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Gaza's beekeepers put the buzz back into their business

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Ibrahim Al Dabba once owned about 400 beehives spread across hundreds of metres of farmland east of Gaza city . War destroyed the majority, but when a ceasefire was signed in January 2025, he rushed back, salvaged and repaired 30. He then moved them closer to his family and began rebuilding his beekeeping business alongside his sons - this time on a rooftop. “I was among the few beekeepers who returned to the profession,” said Mr Al Dabba, head of the Beekeepers’ Co-operative Association in the Gaza strip. Today, his beehives lie on the rooftop of the building he lives in, far from the agricultural fields they were once kept in. Before the October 7, 2023 attacks, Gaza had more than 40,000 beehives tended by about 500 beekeepers producing about 400 tons of honey annually. Mr Al Dabba estimates that more than 90 per cent of Gaza's beekeeping sector was destroyed during the war, causing losses of millions of dollars. Dozens of beekeepers were also killed, he said. Those remaining are fig

First report: Gaza's beekeepers are rebuilding their livelihoods amid the ruins of war — france24.com, 1d