{"id":39602,"date":"2019-07-02T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gakenke-bee-keepers-decry-losses-caused-by-use-of\/"},"modified":"2019-07-02T12:40:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T12:40:52","slug":"gakenke-bee-keepers-decry-losses-caused-by-use-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gakenke-bee-keepers-decry-losses-caused-by-use-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Gakenke bee keepers decry losses caused by use of pesticides to kill armyworms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armyworm ravaged maize crops in the area three years ago where different pesticides were applied during interventions to combat the pests and bees were too killed .affecting apiculture and associated incomes in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had over 15 bee hives from which I would harvest 30 kgs of honey during the dry season. I would take the harvest to the market where I obtained Rwf 45,000 but you can\u2019t nowadays hear a single bee buzzing because they all died of pesticides used to kill armyworms,\u201d said Protais Ngayaberura, a former beekeeper in the area. . <\/p>\n<p>Another beekeeper, Syliver Mutungirehe said that bee hives were his source of Mutuelle de Sant\u00e9 contributions for his family and school needs for children but has been hit hard over losing bees. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been impoverished in the past three years. I used to earn a living from bee-keeping. However, pesticides used to kill armyworms, killed bees as well. We call upon concerned parties to find a solution that doesn\u2019t affect bees so that both maize farmers and bee-keepers can continue being productive,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<p>Gakenke district vice mayor for economic affairs, Aim\u00e9 Franc\u00e7ois Niyonsenga has said that the problem was reported to Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have requested for an alternative remedy to armyworms with no side effects to the ecosystem. Besides, we ask farmers to install their bee hives away from crops and plant fruit trees nearer from which bees can extract pollen,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Gakenke district has over 150 professional bee keepers grouped into 19 cooperatives. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-30199 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/png\/imizinga_yororerwagamo_inzuki_zarapfuye_bitewe_n_imiti_yakoreshejwe_mu_kurwanya_nkongwa_yo_mu_bigori-ab34c.png\" alt=\"Gakenke district has over 150 professional bee keepers grouped into 19 cooperatives.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bee keepers in Gakenke district have expressed frustration over losses incurred as a result of using pesticides in the area to kill armyworms in maize gardens which also killed bees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-39602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39602"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=39602"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=39602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}