Jezerinka Cikotić from the village of Trpezi near Petnjica in Montenegro has 10 beehives. As a beginner in beekeeping, she managed to produce about 100 kg of honey in two years, which is enough for her family to eat plus some extra to sell. Jezerinka is a person with a disability, who did not even have a job until recently. Thanks to EU support, she found a new occupation. She is one of the 40 beneficiaries of a cross-border project between Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina entitled “Persons with disabilities – leaders in beekeeping”, as part of which she received training in beekeeping, beehives and equipment, which was enough for her to start her own business.“Even as a child, I wanted to keep bees. I’ve always loved bees, and my family actually used to keep them a long time ago. When I got the opportunity to do that job, I was really satisfied,” Jezerinka says in an interview with the EU Info Centre.
