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“2024, between drought and strong temperature changes, risks being a terrible year for the entire beekeeping sector. The situation continues to worsen and compared to last year, in some cases honey production is approaching zero. Producing a few kilos of honey per hive is equivalent to a loss for the beekeeper, considering the costs that must be borne for emergency feeding, management, fuel and employee wages”. Coldiretti Basilicata reported it.
“Lucanian beekeeping is facing another truly critical season, because this year too, with some exceptions, spring honeys have almost disappeared, with the months of April and May truly critical from a climatic point of view. – explained Rocco Sinisgalli, a beekeeper belonging to the association – The production of honey is concentrated in limited periods and the climate crisis has a devastating effect on the sector and our friends bees. It has become a real emergency and the quantities are very small and talking about a harvest is ridiculous. The last three years have been devastating for the sector, if we consider poor production, ever-increasing costs of production, management and sustenance of bees and the price of honey which has been frozen for some time.”
