Ysabel Calderón, the Peruvian who allied with bees to reforest the forest

In the world of bees, those without stingers often go unnoticed. Unlike honeybees, these native stingless bees produce honey with therapeutic properties and pollinate the forests in Peru. For Ysabel Calderón, at first, these small pollinators were also invisible. Her connection, since childhood, was with the trees of the dry forest in her community, San Francisco de Asís, in Salas, Lambayeque, in northern Peru. Over time, among those same plants, she found her purpose: to protect the native stingless bees and restore the habitat that shelters them.