Jassim M.Al-mughrabi
Honeybee Technician
Minisry of Agriculture & Water
P.O.Box 42332 Riyadh11541 K.S.A
Fax 009661-(458)3348> Welcome to the list. Tell us a about beekeeping in
Saudi Arabia. What
> variety of bees to you use, and what sort or foraging do you have in your
> hot dry climate?
>
> Paul
>
> Hi paul and other friends ,
>
> We have two kind of beekeepers in Saudi Arabia :
> 1- the beekeepers who use the modern hives and this kind of beekeepers
they keep > bees in there farms .
>2- the other beekeepers use the trditional way by keeping bees inside hive
loq and they usually transfair there bees from place to place searching for
good nectar sources espcially we have different kind of climets .
> The indigenous bees is ( Apis mellefera ) which it was found here ( the
old world ) thousends of years it`s very quit bees and produce good brood
combs also more honey than the imported bees ,moreover.They fly more
distance than italian or carniolan bees .
>
> 3- the main foraging source to the first beekeepers is ( Alfa Alfa ) and
to the other beekeepers is ( acacias - spring flowers - spina chresty and
maney maney other )
>
>best regards,,
>
> Jassim M.Al-mughrabi
>Honeybee Technician
>Minisry of Agriculture & Water
>P.O.Box 42332 Riyadh11541 K.S.A
>Fax 009661-(458)3348