We are going to the field today！
We hopped on a safari car at Serena Hotel and started our trip to Huye, a district in the south of Rwanda. Everyone was super excited.
After about an hour of driving, we stopped at Muhanga and visited the bee hives of Arubi, a beekeeping cooperative headed by Jean-Paul (based on pronunciation). John-Paul showed us around and taught us how to tell if a hive is well colonized. We also asked questions about trainings, access to funding, types of hives, cost of equipments, production, pesticides problem, and potential for improvement. Jean-Paul thoroughly and frankly answered all the questions and we learned so much from him.
Later, Jean-Paul took us to his processing room where he showed us the traditional hive, which is the first time we see it.
After this unexpected event with John-Paul, we headed south for 3 hours, stopping at Stafford Coffee for lunch, and finally arrived at Hotel Mater Boni Consilii in Huye. It is a decent hotel.
At 6pm, we gathered at the lobby with Fridah and discussed future plans and some potential ideas to solve beekeeping problems in Rwanda. We touched on essential issues and came up with numerous solutions.
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