Casa do Mel will now start operations
The honey project stands and falls with the honey market. The better the market, the more locals will leave the destructive cattle breeding and enter the honey business. This trend…
Actual Projects
Distribution of the bee colonies
The beehives donated by the NTFP Foundation are distributed to various families keen to start with keeping meliponines bees. A starter kit contains 3 bee-hives. When they become strong, there…
Casa do Mel – Setting up the infrastructure
Amazomel is completing its new honey processing plant. This unique plant called “Casa do Mel” is the first of its kind in Brazil regarding its capacity and processing standard. We…
Visiting our partner bee-keepers
Amazomel with its support from the NTFP foundation, regularly visits bee-keeping partner communities, even in the most remote locations of the Amazon. Special support is aimed at teenagers and the…
Honey Harvest
The honey harvest is a delicate process where the upper level of the bee-hive called melgueira (honeypot) is taken off the bee-hive and brought into the harvesting facilities. The melgueira…
