The sound of thousands of hives lining rooftops, gardens, and fields echoes in the small village of Shabshir al-Hissa in Egypt’s Nile Delta, where bees outnumber people. For years, the village has been a place where honey is a tradition, where livelihoods, remedies, and pride all stem from the hive. Nestled in Gharbia Governorate, Shabshir al-Hissa is the country’s undisputed capital of beekeeping. According to Abdelsalam Osman, head of the Egyptian Beekeepers Association in Gharbia, around 3,000 people in Shabshir al-Hissa work with bees. Some raise them, others make hives, process wax, bottle honey, or manage exports. Although Shabshir and Hissat Shabshir are home to fewer than 18,000 people, the two villages produce more than 70 percent of Egypt’s honey. That generational craft defines Shabshir’s identity. Families pass the trade like an heirloom. “We were born among bees. My grandfather had bees, my father worked with bees, I did, and now my son too,” Osman told Egyptian Streets, noting that it is their only profession. “Every house has hives, every family lives from bees.” The Challenges of Changing Seasons The beekeeping calendar in Shabshir begins in February and March, whenContinue reading "In Egypt’s ‘Capital of Beekeeping,’ Bees Build Livelihoods as They Lose Theirs"
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