The Kurdistan Region’s geographic location makes for “excellent
honey,” head of Kurdistan’s Beekeepers Network Arif Sherwani says. Beekeeping is
in two seasons in the region, spring in the lowlands and summer in the colder
and mountainous areas. Sherwani and his wife Bayan Mohammad come from a family
of beekeepers and have been doing the job themselves for over two decades.
Sherwani is the head of Kurdistan’s Beekeepers Network of 16,000 members, who
produce and export honey abroad and provide for the local market.