National Beekeeping Institute -Lenana

🍯🔬 Test Your Honey with Confidence

At the National Beekeeping Institute–Lenana, our laboratory uses modern equipment to ensure your honey is pure, safe, and of high quality.
We help you:

• Detect fake or adulterated honey
• Check sugar levels and composition
• Measure moisture content to prevent spoilage
• Test acidity and freshness
• Confirm quality for local market standards

Our results are accurate and reliable, helping beekeepers and all bee value-chain actors meet standards and access better markets.

🍯 Know your honey. Trust your quality. Sell with confidence.

🐝🌍 A Season of Reflection and Celebration

To all who recently marked Eid, and those celebrating Easter, we wish you a joyful and peaceful season.

May it be a time of renewal, unity, and hope for all.

From all of us at NBI–Lenana — thank you for being part of our journey. 💛

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Curious about beekeeping or ready to build real skills from the ground up? The National Beekeeping Institute–Lenana is hosting a Basic Beekeeping Course designed for absolute beginners and anyone with a spark of interest in bees, honey, and sustainable livelihoods.

Dates: 20th-24th April 2026
Fee: KSh 8,000
Venue: National Beekeeping Institute–Lenana

Expect hands-on training, practical hive management, bee biology basics, and honey harvesting know-how; taught by experts who actually work with bees, not just slides.
What to bring:
Participants should come with a bee suit, or you can purchase one from the Institute at KSh 4,500.

Learn the craft, respect the bees, and start the year with a skill that pays—literally and ecologically. 🐝✨

🐝🍯 Value Addition Course Successfully Completed!
We’ve successfully concluded the Value Addition of Bee Products Course (23rd–27th March 2026) at the National Beekeeping Institute–Lenana.
Participants gained hands-on skills in honey processing, product development, and value addition, equipping them to improve quality and unlock greater market value.
📸 From practical sessions to celebrating with cake 🎂 and receiving their certificates, it was a rewarding and memorable week!
👏 Congratulations to all participants for taking this step toward greater impact in the beekeeping value chain.
📢 Opportunities you don’t want to miss: 🌿 Applications for our 1-Year Certificate in Apiculture are now open
🗓 Deadline: 22nd May 2026
🍯 Basic Beekeeping Course slots are also open
🗓 Dates: 20th – 24th April 2026

📢 Training Opportunity 2026 – National Beekeeping Institute (Lenana)

Interested in apiculture? Applications are now open for the Certificate in Apiculture at the National Beekeeping Institute under the State Department for Livestock Development.

This one-year course equips you with practical skills in modern beekeeping, value addition, and sustainable honey production.

Minimum requirement: KCSE mean grade D (Plain) or equivalent.
Application deadline: 22nd May 2026

📌 Apply here: https://forms.gle/FFsAo8kabnWEq1X2A
Submit your documents with a Kshs. 1,000 non-refundable application fee.

For inquiries:
📞 0707 770 268
📧 [email protected]

Take the next step toward building skills in agribusiness and sustainable livelihoods. 🌱🐝

National Beekeeping Institute -Lenana The National Beekeeping Institute-Lenana, under the Government of Kenya, is the leading center for apiculture training, research, and extension. It promotes sustainable beekeeping, honey value addition, and pollinator conservation nationwide.

🌱🌍 *Growing a Greener Future Together!* 🐝

The National Beekeeping Institute (NBI) – Lenana proudly took part in the *Accelerated Tree Growing Programme for Cabinet Secretaries for the Month of March 2026* this Thursday, 26th March 2026, within the NBI-Lenana compound.

Led by Senior Deputy Director in the State Department for Livestock Development, Dr. William Akwimbi and in support of the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, *Sen. Mutahi Kagwe, EGH, the initiative brought together both **staff and students* in a united effort toward environmental conservation 🌳✨

From 9 AM, the compound was full of energy, teamwork, and purpose as participants planted *800 trees* 🌱, contributing to a more sustainable future. This exercise aligns with the Government’s national landscape restoration agenda, which aims to grow *15 billion trees by 2032* to increase forest cover, restore ecosystems, and combat climate change. ([Capital FM][1])

💚 Together, we grow. Together, we protect. Together, we thrive.

🐝✨ Day 1 of our Value Addition of Bee Products Course at NBI-Lenana is officially underway!

We’ve kicked off with 14 bee value chain actors ready to level up their skills all week long. From honey processing to creating high-value bee products, it’s going to be a powerful learning journey 💛

📢 *Opportunities you don’t want to miss:*
🌿 Applications for our *1-Year Certificate Course* are now open
🗓 Deadline: *22nd May 2026*

🍯 *Basic Beekeeping Course* slots are also open!
🗓 Dates: *20th – 24th April 2026*

If you’ve been thinking about getting into beekeeping or growing your skills — this is your sign.

📩 Apply now and secure your spot!

On 18th March, 2026,
The National Beekeeping Institute-Lenana hosted a delegation of researchers from Romania to promote collaboration in sustainable beekeeping.

The team included Dr. Adela Ramona Moise, researcher Alexandru, and PhD student Cosmin Aliu, and was led by Dr. Monicah Maichomo, Director of the Veterinary Science Research Institute, Muguga.

The visit focused on sharing knowledge in modern apiculture, bee health management, apitherapy and environmental conservation. The engagement will strengthen international cooperation and support sustainable beekeeping practices in both Kenya and Romania.

📍 AHITI Kabete – Career Open Day 2026
The NBI Lenana team is on site at AHITI Kabete for the Livestock Training Institutions (LTIs) Career Open Day.
We are excited to engage students, teachers, and stakeholders interested in building careers in the livestock and animal health sector. Visitors can learn more about the training opportunities offered at NBI Lenana and across the various Livestock Training Institutions.

https://youtu.be/H3GG4uf2-mU?is=NyzeN2FUsJDfNgUH

🍯 Missed us on Citizen TV?
Catch the latest Kenya's Gold episode featuring National Beekeeping Institute’s Principal Laboratory Analyst Jane Kariuki, who represented the institute to discuss the critical importance of honey standards and quality testing.
The segment also offers a look inside our lab with our Laboratory intern Leonora Bosire.
If you missed the live airing on March 4th, here’s the link:
https://youtu.be/H3GG4uf2-mU?is=NyzeN2FUsJDfNgUH

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