Women Work to Save #NativeBees of #Mexico

A happy story about #bees, #BeeConservation, and empowering women in Mexico.

Mar 5, 2014

Excerpt: "Spaniards introduced European #honeybees to Central America around 1620, and they are now well established. European honey bees (and their Africanized form) do compete with gentle #NativeBee species for pollen and nectar on flowers. #MeliponaBeecheii is a #ForestBee, so if they could find flowering trees and shrubs, competition with honey bees might not be a problem. Alas, #Yucatan is heavily logged.

"The Yucatan peninsula sits right in the path of a lot of big storms; quite a few hurricanes, floods, and droughts have caused beekeepers to lose all or most of their hives. Native stingless bees are quite sensitive to #pesticides, so that isn't helping either."

Learn more:
https://www.wired.com/2014/03/women-work-save-native-bees-mexico/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/C5qzc

Link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c4v1E2mRhw

#WorldBeeDay #SaveTheBees #EmpoweringWomen #YucatanBees #IndigenousWomen