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Yemenite beekeeper. Via the UN. Notice the sword!
The Bible calls the Land of Israel the Land of Milk and Honey. We are city beekeepers and the honey in Israel is divine. Another contestant for being a honey nation is Yemen, on the coast of the Red Sea. We’ve tasted uncooked honey from Yemen (read about the 8 kinds, some from the sidr tree) and subsequent Sunday, the actions of the National Festival of Yemeni Honey and Bee Products might be launched in Al Sabeen Park in Sana’a below the slogan “Yemen the house of honey”.
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The pageant, organized by the Honey Unit of the Higher Agricultural and Fisheries Committee and the Ministry of Agriculture goals to advertise Yemeni honey, revive its standing, market Yemeni manufacturers of this money crop globally, in addition to improve its function in financial progress and attain self-sufficiency with its merchandise.
Yemen beekeepers. Courtesy of the FAO.
Yemen is among the poorest international locations on the earth, and just like the Hezbollah has taken over Lebanon, Yemen is house to the Houthis, a world Islamic terror group that operates as a state inside the state.
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Radwan Al-Rubai from the agricultural ministry stated that the pageant might be an annual occasion looking for to advertise Yemeni honey of assorted varieties and prime quality.
The UN is playing an active role in supporting beekeepers in Yemen. And we all know from our good friend in Israel that Bees for Peace, a undertaking by beekeeper Yossi Oud, works to maintain ladies from all religions and walks of life related to nature and to a method for making their very own cash.
Yemen Honey from the Sidr tree, magical honey from paradise in accordance with the Quran. Most of the honey on this piece of wax is just not capped and never good for consumption. Via the FAO.
Al-Rubai stated that Yemen bees are totally different from all forms of bees on the earth, and the honey is extracted in areas freed from chemical substances. Beekeepers do use poisonous chemical substances to manage varoa mites and it will be troublesome to know whether or not or not if these merchandise are being utilized by particular person beekeepers.
A haunting socotra tree in Yemen. It’s tree sap that appears like blood is used to deal with wounds.
The new soon-to-be annual honey pageant, to final 6 days, function Yemen’s honey associations, producers and entrepreneurs of honey from a lot of governorates. The week will embody scientific classes and seminars on honey productiveness managed by consultants and researchers on this area. Yemen is also home to unusual socotra tree or dragon tree that bleeds. We marvel what honey from this flowering tree would possibly style like.
Yemen is among the world’s poorest and driest international locations. Its aquifers are expected to run dry by 2030.
