Nathaniel was born and raised in Adigrat, Tigray region, known for its white honey production.
He graduated from Addis Ababa University of Science and Technology in Electromechanical Engineering.
When he wanted to connect the profession he studied and his childhood dream, it was the ‘hardworking bees’ that came to his mind.
He always likes bees. They work together. They produce cooperatively. Their hard work is unlike any other soul.
He continued his studies and research on bees at the University of Science and Technology, where he received his undergraduate degree.
Bees eat eight kilos of honey and produce one kilo of wax, says Nathaniel.
He added that it takes a long time for bees to make honey bread. If the honey bread is not prepared, there is no honey production.
Nathaniel has been working intending to help the hardworking bees. How did he do it?
Ethiopia, which has a favorable climate and natural forests, can produce about 500 thousand tons of honey per year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
But in terms of the country’s potential resources, it is only 12 percent of what is being produced.
Even if they are modern beekeepers, it is not recommended to use the honeycomb more than twice after collecting the product, so the bees spend their time producing honeycomb repeatedly, says the mechanical engineering expert.
Bees make honeydew using wax produced by glands in the lower part of their abdomen.
Nathaniel, who explains that honeycomb is a very sophisticated engineering art, says that bees divide the space into hexagonal shapes to use the available space without wasting it.
This allows for a honeydew that is strong yet lightweight and can hold more honey with less wax.
Nathanael, who was inspired by the construction design of the insects that can be seen in this amazing art, started to work on a plan that if he made the honey bread with 3D [three-dimensional network] printing, it would be possible to collect a better honey production.
