Centro Apícola el Melero Beekeeping, basin conservation, honey for you water for life

In order to manage and conserve the river basin of Los Negros that is born in the park amboro (department of Santa Cruz-Bolivia), where more than 80% of the population is dedicated and their income depends on agriculture. This causes the uncontrolled expansion of the agricultural area, disassembled forest, increased consumption of water and agrochemicals in the months of May to October producers are going to work upstream to have water. This is why the importance of working in a sustainable environmental, social and economic way, using beekeeping as a tool, to concern native forests, to improve the yields of their crops by pollination and to generate income of the producers for the sale of honey. The Apicola el Melero center buys this honey and transforms them into byproducts. This year of pandemic by covid 19 the demand for honey was tripled.