The Spanish honey harvest may fall by half due to the drought and the bee-eater
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게시됨 2022년 9월 20일
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The honey harvest will reduce between 40% and 50% due to the effects of the drought and the losses caused by the bee-eater, a bird that feeds on bees, according to sources from the agricultural organization COAG.
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COAG has detailed that the less presence of insects due to the scarce flowering and the absence of ponds has turned honey bees into the main food of this migratory bird, whose song scares them and makes them not leave the hives until the bee-eaters disappear. This situation, according to COAG , causes bees to lose the best hours of foraging at the end of summer, which decreases breeding and, therefore, reduces the population that has to winter, which is why this organization has demanded specific aid from regional executives for beekeepers .The losses in the apiaries of Andalusia, the Region of Murcia and the Valencian Community stand out, where a reduction of over 50% of the honey harvest is expected. COAG has also referred to he increase in imports of honey to Spain during the first half of this year with remittances originating mainly from China (4,851 tons of honey at an average price of €1.42/kg) and Portugal (3,642 tons at an average price of €2.08/kg). They have specified ...