Beekeeper in Ethiopia rebuilds after civil war, hoping to restore white honey production

In his stone house perched on a hill in northern Ethiopia, Amanuel Hiluf puts on his protective suit, carefully adjusting the hood and gloves.

“We have to hurry up, it starts to be hot, and the bees will be upset,” he says.

In his garden in Hawidela, a village about an hour from Mekele, capital of the Tigray region, the beekeeper has about 40 hives from which clouds of bees are soon escaping.

For nearly 20 years, his hives have produced white honey, a creamy, highly prized variety for which the northernmost region of Ethiopia is famous.

Beekeeper Amanuel Hiluf puts on a protective suit before heading to check his beehives in Hawidela, Ethiopia. Photo: AFP

Amanuel, 42, remembers a time when they produced “in abundance”.

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