Beekeeper Makes Strides

Monday, May 23, 2016

Serefete Ramantsima (right) showing some of his products to potential clients

JWANENG: Many know honey as the sticky sweet fluid made by bees, but Serefete Ramantsima and his partner, Gothaamang Tukisi, have gone an extra mile to make good use of it. They use the honey to make bee’s wax.

After extracting honey, he cooks the residue and mixes it with other ingredients to make body lotions, bath soaps and lip balms.

They started from humble beginnings in 2006, when they were funded through the then Bee Farmers Demonstrators (BFD), seconded to the Poverty Eradication Programme, to start beekeeping in Jwaneng.

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Beekeeper Makes Strides

JWANENG: Many know honey as the sticky sweet fluid made by bees, but Serefete Ramantsima and his partner, Gothaamang Tukisi, have gone an extra mile to make good use of it. They use the honey to make bee’s wax.

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