8 STEPS How to Start a Honeybee Farming (Beekeeping) Business | best small business ideas in africa

1• SKILLS Unlike most agricultural practices, honey farm business requires a lot of skills and knowledge which will quicken its productions and fetch you more money. So after you must have concluded within yourself to start this kind of farming practice, it is better to work on a honey farm as an employee first or in other training courses which will provide you with the basic knowledge and understanding of what it entails to venture into such practice.

2• CAPITAL Bee farming may not require much capital if you want to start small and some other equipment that is required can be constructed locally in order to reduce cost. Going into such farming business on a large scale in Nigeria will require millions of naira which you will need for mechanized equipment and other facilities that are necessary for bee farming practices such as brood chamber, honey boxes, and containers, overalls, etc.

3• BUY OR RENT LAND To start small, you may not necessarily need to buy a land unless you have the money, you can rent a farmland or share with another farmer but make sure that the farm has fruits such as pineapple, citrus, and flowers which will serve as a shade for the bees from direct sunlight and can easily attract the bees both as source of their food and for pollination.


4• BEE HIVE LOCATION You can put your hives on such a tree as it will make their source of food easier and will as well help in pollinating the fruits and plants on the farm. While setting the hives, you have to make sure that it is close to the source of clean water too but try as much to avoid placing them in a swampy area as that might affect their normal temperature.
Note that the kind of honey which the bees produce is dependent on what they eat which, might result in various honey flavors.

5• AVOID NOISE But make sure that in your choice of land is suitable, in the case of bee farming it is advised to avoid farms that are close to noise areas or road in order not to sting humans, when they are distracted by noise, therefore, finding a farmland in remote areas may be the best option in this case where there is less noise but make sure it has an easy reach to transport.