Honey production is expected to be approximately at last year's level.

According to the head of the beekeeping laboratory of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution of the North-East Federal University in Kirov, Anna Brandorf, honey production this year will be approximately at the level of 2024. "In some regions, there was a loss of bee colonies during the winter period this year, so beekeepers did not receive a certain amount of honey. Some regions, on the contrary, overwintered well and collected a lot of honey. Even within one region, there is a shortage of honey on some apiaries, while others, on the contrary, have more than usual," she told "Agroinvestor." On average, according to the expert, honey production in Russia amounts to more than 60,000 tons per year. This year, weather conditions were somewhat unusual, so the honey harvest was delayed. There was an early spring, but then rains and cold weather began, and June was not very favorable for bees. Beekeepers who went out to collect honey in May and June had to abruptly stop the ...