Idrees al-Haddad used to buy 7kg tubs of Yemen’s world-famous honey when he went shopping. Today he can only afford 1kg.
Like many Yemenis suffering the extreme inflation and salary losses of a seven-year war, Haddad’s reduced consumption has left the industry with a production surplus.
“Merchants used to come to us to buy honey from our houses, from the valley apiaries. Nowadays we go to the market but there isn’t demand,” said beekeeper Amin Hussein amid his insects at Wadi Dhahr in Sana’a Province.
The bees crawl and buzz around cabinet-like wooden hives, feeding on almond tree flowers.
In the capital, Sana’a,
SANAA: Idrees al Haddad used to buy 7 kilogrammes tubs of Yemen’s world-famous honey when he went shopping. Today he can only afford 1 kg. Like many Yemenis suffering the extreme.