Unfavorable climatic conditions have affected the development of bee families and may jeopardize their overwintering, beekeepers say. At a meeting organized at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, they said that due to high temperatures and insufficient rainfall, food reserves in hives are limited, IPN reports.
In many regions, little or no bee flight has been observed, even during favorable harvesting periods. Beekeepers present at the meeting say there is a risk that families may not reach the optimal level of development to be able to winter safely.
The Minister of Agriculture, Ludmila Catlabuga, said that all the issues raised will be analyzed at the institutional level, in collaboration with other relevant authorities, in order to identify appropriate support mechanisms for the beekeeping sector.
According to the data of the National Agency for Food Safety, about 2000 beekeepers are registered in the BeeProtect information system, and the total number of bee families is estimated at about 206 thousand.
In 2024, Moldova exported 4153 tons of honey, of which 3744 tons to the European Union. 2404 tons of honey were exported in the first seven months of this year, but most of this volume came from last year’s stocks.
