Apiculture keeping Hima Hammana sweet

Bees are social and hardworking insects that produce honey, pollen, royal jelly, beeswax, propolis, and venom. In our Hima farm in Hammana, Mount Lebanon, the bees are working hard the greatest importance of honey bees to agriculture isn’t only the honey, it’s their work as

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The Silence of the Leaders

By Gui-Xi Young A ‘Silence of the Lambs’-inspired demonstration organised by BirdLife in Brussels last Friday saw 133 European NGOs demand more money for the EU to protect biodiversity. With nature conservation glaringly absent from the discussions on the future of Europe,

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Give bees a chance

Bees are the world’s most important pollinators, bar none. Increasingly, the global community recognizes that their demise is critical – to both human livelihoods2,3 and the health of ecosystems1.  Honeybee declines are even featured on the cover story of Time Magazine in

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