Bees in peril | Political Economy

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There are no flowers left for them that are left to find. The king says, “The king says, his voice is heavy by resigning. For decades, these flies have been their livelihood. Now, they are fighting against Pakistan’s growing climate crisis. It is a crisis that not only threatens their survival, but also on all the environment.

Once the bees of the country produced 22 different types of honey. According to the Honey Bee Research Institute in Islamabad, the number has increased to 11 today. Since 2022, honey production has decreased by 15 %, which is a rigorous indication of environmental rehabilitation environmental fluctuations.

For centuries, bees colleagues in the region have followed the rhythm of a prediction. The summer was spent in the cold, flower -rich hills of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while the winter attracted them to the fertile plains of Punjab. This rhythm has been affected. Rising temperatures, non -seasonal rains and disabled air pollution have shortened the flower season and once have penetrated the scenes that once flourish. “Now, we chase what is left a bit.”

During this winter, the heavens of Punjab turned to the smoky gray when the smoky surfaces were turned towards hazardous heights, forcing the government to declare national destruction. For bees like Malik Hussein Khan, smog was sentenced to death. They recall, “almost half my half flies died,” and stood in the middle of the orange drains, whose open weeks arrived late and faded very quickly. “They could not fly. The air was too thick, and it was not raining to clean it.” Air pollution blurred the fragrances that rely on flies to find flowers, leaving them anxious and hungry.

Soldiers of Pakistani bees associates, their trucks, are moving towards a landscape that is less hospitalized in the day. But as soon as the climate crisis tightens its grip, their fighting and flies, a delicate, resonant balance.

The stake is high. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, bees are feeding a third of the world’s food crops. Their deficiency in Pakistan is not only in danger not only honey but also food safety. In the Hindu Kush-Hamali region, where the wild bees of Pakistan once flourished, the reduction of residence, the use of pesticides and the harvesting of the forests. Barry Honey’s season, once mid -October, continues to only months, if it is not washed with extraordinary rainfall.

In order to survive, the families of 35,000 flies in Pakistan have become nomadic, they have loaded their hive on trucks and have traveled hundreds of kilometers in search of viable conditions. Khan, who once moved only between Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, now travels in Sindh, a thousand kilometers south, pursuing warm and openly chasing. They say, “If the heat is too high or the journey is too long, the bees die.” “It’s done before.” In recent years, rising fuel costs add another burden. Owners often harass the bees colleagues who are arranged without permission.

HBRI research suggests that to add better ventilation, Hiven design should be adapted, as has been seen in Turkey and Australia. Extreme heat leaves are tired of bees. Then instead of producing honey, they spend valuable energy trying to cool down. Honey production can increase by 10 % with a more spacious, computerized hive. A minor benefit, but a meaningful. This crisis spreads far more than the safety of the flies. In a country where less than four percent of the forests can accelerate the harvesting of land and forests, the loss of bees indicates a wider environmental elimination. For now, Pakistani bees soldiers, their trucks, are trapped towards a landscape that is less hospitable for the day. But when the climate crisis tightens his grip, his fight, and the flies, hanging in a delicate, resonant balance. We should be deeply concerned if the bees disappear, humanity cannot be far behind, especially despite today’s worst climate crisis.

Salman Tahir is an author, historian, researcher and actor with a Bachelor’s Degree in Government College University, Lahore.