Amazon Nectar – Biodiversity in a spoonful
1. About the bees: On a recent field visit to a family agriculture in the Amazon, a four-year-old girl stood next to her mother, watching a training session around a native bee hive. After listening carefully, she turned and looked up at her mother who was expecting her next child. She wanted to know whether they could raise a hive for her new sister. This child had understood the essence of native beekeeping. The new hive would represent an investment for the future in which her sister would be born. ... more