What is the significance of beekeeping?

The author figuratively uses beekeeping to show the good life refugees are forced to leave behind to run for their safety. Most people in Syria were doing their businesses and farming to sustain their lives comfortably without relying on donors before the war. For instance, Nuri was a hardworking beekeeper focused n improving his business to provide for his family. However, when the war broke out, Nuri and other refugees became beggars and were forced to run away from their homes to Europe to seek refuge.