READY, SET, GROW! “Bee-ing In Touch With Nature” – 10th Issue, December 2017.After Faridah Khalid, 55, left her job in 2016, she was looking for a new hobby when she encountered stingless bees at her uncle’s house. Intrigued by these bees, known also as trigona or kelulut bees, she decided to try her hand at stingless bee-keeping, with the support and help of her husband, Wan Ahmad Fuad, 58..“The first three months were hell, because I knew nothing about bees or gardening at all! I started researching day and night in books, on Google, and through asking other people. But even then, it wasn’t enough because different people have different sources, environments, plants, species. That’s when I started to learn from the bees themselves. I would start my day at 7 in the morning, sitting down for hours to see what they do and how they live. That’s how I gained information and knowledge,” said Faridah..“We need to teach the youngsters the importance of bees to our environment as pollinators. Without bees, they won’t get the trees around them. We need to educate people about why we shouldn’t be scared of them.”.Read more about Faridah and her connection with stingless bees in Star2, The Star* #eatsshootsandroots #garden #ReadySetGrowESR #TheStar