern lingstroth boxes for the purpose to get more
production.
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8. Process and techniques:
Each training was completed in three days.
Day 1
On first day the following topics thought in detail.
Registration of the participations.
Recitation of the Holly Quran.
Introduction, Objectives and expectation of training.
Introduction to beekeeping in rural areas and its effects on agricultural site,
importance, status and challenges of beekeeping.
Bee types (Apis cerana, Apis mallifra, Apis dorsata) characteristics, colony
organization(Queen, Drones, Workers) Life cycle ( Egg, larva, pupa, complete
bee) morphology ( head , neck, abdomen) and work division ( internal bees, nurse
bees, house bees, external bees).
Modern beekeeping equipments (lings troth box, bee veil, hive tool, queen cage,
gloves, uniform, smoker, uncapping tool etc).
Bee flora in Pakistan with special reference in SWAT (cannabis sativa, hibiscus
cannabinus, corissa opeca, mantha langifolia, eucalyptus spp, barberis,
plectranthus rugosus etc.
Day 2
Recitation of the Holy Quran.
Review of the previous day work.
Honey bees diseases (American faual brood, European faual brood, Sac broad,
Chalk brood, nosema apis, paralysis of bees, dysentery, death from cold, and
warm season, death from pesticides, diagnosis symptoms and control.
Bee parasites, pests, predators and their management.
Seasonal management of honey colonies (spring, summer, off summer, autumn,
winter).
Honey and its type’s compositions and uses.
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9. Day 3
Recitation of the Holy Quran.
Review of the previous day work.
Beekeeping products (bee wax, royal jelly, pollen, propolis, bee venum).
Transfer of Apis cerana from traditional bee hives to modern bee hives because of
that we examine easily the bee hives and its medication and giving food.
Extraction and labeling of honey.
Honey value chain and market management.
Action plan evaluation and certificates distribution.
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10. Feedback Summary:
Participants were satisfied with the trainings, trainers and the prevailing environment of the
training. They shared that during this training they got a lot of information about modern
beekeeping especially honey bee diseases and their control measurement. Few of trainers also
asked for provide him pollen trap for the collection of pollen and asked another training of
Queen rearing, collection of royal jelly and the uses of royal jelly and modern bee boxes to adopt
Cerana bee to modern bee hive and some participant asked that to provide him bee comb sheet
for Cerana.
Conclusion:
The series of three days capacity building on beekeeping proved very productive the participants
were made realized how beekeeping play major role in income generating. The extra economic
contribution of bee keeping was made brighten in the mind of participants. The trainers took
great interest in attending the training and in acquiring the skills and knowledge about modern
beekeeping. It is hoped that these training will give positive result in future.
Recommendations:
 The three day trainings are too much less which are not covers the all training
agenda we may have to increase the days for the trainings
 Need national exposure visits to different bee forms
 Stakeholder meetings for coordination with each others
 Need modern training for beekeepers with the help of PhD’s Apiculture
Consultants
 Need monitoring and evaluation visits to inspect the project activities and
implementation mechanism
 Sales and marketing activates
 Training for quality standards, storage techniques, grading, packaging types and
marketing of honey
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11. Annexure:
Annex (A)
The report covers eleven trainings imported during July to October 2013
The following is the list of Training and beekeepers trainied in different UC’s of distract SWAT:
S.No
Village
UC Name
Groups
Trained
Date
1
Ichkanay
Skahra
Male
16
24- 26 Jully
2
Babu
Jano Chamtaly
Male
22
20-22 August
3
New Chail
Bashigram
Male
28
29-31 August
4
Charray
Sakhra
Male
17
04-06 September
5
Shin
Shin
Male
16
09-11 September
6
Bar Lalko
Sakhra
Male
16
19-21 September
7
Sahn Koo
Bashigram
Male
26
23-25 September
8
Kolakarin
Miandam
Male
16
26-28 September
9
Darmai
Darmai
Male
20
07-09 October
10
Bati Band
Bashigram
Male
21
10-12 October
11
Miandam
Ado
Miandam
Male
15
20-22 November
Total
11
06
11
213
July to November
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12. Annex (B)
TERMS OF REFRENCE (TOR)
Mr. Kashif Khan is the Stakeholder and Master trainer for Capacity building of
beekeepers under USAID Pakistan Entrepreneurs funded Honey Value Chain
Development Project.
