Hi, I am Lloyd Ziegler, owner of Tulsa Bee and Wasp Control. In addition to removing bees and wasps, I operate a beekeeping business. I have about 40 hives of bees out here in Mannford, and produce honey, new starter beehives, pollen, beeswax, propolis, and various value-added products such as propolis tincture and skin balms (see www.localhoneyandpollen.com). I have been working with bees for about 41 years. I first began in the African country of Sierra Leone, while serving in the Peace Corps. Since then I have traveled as a beekeeping adviser to Haiti, Uganda, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, and Nigeria. I was honored by receiving the Oklahoma Beekeeper of the Year award in 2012. Recently I have been working on beekeeping projects in Sierra Leone and Guinea.
If you are interested in truly local raw honey, or in buying a good bee hive with bees, you can contact me at 918-850-3820.
P.S. We used to be Ace Bee and Wasp Control, but some Chinese group got that domain from us, so we had to alter the name!
Wren, his wife Saji, and I in S
Saji, Wren, and I in Uganda
My son Wren working with the bees
Ugandan beekeeper
Ugandan family
slave girls, Tuareg area ayarou
Slave girls, Tuareg country, Mali
Nialeya village, Guinea: newly made beeswax foundation from homemade foundation mold. Sponsor, Winrock International.
Beekeepers, Nialia, Guinea
Nialeya village: Candles from surplus beeswax, using candle dipping rack. Sponsor, Winrock International.
Nialia, Guinea
Guinean style beehive, made from reeds, dung, and straw. Mounted about 35 feet up in a tree. The bees are Apis Mellifera Adansonii, A.K.A. “killer bees”. Villagers normally harvest the hive at night, with torches, wearing only shorts. They are routinely stung mercilessly.
Traditional hive, Guinea
If you would be interested in some interesting videos of West African beekeeping, go to: www.youtube.com/user/moigboi/videos