FARMING
towards the future
CPISA Bee Projects
Investing in rural development through the NPO CPISA means empowering communities to build a resilient, self-sufficient economy while conserving nature through sustainable beekeeping practices. By supporting CPISA, you help promote ecological balance, agricultural growth, and training opportunities that improve livelihoods and drive long-term, sustainable progress in rural areas.

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BEEKEEPING SECRETS
Beekeeping investment secrets that other beekeeper do not want you to know.
1. The first is that you can start making money without having any money by catching bee swarms and selling them to beekeepers for R750 – R1000/swarm.
2. Bee Removals are as easy as get the certificate and get to work. Remove a hive from homes/shops for a fee. Put the removed swarm in a Hive and add it to your apiary to start producing for the next years honey flow.
3. You can earn more than R 6000/year by only visiting your hive 7 times during the year, with the correct management program and training. This is an opportunity to invest with minimum input, but maximum returns.
4. Start Breeding with Queens and earn up to R100 per Queen cell. With the correct management practices and training you can breed 15-30 Queen cells/week. This adds up to R1500/week or R6000/month.
CSI BEEKEEPING PROJECTS
Different ways to add to the Community:
1. The first step is to make sure that we provide the “fishing rod” and not the “fish.”
2. We then train each Group with a Basic Beekeeping course to know the ins and outs of beekeeping. Helping them to understand why beekeeping can be lucrative and easy to do.
3. We provide the Group with the necessary PPE Beekeeping equipment. This is a bee suite, gloves, smoker, hive tool, honey scraper and a bee brush.

WHAT TO PLANT FOR YOUR BEES
Autumn
Heteropyxis natalensis
Millettia grandis
Peltophorum africanum
Searsia chirindensis
Tarchonanthus camphoratus
Anastrabe integerrima
Apodytes dimidiata
Winter
Erythrina latissima
Calodendrum capense
Dombeya rotundifolia
Searsia lancea
Halleria lucida
Scolopia mundii
Grewia robusta
Spring
Anastrabe integerrima
Antidesma venosum
Baphia racemosa
Vachellia sieberiana
Vachellia karrooa
Ilex mitis
Ptaeroxylon obliquum
Summer
Baphia racemosa
Antidesma venosum
Calpurnia aurea
Erythrina humeana
Galpinia transvaalica
Harpephyllum caffrum
Heteromorpha arborescens