Women members of the Hojuelas de Miel beekeepers association walk back home after harvesting honey at Chilal de La Merced, in the rural region of Cajamarca in northeastern Peru. – Photos: CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP
IN THE mountains of northeast Peru, a group of women beekeepers have plucked millions of bees from the jaws of death and saved their own livelihoods with the help of United Nations climate funding.
The women not only rescued their hives from extreme weather events linked to climate change, but built a thriving honey business.
