More than 47 thousand beehives in Daraa province  produce about 130 tons of honey annually 

The beehives in Daraa governorate  produce annually  about 130 tons of pure honey through 47,525 hives spread in the areas of Wadi  Al-Yarmouk, Nawa, Al-Sanamay’n, Izraa, Khirbet Ghazala and others. 

Head   of the Planning and International Cooperation Department at the Directorate of Agriculture, Eng. Hassan Al-Ahmad, told SANA reporter that the bee sector is currently  recovering after it had stopped due to  the terrorist war on Syria.  

He noted  that in cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform, the Arab Beekeepers Union and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),  the Directorate of Agriculture distributed during  the past years beehives and breeding supplies for free to a number of beekeepers  to help them restore their livelihoods. 

Head of the Agricultural Extension Department at  the Agriculture Directorate, Eng. Muhammad al-Shahadat indicated that  the Extension Department is constantly launching campaigns to protect bees and open  field schools, the recent of which  is  in  the town of al-Shajara with the aim of training  beekeepers  on the integrated management of bees.  

He stressed  that the field schools focus on the health care of bees, through  providing medicines of reliable origin and effectiveness. 

Rawaa  Ghanam