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    The document discusses beekeeping among tribal farmers in India, including photos of drones and worker bees in hives, a farmer collecting honey, a program coordinator meeting with farmers monthly, a "honey hunter" finding an empty hive infested with wax moths and abandoned by bees, traditional tribal women's dress, and a coordinator inspecting a healthy hive that earns a farmer over $200 annually from beekeeping.

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    The document discusses beekeeping among tribal farmers in India, including photos of drones and worker bees in hives, a farmer collecting honey, a program coordinator meeting with farmers monthly, a "honey hunter" finding an empty hive infested with wax moths and abandoned by bees, traditional tribal women's dress, and a coordinator inspecting a healthy hive that earns a farmer over $200 annually from beekeeping.

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    Drones (Male Bees) and Worker Bees (Female Bees) in A Boxed Hive

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    The document discusses beekeeping among tribal farmers in India, including photos of drones and worker bees in hives, a farmer collecting honey, a program coordinator meeting with farmers monthly, a "honey hunter" finding an empty hive infested with wax moths and abandoned by bees, traditional tribal women's dress, and a coordinator inspecting a healthy hive that earns a farmer over $200 annually from beekeeping.

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    Drones (male bees) and worker bees (female bees) in a boxed hive

    Atar Singh (front left) with farmer Jhula Mahado who has just collected honey
    To ensure the program’s success, Bhumikar Tulalwar (centre) meets tribal farmers every month to discuss beekeeping
    Somu Sotru is a ‘honey hunter’ – an unsustainable tradition that has led to the decline in indigenous bees
    Somu Sotru opens his bee box only to find that it’s empty
    The hive has been infested by the wax moth and the bees have absconded
    Sumat Sotru in traditional tribal women’s dress
    A healthy bee box where worker bees are busy working on new combs
    Atar inspects Somar Devji Maghi’s hive. Somar earns just over 200 US each year from his farm

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