Culture & Lifestyle
The sound of thousands of hives lining rooftops, gardens, and fields echoes in the small village of Shabshir al-Hissa in Egypt’s Nile Delta, where bees outnumber people. For years, the village has been a place where honey is a tradition, where livelihoods, remedies, and pride all stem from the hive. Nestled in Gharbia Governorate, Shabshir al-Hissa is the country’s undisputed capital of beekeeping. According to Abdelsalam Osman, head of the Egyptian Beekeepers Association in Gharbia, around 3,000 people in Shabshir…
