In Barreiros, a group of women combines scientific knowledge with ancestral wisdom to return to sustainable planting techniques and land to raise and protect bees. With the support of the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, they started to use genetic improvement techniques to produce honey. They became the first beekeepers in the region - a job until then performed exclusively by men. The income from the sale of honey guaranteed them a source of income and also their permanence in the rural area during the pandemic. In addition to financial support, the project generated a new dynamic in the community. In order to attract more bees, the women then began to rescue sustainable planting techniques, regardening their backyards and transforming them into agroecological oases - even in the midst of a huge sugarcane monoculture that corresponds to 92% of the arable areas of the municipality. Today they harvest high-quality, pesticide-free fruits, honey, and flowers, showing that modern practices combined with ancestral land care rituals can be the key to generating income in vulnerable communities and restoring ecosystems on Earth.