Haroon Rasheed:California Beekeeper From Pakistan

摘要

Thirty-two years ago, Haroon Rasheed arrived in the United States as a student. He did not come to be a beekeeper. As a matter of fact, he had a fear of bees since being badly stung by some very unhappy Apis dorsata bees after they were disturbed by his brother and friends when he was 10 years old. Those bees make giant combs hanging from tree limbs and are much larger than our Apis mellifera. They are one of the three native species that are found in Pakistan. The Apis mellifera specie that Haroon now lovingly keeps is considered an exotic one in Pakistan. There are now about 7,000 beekeepers with those honey bees in Pakistan.