OVERTAKE IN TOP BAR HIVES

HONEY PURCHASE PRICE ADJUSTMENT EXCITES BEEKEEPERS IN LIWONDE

As the honey harvesting season started in April 2025, Beekeepers were ready to make money through honey sales. As usual, Beekeepers were eager to know the purchase prices, which they were given. Being Beekeepers contracted to HwH; they started selling the honey at the laid down price.

Figure 1 Women of Nombo Beekeeping Club of Nombo Village in Mangochi District dancing and celebrating the 26% price adjustment after selling their honey to Honey with Heart.
Figure 2 The Club Secretary of Nombo Beekeeping Club, Joice Saizi showing off money realized from Honey sales, with Chairperson, . Samson Liya helping in counting.

However, on 10th June 2025, Beekeepers were told about the major rise in the Honey Purchase Price by Honey with Heart. This price adjustment excited most Beekeepers. They even confessed that HwH indeed aims at uplifting their lives. “Imagine this rise, when they gave us these hives for free. This HwH really came to uplift our lives. And that objective is really being achieved,” said one Joice Saizi, secretary for Nombo Beekeeping Club in Mangochi District. “There is a big improvement in income generated now, as compared to the old price. This is very good for our livelihood. We hope next time, they will do even more, as the cost of living also continues to go up”, narrated another Beekeeper, Samson Liya.

In general, HwH has done very well in adjusting the Honey Purchase Price. This has reduced pressure which these Beekeepers were facing from vendors.