Wenhaouté YACARI is a beekeeper and the village chief of Bourou, situated in the Centre-South region of Burkina Faso.
Since childhood, he has been passionate about bee and honey production. This passion led him to pursue apiculture. After initial training, he dedicated many years to mastering the necessary skills.
Today, his business is thriving, and the market demand is so high that he struggles to meet it. "My current vision is to establish a center. I'm planning to expand the business, and I believe that, God willing, the steps I've taken will lead to success. I'm also planning to start farming and market gardening to support the bees in their production," shares YACARI.
Since childhood, he has been passionate about bee and honey production. This passion led him to pursue apiculture. After initial training, he dedicated many years to mastering the necessary skills.
Today, his business is thriving, and the market demand is so high that he struggles to meet it. "My current vision is to establish a center. I'm planning to expand the business, and I believe that, God willing, the steps I've taken will lead to success. I'm also planning to start farming and market gardening to support the bees in their production," shares YACARI.
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00:00 I have a very good beekeeper and a very good farmer, because it goes together.
00:06 The area I have reserved for beekeeping is 50 hectares.
00:12 I have 30 hectares for agriculture only.
00:21 Since I have been in the CP1 club, I have been following my big brother in the forest to collect honey.
00:31 In the tree trunks and in the holes, the termite nests.
00:37 I was a little curious.
00:40 I see that the bee is too small and it can provide honey that is too sweet.
00:46 I liked it a lot and I was looking to know why and how the bee can produce honey.
00:57 Since my childhood, beekeeping is the wild that we produce.
01:04 In 2000, I tried to get the rich to make modern beekeeping.
01:12 I have been in modern beekeeping for 23 years.
01:16 My harvest is natural.
01:26 You don't have to use any products to make the harvest.
01:30 We put the fire with the corn stalks and we were able to blow.
01:36 Then the bees came out and let the rich.
01:41 Generally, all our harvests are done naturally.
01:47 I am the chief of the village of Muru.
01:57 I am a beekeeper before being enthroned.
02:00 Since I was enthroned, there are rituals that must be done in the tradition.
02:05 I do all these rituals to be able to work.
02:10 If I am active, people see that I am the chief who is working.
02:14 They will give themselves to me.
02:16 The reason I decided to do this tradition is that we have to negotiate.
02:21 I negotiated and they allowed me to work.
02:25 In beekeeping, we see that in its production, the body and soul are fought.
02:37 It gives a lot.
02:40 First, the beekeeper has the passion for work.
02:43 It is also a profitable activity.
02:46 The first difficulty is that there is a lack of material.
02:58 The riches cost a lot.
03:00 The beekeepers who make the riches here do not have the necessary techniques to provide us with quality.
03:10 Meanwhile, in Kudugu, I was in charge.
03:13 The second difficulty is the training.
03:16 There was only one trainee in the province at the time.
03:21 I was trained with him.
03:23 It was not enough.
03:24 It took me 15 years to find the right place to do the activity.
03:33 It is a passion for me.
03:35 At first, there was no market.
03:37 But at the time, I could not even satisfy the order.
03:40 Almost all the authorities took it with me.
03:43 In the country, it is in the hands of the authorities.
03:47 Even locally, it is in the hands of the authorities.
03:50 I was wondering why I was the only one who worked.
04:00 I wanted to work with people who would acquire my knowledge.
04:05 This is how we formed the cooperative.
04:13 The creation of the cooperative has really helped us in our work.
04:20 We do not have the knowledge.
04:24 For example, the education of my children.
04:27 It is the most critical thing I do.
04:29 It is the honey I harvest to pay for the education of my children.
04:34 Currently, my vision is to create a center.
04:38 I plan to expand the company.
04:41 I know that if God wills it, the steps I have taken will work.
04:47 I plan to do agriculture and agriculture to support bees in their production.
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