The women keeping Uttarakhand’s native bees alive

In Uttarakhand’s Himalayan villages, women maintain traditional wall hives that house the native Indian honey bee (Apis cerana indica). Their caretaking—feeding, harvesting honey, and protecting hives—helps sustain the species despite threats from climate change, habitat loss, pesticides, and invasive bees, making women essential to the bees' survival.

Source: The women keeping Uttarakhand’s native bees alive — Mongabay Conservation

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