Farm · Workshop · Consultancy

We use bees to restore forests, wetlands and livelihoods.

Barnview & Co builds and runs beekeeping programmes for conservation and community organisations, from the first hive to the honey on the shelf.

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750+hives built in our workshop and deployed with partner communities
180+community beekeepers trained and certified
3,400+ kgof honey harvested by partner groups across active community apiaries

What we do

Build. Train. Add value.

One team for the whole value chain, so a beekeeping programme keeps running after the project funding ends.

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  1. Build

    Build

    We assess the site, then build Langstroth and Kenya top-bar hives in our workshop and set up apiaries with shade, water and protection from pests and theft.

  2. Train

    Train

    Hands-on courses for community groups, rangers and staff: colony care, safe harvesting, record keeping and running the apiary as a group business.

  3. Add value

    Add value

    Processing, quality control, packaging and branding for honey, wax and propolis, with links to buyers so the harvest becomes reliable income. It’s how we sell our own Barn View Honey from Kericho, including a hibiscus-infused blend.

Site assessment

Forage, water, altitude and risk surveys to set how many colonies a site can carry.

Hives and equipment

Hives, frames, stands, extractors and protective gear, made to order in any quantity.

Training and mentoring

Courses at our farm or on site, with follow-up visits through the first harvests.

Programme design

Proposals, budgets, monitoring plans and impact reports for NGOs, donors and counties.

Case studies

Projects we’ve worked on

Eco-Jipe Program · Lake Jipe, Taita-Taveta County

Beehive fences for human-elephant coexistence

110 hives for Eco-Jipe, including 20 beehive fences that keep elephants off farms and give households honey to sell.

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Elim Organics · Bomet County · 2026

Building a livelihood with Elim Organics

An IRARA-funded honey business: 50 hives and an apiary for 60 colonies, set up to give a family a steady income from bees.

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Buckeyes Farm · Edge of the Mau Forest

Beekeeping for a self-sustaining farm

30 custom-branded hives for a farm built around a cabin, a spring and wild trees, where bees are part of a plan to live off the land.

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Southern Mau · Kericho County

Restoring wetlands with community beekeeping

60 hives across 12 km of wetland buffer, 62 community beekeepers trained, and 1,240 kg of honey in the first year.

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Why bees

The African honey beeApis mellifera scutellata

East Africa’s native honey bee is hardy, productive and a tireless pollinator of the trees, shrubs and wetland plants that restoration depends on.

  • Faster recovery. Better pollination means better seed set and stronger natural regeneration on restored land.
  • A reason to protect. When families earn from honey, standing forest and healthy wetland edges become assets worth guarding.
  • Income without clearing. Honey, wax and propolis earn money from land that stays green.
  • A living indicator. Colony health and yields show how a landscape is recovering, and we help partners record them.
3 kmtypical foraging radius from the hive
3products to sell: honey, wax and propolis
2hive types we build: Langstroth and top-bar

The workshop

Hives built for Kenyan conditions

Every hive we install comes out of our own workshop, so we can match the design to the site, the climate and the people who will look after it.

Langstroth and top-barChoose by budget, skills and the products you want.
Raised, protected standsKept off the ground and away from pests and honey badgers.
Built for highland weatherDesigned for cool nights and long rains at altitude.
Made to orderSingle hives or full programme batches, with gear and extractors.
“We build our own hives locally so our equipment suits the local ecosystem and climate, and so community groups need far less capital to get started.”Kipyegon Sigey, Founder and Managing Director

Our honey

Barn View Honey from Kericho

Raw honey from our own apiaries, sold pure or infused with flowers and fruit that are dried before they go into the honey.

KES 400250 g jar
KES 750500 g jar

Same price for pure honey and every infusion.

Filtered infusionInfused, then strained for clear, smooth honey with the flavour of the flower or fruit.
With the botanicalsThe dried flowers or fruit stay in the jar, so you can see and taste them.
Order on WhatsAppCall +254 748 460 403

Visit the farm

See a working apiary up close

Our farm is where we test hive designs, raise colonies and run practical training days. Partner teams and groups are welcome by arrangement.

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Get in touch

Planning a restoration or livelihood project?

We work with conservation groups, community organisations, donors, companies and county governments. Tell us about your site and we’ll reply with a first view of what a beekeeping component could look like.

Conservation NGOsCommunity groupsDonorsCompaniesCounty governments
Email
info@barnview.org
Phone
+254 748 460 403 (phone and WhatsApp)
Farm
Kericho County. Visits by prior arrangement.
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