The Ministry of Agriculture issued "opinions" to promote the healthy development of apiculture

In order to further change the development mode of China's apiculture, strengthen the industrial function of honeybee pollination, consolidate the foundation of industrial development, ensure the quality and safety of bee products, and promote the healthy development of apiculture in China, not long ago, the Ministry of Agriculture issued opinions on speeding up the popularization of honeybee pollination technology to promote the sustained and healthy development of apiculture.

The "opinion" holds that apiculture is an important part of modern agriculture, an indispensable link for maintaining ecological balance, and a cause that benefits the country and the people. The development of apiculture is not only an important means to increase crop production and an effective way to increase farmers' income, but also an important guarantee to meet the needs of bee products market and an important measure to maintain ecological balance.

The "opinion" puts forward that we should persist in developing beekeeping production and promoting crop pollination at the same time, speed up the development of honeybee pollination industry, be market-oriented, strengthen support, and strive to improve the internal and external environment for the development of apiculture. We will change the mode of production of apiculture, vigorously promote the standardization, scale, quality and industrialization of apiculture, steadily improve the quality and safety of bee products, actively promote agricultural efficiency and increase farmers' income, and strive to achieve sustained and healthy development of apiculture.

The opinion puts forward the development goal of apiculture. By 2015, the number of beekeeping in China will reach 10 million groups, and the output of bee products will be 500000 tons. The matching technology of honeybee pollination to increase production has been popularized, and a number of specialized pollination farms have been formed. preliminary realization of honeybee pollination industrialization Remarkable progress has been made in the transformation of the mode of production, the proportion of large-scale apiculture farms (households) and professional cooperative organizations has increased from the current 40% to 70%, the level of production facilities and the quality and safety of bee products have been greatly improved, and industrialization has been accelerated. The ability of sustainable development of apiculture has been further enhanced.

The opinion calls for strengthening the scientific research on honeybee pollination and supporting the research on pollination bee feeding and management technology, bee species cultivation, pest control, pollination machines and tools, etc. Vigorously popularize the technology of honeybee pollination to promote crop yield increase, select rape, cotton, apple, sunflower, strawberry, watermelon, citrus, jujube and other crop varieties that play an obvious role in increasing production and improving quality, and popularize honeybee pollination technology. speed up the popularization of green plant protection technology, formulate and implement norms for the use of pesticides in crop florescence, and minimize the occurrence of bee pesticide poisoning. Increase the publicity of honeybee pollination technology. The "opinions" also put forward requirements for optimizing the regional layout of apiculture, perfecting the breeding system of improved honeybee varieties, changing the mode of production of beekeeping, doing a good job in prevention and control of honeybee epidemic, and constructing quality inspection and standard system.

In order to further popularize honeybee pollination technology and improve crop yield and quality, the Ministry of Agriculture has also issued the Technical regulations for Bee pollination (for trial implementation). The operation procedures and management requirements for the preparation of pollination colony, field crop pollination technology and facility crop pollination technology are stipulated.