Tanzania has potential to produce 7 million metric tons of honey if the people in the country could make proper use of the 1.08 million hectares dedicated for beekeeping and apiculture.
According to the Dodoma Regional Commissioner, Rosemary Senyamule, at the moment the production of honey and bee products in the country averages at 35,000 liters per year. Tanzania has a total of 3 million beehives operating across the country.
The Regional Commissioner was speaking in Dodoma City at the threshold of the ‘World Bee Day,’ which is observed each year, on May 20, to help raise awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy.
Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa is expected to officially grace the ‘World Bee Day,’ being held at national levels at the Chinangali Park in Dodoma City. This is the third consecutive year that Dodoma gets to host the World Bee Day at National Levels.
“We are privileged to host this important function three times, ever since Tanzania started observing the ‘World Bee Day,’ in 2019,” said RC Senyamule, adding that, in appreciation to such honor, the region will expand its beekeeping and honey producing industry to reach its maximum capacity.
The Regional commissioner said Dodoma was working to ensure that apiculture was taken seriously and form an important economic sector in the region.
Dodoma itself has been tapping this sweet from a total of 18,000 beehives currently hung across the central region.
Together with Tabora, Dodoma recently secured market outlets from their organic honey in the United Kingdom.
On his part, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Benedict Wakulyamba, reminded that, this year’s guiding theme, ‘Bees for Life and Sustainable Economy,’ is a clear indication that beekeeping was yet another profitable sector which can transform people’s lives for better.
“Honey is a commodity which will always be in demand worldwide as it can be used as food, raw material, in medicine, while other bee products can be used for decorative purposes,” Wakulyamba maintained.
Both the Regional Commissioner, Ms Senyamule and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Officer Wakulyamba, insisted that the celebrations in Dodoma should be a stepping stone for Tanzanians to prepare for the forthcoming Apimondia 2027 event.
Tanzania braces to host the Fiftieth International Apicultural Congress, the Apimondia, the global apiculture congress which will be held in Arusha in September 2027.
The meeting is set to bring into the country more than 6000 delegates from around the world.