Farmer tastes sweetness of honey from stingless bees

Stanley Imbusi in his Ileho bee farm. He keeps sting-less bees for honey. By Chrispen Sechere.

Stanley Imbusi’s grandfather Lumbasio was a traditional medicine man whose trick for curing varied ailments was centred on honey from stingless bees found in Kakamega tropical rain forest.

Often, the grandfather would tag him along to comb the forest for the rare medicinal honey. Today, Imbusi is a renowned stingless bee farmer in Kakamega.