A brief talk on the "dispute between China and Italy" by Italian beekeepers in the past 40 years

Bees

I do not know when the struggle between Chinese bees and Italian bees has become the focus of debate among beekeepers and honey eaters, beating their heads hard, but this seems to be a war that will never win or lose. For beekeepers with 40 years of experience in beekeeping, let's talk about their own point of view.

Honey

First of all, let's talk about bee species.

For bee species, the advantages of Chinese bees: ① can collect sporadic honey sources, when there is a lack of honey sources, Chinese bees have stronger ability to collect honey; ② has stronger disease resistance, native bees are more adaptable to the environment, and are less likely to get sick. The disadvantages of Chinese bees: ① can not raise strong groups, like to divide bees, and is not easy to manage; ② produces little honey, most designated farming, and can only collect honey once or twice a year; ③ does not have accessory bee products such as royal jelly and beeswax, or very few

The advantages of Italian bees: ① is relatively docile and convenient for breeding and management; ② specializes in collecting honey, brewing royal jelly and other different bee species, which is more conducive to the production of different bee products; ③ follows the flowering period, for bulk honey sources, it has stronger collection capacity and large honey production. The disadvantages of Italian bees: ① has a large food intake and should be fed with sugar or honey when the honey source is insufficient; ② is relatively less resistant to Chinese bee than Chinese bee; ③ is not strong enough for the utilization of sporadic honey sources.

Therefore, breeders also need to choose which kind of bees according to their own actual situation.

Honey

Secondly, talk about honey.

This is a topic that most people are concerned about. ① price: Chinese honey is higher than Italian honey, sometimes it can be several times higher, that is why? Because most of the Chinese honey is cultivated at a fixed point, the florescence is relatively fixed, and it is only collected once or twice a year, so the honey yield is relatively small, while the Italian bee chases the flowering period and takes honey for half a year, which produces a large amount of honey and is precious because it is rare, resulting in a high price of Chinese honey. ② quality: in the same external environment, such as the same site, the same period of time, are brewing is sealed mature honey, then there is no difference in the nutritional value of honey and Italian honey, there may be a slight difference in taste, but most sub-professionals can not taste any difference.

Therefore, in the choice of honey, we can choose according to their own hobbies have economic strength, is not expensive is good, suitable for their own is good!

Bees

The above is Ah Cheng's personal talk about Chinese Bee and Italian Bee. It may not be accurate. You are welcome to leave messages and communicate with each other.