Dear Members, Today we would like to share with you the first comments received for the online discussion “Bee products: providing nutrition and generating income - Honeybees, beekeeping and bee products in our daily lives”. We are being told about innovative hive systems and about the role that bees and their products play in Kenya and Cameroon. Other participants reflect on how bees can cope with changes in the plants they can access and whether some beekeeping practices can negatively affect the nutritional properties of the honey. You can find short summaries of the comments below. To read them in full click on the links that will lead you to the discussion page. Here you will also find the introduction and some guiding questions for you to reflect on. In this discussion we would like to explore the different usage of bee products and their role for food security and nutrition. We will also attempt to look into the future of beekeeping, exploring how to face challenges that are threatening the survival of many bee colonies around the world. What can we do to create sustainable conditions for agriculture and apiculture to coexist and to benefit from each other? Please send your comments to [log in to unmask] or post them online on the discussion page. As always, contributions are welcome in English, French and Spanish. We look forward to keep learning from you! Your FSN Forum team |