This is useful, because plants require pollen of the same species to propagate. While other bees may introduce pollen from different plant species, the honeybee gu…

“Honey production is cyclical,'' Wijesinghe explained., “And we operate in different parts of the country, depending on the season.” From February to March, they op…

As a result, the availability of diverse fresh produce would decline substantially, and human nutrition would likely suffer. Additionally, many animals which feed o…

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Founder of the Sri Lanka Bee Protection Organisation, Mahinda Wijesinghe, has about 25 hives in his hometown, Hantane. He also travels around the country raising aw…

One of the members of the Bee Protection Organisation in Meerigama had around 300 beeboxes, and another member in Attanagalla has about 100. But when the disease br…

Honeybees are a minority among bee species. Sri Lanka has 148 species of bees, of which 21 are endemic. Most bees are classified as social bees, and the rest are so…

Diseases like these are not the only threat to bee populations. The use of pesticides and herbicides, as well as the growing urban sprawl, all have detrimental effe…

Wijesinghe explained to Roar Media, that beekeeping involves two steps: firstly, setting up an incubating hive, into which either a queen bee is introduced or it is…

Also contributing, is the fact that only the mee massa, of just four honey bee species in Sri Lanka can be domesticated, because only it builds its hive in enclosed…

The practice of beekeeping was introduced to Sri Lanka around 1940, by the then State Department of Agriculture. But is still a relatively small industry. Sri Lanka…

One primary reason is that bees are vital pollinators, on which human agriculture depends. Bees transfer pollen between plants allowing them to reproduce and grow. …

Although arable crops like wheat and rice aren’t insect pollinated, many fruits and vegetables—which contribute to healthy diets—are reliant on these vital creature…