The ultimate goal of the Beekeeping section is to reduce poverty and increase economic growth of the community by managing beekeeping activities sustainably without compromising environment and culture values for the benefit of the present and future generation. Developing and managing honey bee is a new phenomenon to the community of Mkuranga District. Beekeeping has been practiced at a small. The use of the forest resource for bee keeping in Mkuranga District is at unexploited resource due to low bee hives established by community members. It can be estimated that it’s potentially about 25 tons of bee products are harvested per year. The bee keeping activities in Mkuranga district is practiced at individual level and at community groups. The district has 6 beekeeping groups namely: ASALI Group, Nyuki group, Advent in Food Specialist, WEMAC, Mtazamo Group and Usalama Maisha Group. The section is constrained by number of factors in operationalising its tasks, there is no Beekeeping Officer and Beekeeping Assistants, there is lack of working equipments and lack of beekeeping vehicle which could simplify the work of accessing beekeepers in their production areas
