World Bee Day 2023: Bee Engaged in Pollinator-friendly Agriculture

May 12, 2023

World Bee Day takes place on May 20th each year. The aim is to promote the vital roles bees play as one of the main pollinators of our plants and crops, ensuring food production is maintained and contributing to biodiversity and other ecosystems. The theme for World...

For Tanzania’s traditional beekeepers, modern hives just don’t buzz

Jan 27, 2023

Tanzanian beekeepers prefer traditional log beehives to modern hanging frame beehives, says a new study.Traditional beehives have a negative impact on surrounding woodlands in the country’s semiarid Chemba district, according to researchers.The high cost of modern...

World Bee Day 2022: Be Engaged

May 23, 2022

Bee and other pollinators play a vital role in biodiversity, agrifood systems, and the livelihoods of millions. Protecting bees & their diversity, while ensuring sustainable beekeeping and agricultural practices is key to achieving food security and a better...

Bee Engaged for World Bee Day 2022

May 2, 2022

World Bee Day raises awareness of the essential role bees play in keeping the planet and its inhabitants healthy as well as the threat to them posed by human activity. Bees are vital for food production and agriculture across the world, as they are the main...

Good beekeeping practices for sustainable apiculture

Oct 18, 2021

FAO Publication: Bees provide a critical link in the maintenance of ecosystems through pollination. They play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, food security, nutrition, ensuring the survival of many plants, enhancing forest regeneration, providing...