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Bees have been thriving during lockdown, thanks to lower air pollution levels and a slowdown in road traffic.
Urban Bee Keeper Andy White inspects his bees in the sunshine at an East London apiary.
Bees appear to be thriving in the UK due to the number of people gardening since the coronavirus lockdown.
Andy White said “It’s going to be a good year for honey due to the upturn in bee activity in Urban areas. People have gone crazy planting bee friendly plants in their gardens and the bees are loving it”
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Bees have been thriving during lockdown, thanks to lower air pollution levels and a slowdown in road traffic.
Urban Bee Keeper Andy White inspects his bees in the sunshine at an East London apiary.
Bees appear to be thriving in the UK due to the number of people gardening since the coronavirus lockdown.
Andy White said “It’s going to be a good year for honey due to the upturn in bee activity in Urban areas. People have gone crazy planting bee friendly plants in their gardens and the bees are loving it”
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Bees have been thriving during lockdown, thanks to lower air pollution levels and a slowdown in road traffic.
Urban Bee Keeper Andy White inspects his bees in the sunshine at an East London apiary.
Bees appear to be thriving in the UK due to the number of people gardening since the coronavirus lockdown.
Andy White said “It’s going to be a good year for honey due to the upturn in bee activity in Urban areas. People have gone crazy planting bee friendly plants in their gardens and the bees are loving it”
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Bees have been thriving during lockdown, thanks to lower air pollution levels and a slowdown in road traffic.
Urban Bee Keeper Andy White inspects his bees in the sunshine at an East London apiary.
Bees appear to be thriving in the UK due to the number of people gardening since the coronavirus lockdown.
Andy White said “It’s going to be a good year for honey due to the upturn in bee activity in Urban areas. People have gone crazy planting bee friendly plants in their gardens and the bees are loving it”
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Adam Arp works their hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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DUKAS_112551965_EYE
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Dennis Arp works their hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Dennis Arp and his son Adam work their hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeepers Adam and Dennis Arp work their hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeper Dennis Arp shows a branch of mesquite that the honeybees turn into local honey outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeper Dennis Arp stands for a portrait near a colony of honey bees outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Mountain Top Honey Company hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019. Some of the hives are housed in the boxes Dennis Arp has used since he got into the business, gifted to him by other veteran beekeepers.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: A colony of honey bees hard at work for Mountain Top Honey Company outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Dennis Arp replaces queen bees in a hive that rejectedor were missing queens outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019. Arp drove to California especially to purchase the new queens.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Dennis Arp replaces a queen bee in a hive that rejected a young queen outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019. Arp drove to California especially to purchase the new queens.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: A smoker deters bees while Adam and Dennis Arp work on the hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Adam Arp works his and his fatherís hives as a storm rolls in outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: A honey bees hard at work for Mountain Top Honey Company outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Adam Arp inspects his and his fatherís hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: A colony of honey bees hard at work for Mountain Top Honey Company outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Adam Arp inspects honey from his and his fatherís hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Adam Arp frames his father, Dennis, as they inspect their hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Adam Arp inspects his and his fatherís hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Adam Arp inspects his and his fatherís hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process.
'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession. Bees are essential to the functioning of America’s titanic almond industry – and billions are dying in the process. A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s.
Beekeepers attributed the high mortality rate to pesticide exposure, diseases from parasites and habitat loss. However, environmentalists and organic beekeepers maintain that the real culprit is something more systemic: America’s reliance on industrial agriculture methods, especially those used by the almond industry, which demands a large-scale mechanization of one of nature’s most delicate natural processes. Pictured: Beekeeper Dennis Arp suits up before tending to his hives outside Rye, Arizona on May 8, 2019.
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DUK10062170_030
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05842000
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_029
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841980
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_028
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841972
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_027
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841971
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_026
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841990
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_025
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841963
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_024
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841970
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_023
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841976
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_022
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841973
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_021
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841991
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_020
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841958
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_019
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841978
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_018
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05842004
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_017
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05842009
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_016
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841993
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_015
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841994
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_014
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05842015
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_013
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841956
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_012
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841959
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_011
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841975
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_010
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841955
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_009
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05842006
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_008
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841996
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_007
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841949
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_006
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841960
(c) Dukas -
DUK10062170_005
REPORTAGE - Palästinensische Imker im Gaza-Streifen
May 11, 2017 - Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian beekeepers collect honey from a beehive at a honeybee farm in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Beekeepers collect honey and wax from the beehives at this time of year. (Ashraf Amra/APAImages/Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS) *** Local Caption *** 05841998
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