The fake honey in supermarkets and the threat of the Asian hornet are the focus of the Expomiel 2025 debate.

Once again, the issue of the expansion of the destructive invasive species ‘vespa orientalis’ and the expulsion of “real honey” from the sales shelves has been the focus of the Expomiel celebration, now in its 28th edition. This is a themed event around honey and beekeeping, organized by COAG Andalucía, along with the Diputación de Córdoba and the University of Córdoba, which has become a benchmark for the sector at a national level. The event, held this weekend at the Palacio de la Merced in Córdoba, featured 17 stands, guided tastings, visits from educational centers and activities for children, as well as the traditional honey competitions. On Saturday, the traditional Technical Day of Expomiel took place, in which nearly 200 professionals from the sector participated, and where topics of greatest concern to Andalusian beekeepers were analyzed and debated, such as "the fraud of fake honey" marketed by the industry and the uncontrolled expansion of the ‘vespa orientalis’, which ...