Calling all worker bees! Come support SHI-Honduras farmers in their efforts to establish integrated, organic apiculture systems on their lands. Participate in workshops on the construction and division of improved beehives, organic pest control, honey and pollen extraction, and marketing while living with local families. Supporting sustainable agriculture never tasted so sweet.

Volunteers participating in this project will stay with local SHI participant families and work alongside Honduran staff to build upon alternatives to destructive slash-and-burn agricultural practices. In addition to work projects, there will also be a weekend excursion to enjoy the ancient Mayan ruins of Copan.

READY TO TRAVEL? Contact us to register for an upcoming tour or to plan one for your group! On Facebook? RSVP to this trip. Download a PDF of the Beekeeping Workshop Poster to distribute to your friends & community.

TENTATIVE ITINERARY*

Day 1
* Group arrives in San Pedro Sula
* Travel to Trinidad
* Orientation: Discussion of group vision and trip schedule

Day 2
* Introduction of field staff
* Group travels to El Cerron, moves into homestays
* Workshop topic: Why Apiculture? (resource assessment)
* Evening reflection

Day 3
* Workshop topic: Beehive design
* Work project: Building improved frames and supers
* Afternoon visits to local family projects
* Evening reflection

Day 4
* Workshop topic: Hive maintenance, feeding and pest management
* Afternoon visits to local family projects
* Evening reflection

Day 5
* Workshop topic: Honey extraction and processing, other products
* Afternoon visits to local family projects
* Evening reflection

Day 6
* Workshop topic: Marketing
* Wrap up work projects
* Travel to Copan

Day 7
* R&R in Copan: Tour ancient Mayan ruins, canopy tour, Macaw Mountain Nature Reserve

Day 8
* R&R in Copan
* Afternoon departure for San Pedro Sula

Day 9
* Group departs, or continues traveling independently

* Smaller World Tour itineraries are shaped by the requests of SHI's Central American field trainers and the farming communities we serve.  Trip participants work alongside local staff and families and we do our best to match groups with activities that fit their interests, skills and schedules. Each Smaller World Tour is accompanied by an SHI trip leader who coordinates the group's activities on the ground.  Specific projects and plans may change and we request that volunteers keep an open mind and remain flexible during their trip.

Travel Costs
The cost for this trip is $1,500 per person.  This total includes project materials and supplies, liability insurance, rustic homestay accommodations with local SHI families and double occupancy hotel accommodations when we visit tourist areas, meals, in-country transportation and guide / translation service.  In addition, 20% of your program fee is supports the local projects you'll be working on in the field. This total DOES NOT INCLUDE airfare, medicine, phone calls, souvenirs, or any additional costs not mentioned.

A deposit of $500 should be sent in with your registration form.  The balance and airfare is due to be paid 60 days prior to the trip departure date.  If travel funding is an issue for you, don't hesitate to fundraise for your trip expenses. Visit our fundraising idea page or contact our office for more information.

READY TO TRAVEL? Contact us to register for an upcoming tour or to plan one for your group!

Visit our Honduras program page to learn much more about this country program.
Download a PDF of the Beekeeping Workshop Poster to distribute to your friends & community.