Honey production will be profitable due to higher prices

Published 2020년 7월 27일

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Beekeeper Yuriy Shirokostup from the Kaharlyk district of the Kyiv region has announced that honey production this year will be limited to well-prepared and balanced bee families. This is due to the impact of rapeseed and the need for bees to draw from last year's honey stocks, particularly during acacia seasons. Some beekeepers who moved beehives for acacia blossoms have not produced honey and incurred costs. Shirokostup suggests beekeepers to insure their apiaries and advises owners of stationary apiaries to sow phacelia annually for better profitability. He also emphasizes the importance of diversifying products and focusing on retail sales to increase income.
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This year honey will be available only in well-prepared and balanced bee families. This was announced by a beekeeper from the Kaharlyk district of Kyiv region Yuriy Shirokostup, agroportal.ua reports. "The apiary, which was taken out for rapeseed, fed itself, those bees that worked on acacia had to feed the stocks of last year's honey. Each bee colony brought 12-13 kg of honey acacia + linden. Currently, bees are already working on sunflowers, ”says Yuriy Shirokostup. According to him, many beekeepers took out beehives for acacia, spent money on transportation of beehives, but didn't receive honey. "In the current situation, I advise beekeepers to make points to somehow reinsure themselves, nomadic apiaries and stationary. By the way, I advise the owners of stationary apiaries to sow at least a few hundred square meters of phacelia every year, ”says Yuriy Shirokostup. He predicts that this year the profitability of the apiary will be better, because there is ...
Source: AgroReview

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