How Beekeeping can Boost Rooftop Gardening
Sourced from The Business Standard
Rooftop gardening has become a popular practice in urban areas nowadays but rooftop beekeeping is a relatively new concept in the country. Apparently, it is a game changer in urban gardening.
According to experts, bees are champion pollinators and play a pivotal role in enhancing rooftop garden productivity. The absence of these pollinators hinders flower and fruit yields.
Maintaining bee colonies in man-made beehives is an awe-inspiring idea, but is it worth the time and effort? How can one do it properly? A stall at the 15-day tree fair arranged at Shirish Tola of the Central Railway Building (CRB) of Chattogram city might have the answers.
Alwan Honey Museum and Research Centre, owned by researcher Syed Mohammed Mainul Anwar, adorned its stall (No 15) with various coastal saplings from the Sundarbans, including Garan, Sundari, Gewa and more.
A small wooden box in the stall captured the attention of fair attendees, especially youngsters, with an enthralling view of bees darting in and out of the box. Within the stall, another natural spectacle unfolds as a group of honeybees has taken residence on the bark of several Sundarbans trees.
This captivating display has generated considerable excitement and curiosity among people, showcasing the potential for sustainable urban practices of rooftop beekeeping.
Mainul Anwar's unique initiative is aimed at beautifying the urban landscape as well as bolstering bee populations and safeguarding biodiversity.
While talking to The Business Standard, Mainul Anwar emphasised bees' pivotal role in pollination for both environmental and commercial purposes, underlining their decline due to deforestation, air and environmental pollution, and climate change.
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