Gaza beekeeper tends hives by restive border


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Khoudair's bees provide her with a job and she is self-reliant. Photos: Mohammed Abed/AFP

In a field close to the Gaza Strip's restive frontier, apiarist Miassar Khoudair checks that her queen bee has survived five days of deadly cross-border fire between Palestinian militants and the Israeli army.

"The bees die from the gases, the rockets and dust as a result of the war," said the 29-year-old, dressed in a protective white bee suit.

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