The community Master Trainer has to fulfill the following obligations:
General ToRs for Beekeeping Training Community Master Trainer
Impart training on advance beekeeping covering three days with the
following topics covered.
i)
Scientific/ Modern beekeeping
ii)
Honeybees and their biology
iii)
Orientation to Modern beekeeping equipments
iv)
Seasonal management of honey bee colonies ( swarming and its
control)
v)
Diseases, parasitic mites, pests and predators of honey bees
diagnosis and their integrated management
vi)
Supplement feeding
vii) Beekeeping as income generation activity
viii) Bee products of beekeeping
ix)
Wax processing techniques
x)
Types of honey and its composition
Prepare training handouts for the participants
Write and submit training report along with attendance sheet and feedback
forms
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13. Annex (C)
Detail Lists of Trainees
Village Ichkany
UC Sakhra
S.no
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Name
Khalid Khan
Khurshed Iqbal
Saeed Mrgan
Momen Khan
Amjad Ali
Razal Rahim
Ayaz Khan
Sardar Ali
Pervez Bacha
Mian saeed
Gull Zada
Fazal Zada
Fazal Subhan
Jahan Baz
Tausif
Umar Khitab
Ahmad Zada
Usman Ali
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Village Baboo
Village Charry
UC Jano Chamtaly
S.no
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Name
Amal Khan
Akhtar Ali
Ali Dost
Rasool Khan
Razi Mand
Bakht Sher
SheerMuhammad
Sultaneroom
Aurang Zeb
Ajab Khan
Raham Dal
M.tahir
Hakam
Afzal
M. kamal
Khona gul
Abdurraoof
Aqal Zahir
Saba Khan
Bakht gull
Umar Gull
Mehboob Khan
UC Sakhra
S.no
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Name
Saeedullah
Fateh Khan
Fazal Karim
Khan Zada
Habibullah
Abdullah
M. Nisar
Zain
Ahmad Khan
Bacha Zada
Ziaullah
Abdurashed
Barkht sheer
Peer zada
Itbar Khan
Anayat
Qareeb-urrehman

14. Annex (D)
Detail Lists of Trainees
Village Shin
Village Bar-Lalko
UC Shin
S.no
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Name
M. Ahmad
Rahman Gull
Habibullah
M. Shereen
Gauhar Ali
Toor Khan
Bahar Malk
Bakht Zamin
Usman Ali
Saeed Mehmood
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Village New Chail
UC Sakhra
S.no
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Name
Noor Muhammad
Mubarak Khan
Abdulhaq
Fazal Khitab
Zafar ali
Tahirullah
M. Hallem
Khan Zada
Khair Muhammad
M. Hayat
Abdul Ghapoor
Sultanroom
Ihsanullah
Mubarak Shah
Bashigram
S.no
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Name
Bakht biland
Qasim Jan
Kareem Bacha
Sadullah
Gul Biland
Sarfaraz
M. Saleem
Gull Khan
Jamsheed
Noor Khan
Bakht Taj
M. Quresh

15. Annex (E):
Selected Picture of Trainings
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16. Bibliography:
1) The format is taken from the HUJRA Organization Office.
2) Training agenda is given by the Project Manger Tanveer Hussain.
3) Information about history of bees and beekeeping is taken from Noor Islam
Apiculture expert.
4) Picture is taken from Sikindar photographer.
5) Feedback is taken from the training participants.
6) Lists of trained beekeeper are taken from Safiullah Social-mobilizer.
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17. Glossary:
Entrepreneur: Capitalist, Industrialist
Sustained: continual, nonstop
Cerana: A type of bee, which is known SWATI Bees
Beeswax, propullus, royal jelly, pollens: types of production of honeybees
Immense: huge, vast
Langstroth boxes: A type of box for bees
Conservation: protection, management
Drones: male in bee colony
Absconding: run away, disapperance
Swarming: spilling over, abundant
Diagnosis: identification
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18. Assignment has been submitted to fulfill the
requirements of subject “Business report writing
skills”
Institute of Economics, Social and Development
Studies
University of Swat
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