2020 should be the year of establishing relations between farmers and beekeepers of the Yaroslavl region, said Sergey Kamyshentsev, deputy director of the department of the agro-industrial complex and consumer market of the Yaroslavl region.
As local beekeepers recall, earlier seed producers of perennial crops of the region collaborated with them. As a result of this, hives with bees were regularly exported to the fields for pollination, which was beneficial to all sides of the process.
The apiary received honey, and the farmers were pleased with the high yield. Today, there is no such practice and one has to rely only on meadow grasses.
According to Aleksey Kravchenko, a beekeeper from Tutaevsky district, establishing contact with farmers is now the main issue. Even financial support is not so important.
Indeed, if beekeepers have where to “walk” the bees, then they will be with honey. And if the development of seed production continues, then beekeeping will benefit.
The most melliferous region of Russia is Siberia.
Sergey Kamyshentsev insists on a return to the old model of cooperation, which speaks of a shortage of seeds in the region. According to him, this year joint meetings of agronomists and beekeepers will be organized so that they can jointly participate in resolving issues.
In addition, the idea of creating an information map for each district indicating the crops that are planned for sowing, as well as the time and exact place of sowing, is now being considered.
This will help beekeepers bring hives to the indicated territories on time. It is very important to organize interaction with farmers so that they report on upcoming field treatments with chemicals. Beekeepers must know exactly where, when and with what substance the field will be treated.
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- At the beekeeper from the Nikolaev area almost all bees were lost.