North Shewa, Ethiopia, October 2013: Hailemariam Woldoyohanus, 37, cultivates honey with a traditional bee-hive.


Wofwasha Kebele, North Shewa, Ethiopia, October 2013: Hailemariam Woldoyohanus, 37, with two of his four children. He cultivates honey with a traditional bee-hive and will put this hive in a tree to attact a queen. Sometimes he gets between 2-4 kg of honey from the hive. He and his wife Zenobich Ayele, 35, have four children. He has hectares of land. He grows maize, wheat, barley and beans. If conditions are good he can just about feed his family. He also does day labouring. The family also have 5 sheep and two cows.


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Location: Ethiopia
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