Since 2013, farmers from villages in Southern Shan have been trained in beekeeping to improve their livelihoods by INGO Tag International Development. Bees had never originally figured in Thar Ngee’s scheme of things. His family only had two acres of land so he would travel seasonally to find casual farm work. Thar Ngee and fellow trainees became part of a community-based Enterprise (CBE), a collective of beekeepers. Now, he and other farmers can produce organic honey products while benefiting Myanmar’s ecosystem.
