The Honeybee Garden , a part from the comprehensive development plan for Hatta, launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid in 2016.
This plan has transformed Hatta into a comprehensive tourist destination.
With advanced facilities and unique projects that offer an ideal experience for lovers of relaxation and recreation and those seeking exciting adventures that suit all ages.
The Honeybee Garden, Innovative project from the renaissance of Hatta.
The great renaissance that Hatta has witnessed has created several opportunities for the people of the region.
So they launch innovative projects that contribute to attracting tourists and providing them with a variety of options.
At the forefront of these is the Honeybee Garden, which has quickly became a favorite destination for visitors in general.
In addition to the visitors of the “Shtana in Hatta” festival in particular, who have made sure to spend hours of fun and knowledge.
While moving between beehives to learn about the wonders and secrets of bees and their precise work systems.
The Honeybee Garden is the first of its kind in the Middle East, with an area of over 16,000 square meters.
It is unique in its location between the mountains and farms.
Mentioning that it is a natural home to more than 100,000 bees and 3,000 hives throughout the garden.
The garden is a hive of activity for discovering nature.
Also it is an educational and recreational site that supports ecotourism and focuses on the issue of food security.
In addition to the sustainability of the beekeeping sector in the country.
It also includes an institute for training professional and amateur beekeepers to introduce them to the arts of beekeeping.
An opportunity to learn about beekeeping at the Honeybee Garden.
The garden offers visitors the opportunity to learn about everything related to beekeeping.
As well as the role of bees and their importance in the ecological balance, how to collect honey, and the most important Emirati trees that produce honey.
Such as Sidr, Samr, and Ghaf.
Visitors’ can also observe beehives up close and their work system, provided that they wear the designated clothing.
The garden includes the first station for breeding queen bees and a treatment center.
It also introduces visitors to the sustainability of the local honeybee sector.
Through the application of innovative solutions that ensure the enhancement of its production capacity and efficiency.
And that contribute to achieving food security and sustainability and ensuring the continuity of food supply chains to the local market.
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Moreover, it introduces visitors to the production of honey and its quality.
In addition to its relationship with the people of the UAE and the Gulf region, and the mechanism for using the hollow trunks of palm trees as beehives.
The latest devices
The garden is the first official station for producing the “Saskatraz” bee outside of the United States and Canada.
This strain is one of the latest in the world, developed and produced in the province of Saskatchewan in Canada.
It is a bee strain that is a hybrid mix of the L. and Carnica strains that have been genetically modified, from which the name is derived.
In addition to other local strains.
The garden allows visitors to learn about the devices used and remote cell tracking programs.
Which allow workers to view the temperature and humidity inside the beehive.
As well as the change in the weight of the beehive.
They also enable people to see and observe the bees when they enter and exit the hive.
Through cameras located in the garden’s operations center or through mobile phones.
The garden contributes to raising the awareness of visitors of different nationalities and spreading a culture of productivity.
It is also linking people with the bee, and raising awareness of its role in the field of ecotourism and its contribution to sustainability and the development of the agricultural sector.
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