Kenyan farmers rear stingless bees to boost income, stabilize ecosystems

STORY: Kenyan farmers rear stingless bees to boost income, stabilize ecosystems DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:23 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of traditional bee hives hosting stingless bees 2. various of bees exiting and some entering the bee hive 3. various of the bee keeper opening a hive 4. various of Mark Livaha with other bee keepers 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARK LIVAHA, Stingless bee farmer 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): MARK LIVAHA, Stingless bee farmer 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): JOYCE SAINA, Honey harvester 8. various of the bee hives STORYLINE: Mark Livaha is a middle-aged farmer from western Kenyan county of Kakamega who has nostalgic memories of venturing into a dense forest near his ancestral village to look for wild honey. Growing up near the dense Kakamega forest, a biodiversity hotspot in western Kenya, Livaha nurtured his passion for bees, given the endless supply of honey the insects generated to his community. Thanks to nudging by researchers from N