The Ogiek and Bees Honey Hunting and Beekeeping in Kenya The Ogiek live in the Mau Forest, which is located in the Rift Valley of Kenya Ogiek translates as ‘the caretaker of all plants and wild animals’
Okiek people - Wikipedia Ogiek honey is valued for its purity, medicinal properties, and unique taste, which is influenced by the forest's biodiversity Traditionally, the Ogiek place beehives high in the forest canopy using techniques designed to avoid disturbing the natural environment
Honey - Land Body Ecologies Podcast Bees are central to the identity of the Ogiek, an Indigenous community that calls the Mau Forest home despite decades of continuous experiences of eviction in the name of conservation The bees buzzing sounds from the high-swinging hives of Mau Forest are a voice in the community’s story
The Ogiek Community of Kenya — Google Arts Culture Ogiek are southern Nilotic speakers who live in Kenya’s Mau and Elgon forests Today they are mainly farmers and beekeepers, and have a unique way of life well adapted to the forest The
Caretakers of life: How the Ogiek forest people in Kenya are . . . Beekeeping has become an effective way for the Ogiek to generate income, improve their food security, and take care of the land and the forest The sale of honey, a valuable source of nutrition, allows families to improve their economic standing
From land evictions to intensive agriculture: the struggle to reconnect . . . The Mau forest has been inhabited by the Ogiek, a hunter-gatherer group belonging to the Nilotic ethnic mosaic To the Ogiek, honey was the main element for subsistence and barter, permeated their culture and identity, and traditional beekeeping tied their existence to the forest
Expanding the reach: ethnobotanical knowledge and technological . . . We conducted an ethnobotanical study in the Eastern part of the Mau Forest among Ogiek beekeepers who customarily practice forest beekeeping and who are involved in a project aimed at the modernization of their beekeeping activities
Guardians Worldwide | Kenya The Ogiek people are the indigenous guardians of Mau Forest in western Kenya Ogiek people are traditional honey gatherers who survive mainly on wild fruits roots, hunting wild game and collecting wild honey