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Hey-hey! We are a couple living in Cordoba Capital! We have a family shop with tools for beekeeping and we also have beehives :)
Please read carefully our profile details to make sure that the experience you would have with us would be useful and interesting for you!Types of help and learning opportunities
DIY and building projects
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
As we've written below we speak different languages and have big travel experience. We would be happy to share our experience as well as to listen to yours. Also we could show you the city and some places around Cordoba, to introduce you to our friends and family :)
Projects involving children
This project could involve children. For more information see our guidelines and tips here.
Help
What we do:
30% - PREPARATIONS FOR GOING TO HELP WITH BEES includes painting beehives, repairing old beehives and frames for the wax, making food for bees, loading el camioneta (the car) etc.
35% - ACTIVITIES CONNECTED WITH SHOP include extracting honey from the frames, puting honey into the jars, making wooden frames for the wax, painting and repairing etc.
20% - HELP OUTSIDE THE CITY WITH BEES
15% - general maintenance
These proportions could vary depending on the season. From the end of November till march we are working more outside the city with bees and extracting honey. Other time we mostly doing restoration work but as well going to work with bees but not so often as in summer.
Most of the help we need is mechanical work which is not required special skills or experience. It can be quite dirty (restoring and cleaning old materials) we also paint a lot and work with smoke in the apiary so make sure you don't have an intolerance to them. At the same time if you are interested in beekeeping you can learn a lot about it. Most of the time we spend in the workshop in the city which has ventilation system although in summer time could be a bit too hot. Also 1-2 times a week we go to work with bees. it's quite difficult physical activity cause it's really hot+heavy protection suits can make you tired very fast. As we have lot of beehives we stay at apiary all day long, usually it's Saturday or Sunday, it's going to be compensated by one day off during the week. Our bees are really wild ones so dont believe our profile picture :) you will be responsible for checking your suit for any holes and closing it properly before starting to work with bees.
We are sharing our house with volunteers so according to our previous experience we would ask you:
1)To stay from 2 to 5 weeks
2) Once a week to collaborate with cleaning common spaces of the house and your room
3) Help with cooking for volunteers
4) Washing dishes
5) Be interested in bees and motivated to help and learn :)
The help we need most is while harvesting honey, it is incredible experience but it's not a place for someone who has allergy or fear of bees.
If you are interested in what we do you are invited to join our family and help us.
We provide the meal although volunteers are always welcome to help with cooking.Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
Italian: Fluent
Russian: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
This host has indicated that they are interested in sharing their own language or learning a new language.
You can contact them directly for more information.Accommodation
A room with two single beds, wardrobe, table. The bathroom is shared.
What else ...
We live 40 minutes walking to the city center. The bus stop is close.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week
Feedback (29)
Hice un voluntariado que duró cerca de tres semanas. Fue una de mis experiencias más increíble...
Desde el principio, Adri y Yuliya hicieron todo para facilitar la integración. El trabajo fue muy interesante: no tuve mucho conocimiento en la apicultura así que aprendí mucho !!
Su familia tambien… read more
We would definitely recommend her as volunteer!
Thanks Alexia!!!
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Hice un voluntariado que duró cerca de tres semanas. Fue una de mis experiencias más increíble...
Desde el principio, Adri y Yuliya hicieron todo para facilitar la integración. El trabajo fue muy interesante: no tuve mucho conocimiento en la apicultura así que aprendí mucho !!
Su familia tambien… read more
We would definitely recommend her as volunteer!
Thanks Alexia!!!
I feel really happy to have participated in this project. It's the best opportunity to know about apiculture that I could ever expect! I felt very integrated both at work and free time. They were very clear about the tasks to do and I really appreciate so amazing information they shared about bees, honey cycle and… read more
One of the best places that we've met on our way! Since the first moment you feel like a part of a big family (literally, we celebrated 80th grandma's birthday on first arrival day).
Good people, chats, vibes, food (Yulya knows how to make vegetarianism to be… read more
Very friendly, empathetic, enthusiastic, we had a really good time working and discussing interesting stuff during mealtimes (and playing chin of course;)
Their help: painting cans for feeding bees, painting parts of beehives, puzzling and nailing new beehives, preparing… read more
Thank you,… read more
In three months of traveling through South America I got a great gift - communicate in native language.
The accommodation are… read more
We cooked, hung out and since the beginning they treated us like family, we got to meet their family, they took us for a half-day trip, showed us around Cordoba and adviced on places to go… read more
Kattery has so much energy to learn, to do and to share that she was not waiting for our requests but using lot of common sense and her creativity she could analize the situation and find the way to help, that was exremly interesting and even motivated to work… read more
Their help: extracting honey, cleaning and repairing old beehives, feeding bees in the apiary, cooking delicious dinners, help at home (washing dishes, maintaining their place clean)
This couple are… read more
We learned a lot about beekeeping and the business in general, and we got to see different sides of beekeeping, even a honey competition!
Our work excited of cleaning and preparing the bee… read more
They really understand hospitality and making you feel comfortable in their home. It feels like we were always laughing, sharing stories and eating delicious food. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! :)
Working with the bees was also a wonderful experience, Yulia, Adi and Adi's father are so… read more
You gave me the chance to learn a lot about bees, honey and Argentina. I really appreciated our little Easter trip, even with the unlikely ending.… read more
Son unos capos! Me quedé una sola semana porque tenía otros compromisos después, la pasé excelente! me reí mucho y todos se portaron demasiado bien, toda la familia de Adri/Yuliya e amigos, adoré estar en Córdoba haciendo nueva experiencia!
Lo que si soy… read more
Work is exacly how it was put in the description, very accurate. You will have more than enough free time to explore the city and they will generously invite you to their holiday home in the hills or… read more
Very entuthiastic, hardworking, with really great will to learn, initiative, great cookers (they surprised us with big variety of delecious vegetarian food), smiling, smart, very interesting in conversations!
Guys, you are real tresure! We gonna… read more