120,000 honeybees arrive in New Mexico to boost sustainability

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Albuquerque metro space lately gained round 120,000 new residents, who hope to create a buzz round environmental sustainability.

Two new honeybee colonies, consisting of round 120,000 bees, have been dropped at our state by Blue Cross Blue Protect of New Mexico to spice up the realm’s ecosystem.

“Bringing them into the setting, you’re growing the quantity of pollination that’s occurring in that space and so the seeds on this space will probably be pollinated and unfold and so it allows extra development of vegetation,” stated Amy Owen, a beekeeper and proprietor of Desert Hives. “So Blue Cross and Blue Protect are working with a global firm known as Alvéole they usually have beehives in Europe, Canada and right here in America.”

Amy Owen commonly checks on the state’s latest buzzing Burqueños and makes positive they’re doing their job.

The bees’ job is to fly as much as three miles to gather nectar, which is able to assist enhance the pollination of native flowers and crops within the Albuquerque metro.

On an excellent yr, these bees will present over 30 kilos of honey and, because the colony grows, further packing containers will probably be added to the hive.

“That is the primary time we’ve actually introduced bees to our constructing to essentially exhibit their environmental sustainability to our workers, so that is tremendous thrilling for us and it’s tremendous thrilling for me as a result of, once more, I’ve by no means seen this in motion,” stated Consuelo Bolagh-Cowder, an worker with Blue Cross Blue Protect of New Mexico.

Throughout the winter, the bees will keep at Blue Cross Blue Protect of New Mexico. Beekeepers may also cut back the scale of the hive to assist bees keep collectively and regulate the hive temperature.

Then, come spring, the bees will enterprise out and proceed their seek for nectar as they pollinate vegetation alongside the way in which.