Flora favors honey harvest in Rio Grande do Sul

The Conjunctural Report released by Emater/RS-Ascar this Thursday (27) indicates that beekeepers in Rio Grande do Sul have intensified management practices aimed at strengthening the hives and increasing honey production, taking advantage of the good flowering recorded in recent weeks. According to the bulletin, among the main activities carried out are "the inspection of the apiaries, the expansion of space in the nests through the management of frames and the placement of honey supers," in addition to propolis scraping, wax melting, predator monitoring, installation of bait boxes, and mowing in the apiary areas. Honey harvesting is already occurring on various properties, with results considered positive. In the administrative region of Bagé, Emater/RS-Ascar reports that, in Dom Pedrito, the apiaries installed in forests and native fields with greater plant diversity present "overwhelming volumes of honey." Areas with low species diversity did not register a productive response. ...