b'Honeybee Farm :$2,500 Beehive :$30You might call Edith Queen Bee. She is one of just six women in a 54-member beekeeping cooperative in Southeastern Mexico.When Edith first attended a talk with a Heifer technician, a man questioned why Heifer would teach women at all! But Edith wanted the chance to work hard to support her family. Without beekeeping, she had no other options. She talked with the other women in the group and decided to stick with the program. Together, they learned carpentry to build beehives and worked with the cooperative to gain organic certification, which increased the price of their products and helped them eliminate expensive middlemen. Now they can invest profits back into the business and grow their farms. Ediths success as a honeybee farmer is transforming Edith in an apiary she manages withher life and her entire village. With Heifers help, other members of her cooperative. Edith learned beekeeping practices and broke down barriers for other women. She and her daughter now care for a thriving farm of honeybee hives!Christmas is a time to give help to those in need. So many of us have so much and we want to share our Christmas cheer, so what better choice than the gift of bees?Your generous gift of bees, a box and hive, and training in beekeeping will help beekeepers like Edith earn income through the sale of honey and beeswax. Plus, beehives can as much as double some fruit and vegetable yields through natural pollination. The gift of honey gave Put a shallow container of water in your these farmers a new future. garden so bees have a place to rehydrate.22| TO ORDER YOUR GIFT CALL 855.848.6437'