After an interruption of more than eight years ... beekeeping is gradually recovering in Deir Ezzor

Deir Ezzor-Sana

After an interruption that lasted for more than eight years, beekeeping and honey production in the Deir Al-Zour Governorate began gradually recovering after the vandalism and looting suffered by the apiaries.

Beekeeping on the banks of the Euphrates River has returned today through several projects in the province, including a project set up by the beekeeper Sarhan Alawi, which he started months ago on his farm in the Al-Huwaiqa district liberated from terrorism, which mediates the two branches of the Euphrates River in the city of Deir Al-Zour.

Al-Alawi indicated in a statement to SANA correspondent that beekeeping is one of the professions that Deir Ezzor Governorate is famous for, given the availability of adequate pastures and the continuous seasons that characterize the Euphrates environment and the richness of the region with types of flowers such as almonds and citrus fruits, especially lemons, eucalyptus, thorns, carnivals and palm trees, indicating that beekeeping has stopped more than Eight years as a result of the beekeepers' sabotage and destruction by the terrorists before the liberation of Deir Ezzor and the return of security and stability to them thanks to the heroism of the Syrian Arab Army, which contributed to the return of various economic activities, especially agricultural projects to work and now Production again.

Al-Alawi pointed out that he has been working in beekeeping for more than forty years, where he inherited the profession from his grandparents, expressing his happiness at his return to work on it, where he implemented several months ago, after he brought forty cells from Tartus and Lattakia and worked on taking care of them taking advantage of his experience in this field and from The spring season, which came well this year, doubled the number of cells on his farm to one hundred and twenty cells.

Al-Alawi explained that, in addition to honey production, it extracts propolis, which is a useful material for medical treatments, and markets these products in the local markets of Deir Ezzor.

Allawi stressed that beekeeping in Deir Al-Zour is a successful economic project by all standards, calling for more attention to such projects and providing support to beekeepers "beekeepers" so that they can return to their work and restore their activity because of this economic, medical and environmental importance of this profession.

Ibrahim Al-Dhali