South Korea: Current status of world beekeeping and milestones of domestic beekeeping industry

Published Nov 6, 2024

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The article provides an overview of the global honey production and distribution, with a focus on the top-ranking countries like China, India, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. It highlights Asia's dominant role, with China being the leading honey producer and exporter, despite having a smaller bee colony count than countries like India and the United States. The article also touches on the honey production per colony, mentioning Vietnam as the highest, and the varying honey prices across regions. Furthermore, it discusses the need for a unified strategy for exporting bee products and improving domestic beekeeping in Korea, emphasizing the need for policy revisions, the establishment of a consultative body, and strengthening government organizational capacity.

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[Livestock Newspaper] Dr. Lee Man-young (Advisor to the Korean Society of Apiculture) Honeybees are distributed in all regions of the world except the oceans and polar regions. According to the 2022 statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the number of honeybee colonies (swarms) in the world is estimated at 100 million. Asia accounts for about 45% of the total with 45 million bee colonies, followed by Europe with 25%. By country, India has the largest number of bee colonies with 12 million, followed by China with 9.3 million colonies, Turkey with 9 million colonies, Iran with 7.6 million colonies, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Argentina. The United States and Russia, which rank 8th and 9th in the world, have 2.7 million colonies and 2.8 million colonies, respectively. Our country ranks 11th with 2.1 million colonies after Mexico, and neighboring Japan ranks 44th with 200,000 colonies, which is 1/10 of our country's. Looking at honey production, ...

Source: Chuksannews