Hello Fellow Ambassadors, You may be aware that honey produced in the UAE is among the best in the world. In an arid and harsh environment it is challenge to sustain them in the country. Al Sidr trees from Yemen are imported into Ras Al Khaimah in order to produce this rare honey. In 2018 One thousand such trees were imported and planted in the valleys of Hadramaut. It is harvested twice a year.

The UAE imports 95 per cent of the bees to produce its honey each year, but they are not well suited to the local climate. Efforts are underway to create a Dubai breed that will fare better in the UAE’s harsh climate and produce high quality honey.

Honey Bees helps in pollination of Seventy percent of fruit, vegetable and nut crop species that feed 90 per cent of the world’s population. If they die, so would the plants they pollinate. And if this happens, experts say the world would lose half the vegetables and fruits that are available today. And it is fact that they are dying. Much faster than we think and imagine.

A colony of one of the UK’s rarest bees has been identified thanks to the support of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. This Fund has been helping a rare bee species in the UK spread their wings at a time when the species is under threat from loss of habitat and the use of pesticides.

The long-horned bee, otherwise known as Eucera longicornis, was once widespread in southern England, but has suffered a serious decline in recent years due to a number of threats. In the year this fund has given a grant to conserve this breed & it has really helped a lot in order to protect the species.

When a small country like UAE can do this, why not others chip in & make efforts to revive the Honey Bee population. This effort will ensure the human survival as Albert Einstein once said that if bees were eliminated, human kind would soon perish.