Busy times start for Estonia's beekeepers

Busy times start for Estonia's beekeepers

The spring rush has begun in Estonia's apiaries: willows are in bloom, bees are gathering pollen and beekeepers are carrying out their spring hive inspections. How well the bees survived the winter can vary significantly from region to region.

McCune’s Bees Busy Despite Huge Die-off Over Winter | Geauga County Maple Leaf

Gene McCune, of Auburn Township, considers himself lucky this year — only about half his bee hives died during the winter. Throughout the apiary industry, many beekeepers lost up to 80% of their hives since last fall, he said, adding the almond industry in California that depends on commercial beekeepers hauling thousands of hives in to pollinate their trees may be in trouble. “This was a sad winter. It was the worst die-off in 20 years,” McCune…

According to him, the fact that Marcel had so few bees is due to several things. “Last year was an absurdly bad year for the bee because of the heavy rain and cold. I've even seen too few of them now to really call it counting.” Dangerous exotic In addition, this year's warm spring means that there are many Asian hornets, which in turn is bad for the bee. “Last year, we caught about eighty of them all year, but due to the dry spring, more than a…

Beekeepers worry for lack of market for honey

Beekeepers in Urlabari of Morang are worried after being unable to sell honey, which they produced exceeding their expectation. Abou 24 farmers in the Urlabari area are e