Mexico City rehabilitates beehives rescued from urban areas

2000Agro/Writing The Secretary of the Environment (Sedema) of Mexico City, as part of the Rehabilitation and Use of Swarms and Wild Colonies of Bees, has rescued and rehabilitated 14 hives settled in the streets or different public spaces, of which seven have already been delivered to beekeepers installed on conservation land. The objective of this project is to take advantage of swarms or wild colonies of bees located in urban areas, as well as prevent their death due to improper handling when time to remove them. This project is headed by the General Directorate of the Natural Resources Commission and Rural Development (Dgcorenadr), which trained elements of the Heroic Corps of Firefighters from the 16 municipalities, who already have the basic knowledge and tools necessary to protect, manage and relocate swarms of bees. Now, the CDMX firefighters have a protocol for the capture of swarms so that they correctly attend to the reports issued by the citizenship in emergency ...