{"id":66864,"date":"2025-09-05T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=66864"},"modified":"2026-01-21T05:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:23:18","slug":"why-i-teach-beekeeping-to-young-people-in-rural-meghalaya","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/article\/livelihoods\/why-i-teach-beekeeping-to-young-people-in-rural-meghalaya\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I teach beekeeping to young people in rural Meghalaya"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Teaching beekeeping to young people in rural Meghalaya\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vJsdZaBVQ88?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>I run a beekeeping enterprise in Umdap Rangi village, Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya, where I rear stingless bees and sell their honey to earn a livelihood.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p>Watch this video to understand how I learned beekeeping by combining the traditional knowledge of community elders with online and offline tutorials, and why I now teach young people the skills of beekeeping and honey harvesting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p><em>As told to <a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/contributor\/samme-massar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samme Massar<\/a>, IDR <a href=\"https:\/\/idronline.org\/northeast-media-fellowship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northeast Media Fellow<\/a> 2025&ndash;26.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"idron-article-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" id=\"idron-31107401\"><a 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