Syrian beekeepers battle war and climate change
Years of fighting, severe drought and a gruelling economic crisis have left Syria's beekeepers struggling to stay afloat.
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00:00 "I had 110 cells before the events in 2010.
00:06 Now I have 40 cells.
00:08 But the problems we faced from the war, from the climate, from the high prices of materials,
00:18 we are focusing on this a lot.
00:20 I am afraid that after 40 years of continuous work, we will give up this profession."
00:26 "We are suffering from the problem of marketing.
00:35 We don't have, especially in Syria, a food culture that consumes honey.
00:46 The price of a kilo of honey is about 125,000 Lira.
00:49 We are one of the best honey producers in the world.
00:52 We are famous in our region, but unfortunately in neighboring countries,
00:59 the price of a kilo of honey produced from our land or our environment is two or three times higher than ours."
01:08 "The climate change is a counter to beekeeping.
01:32 The cold, the snow, the flowers, the plants that the bees are grazing on."
01:43 "The climate change is a counter to beekeeping.
01:50 The cold, the snow, the flowers, the plants that the bees are grazing on."
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