Russia has increased the sale of honey abroad

By 2025, honey exports may exceed 5.5 thousand tons, with 15 percent of this volume coming from organic honey. The increase in honey consumption in the world is primarily due to the global trend towards a healthy diet. People replace sugar with honey. Now Russia supplies honey to 26 countries. The main consumers are Poland, China, Belarus, Serbia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. Despite the increase in exports, the beekeepers themselves are not sure about the increase in honey production this year. "It will be good if by the end of the year we see a figure of 60-62 thousand tons - these are the indicators of last year," says Valery Kapunin, chairman of the Union of Russian Beekeepers. The first reason is unfavorable weather conditions in the main "honey" regions and, above all, in the Altai Territory. The drought and subsequent rains did not allow the plants to produce sufficient nectar, and the bees to collect it. The second reason is the death of bees due to pesticides. Farmers are ...