Today, we spent our day getting to know the Rwandan Organic
Beekeeping Company (ROBEEC LLC), who centers their approaches around the wellbeing
of African bees, the significance of knowledge, and community empowerment through
social enterprise and local investment. Alongside the Hive Mind Team, we met ROBEEC’s
beekeepers and learned about the architecture of the hives that they use. Roch
Domerago, one of the founders and Vice President, had designed the beehives around
the natural environment and preferences of African bees, which he observed were
smaller than European bees. We also received a tour of the site, where we
learned about how the hives are made in the carpentry and how the honey their
honey house operates to get the honey safely from the hive to jars. After the
tour, we (Rhealynn and Grace) stayed behind at ROBEEC while the other
beekeeping team travelled to meet with cooperatives. There, we heard stories
about the beginnings of ROBEEC from Roch, Eve, Jean Baptiste, and Amata as well
as the early work of Roch after sharing a lovely lunch at their home and
company site in Huye.
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