Drought is very serious for bees to produce honey. How to save it? Three aspects of sugar beehive colony

The drought affected the livelihood of bee farmers, and the Council of Agriculture decided to subsidize bee farmers' expenditure on sugar for feeding bees, and to abolish the upper limit of 49,000 yuan for beehive aid per house. at the same time, after the proportion of bee damage and the amount of assistance were determined, the measures for agricultural natural disaster relief would also be amended to include bee colony relief into the project. Sugar subsidy should first register the number of beehives with the Agriculture and Food Administration. Two items, such as the upper limit of the amount of assistance for each beehive and the death relief of bees, need to be amended, which is expected to be completed by the end of May.

Honey-free bees eat sugar to register the number of beehives before they get sugar subsidy.

Su Menglan, deputy director of the guidance Department of the Council of Agriculture, said that when a drought occurred in China at the beginning of this year, the flowering rate of honey plants was poor, bees had no honey to pick, and not only honey production was reduced, but bee farmers even had to feed their bees with sugar. The Council of Agriculture decided to subsidize the sugar needed by bee farmers to feed their bees, but beegrowers had to register the number of beehives with the Agriculture and Food Administration before they could apply for subsidies.

The guidance Office said that at present, less than 20% of bee farmers have registered beehives, so the registration period is open for one month, allowing bee farmers to complete registration within a period of time in accordance with the Agriculture and Food Department's "declaration and registration system for farmers engaged in beekeeping." you can apply for sugar subsidy. The amount of sugar needed for each box of bees is estimated at 50 kilograms, and the cost is about 1,000 yuan. The amount of subsidy for the Council of Agriculture is one-third.

Revised measures before the end of May: abolish the upper limit of beehive aid and add colony disaster relief.

If the upper limit of beehive damage rescue is cancelled and two new colony death relief items are added, the rescue measures must be amended. According to the current measures for the Relief of Agricultural Natural disasters, only beehives are available for the bee industry, with a total amount of 600 yuan per box and a half-destroyed box of 300 yuan, and the maximum amount of aid applied for by each bee farmer shall not exceed 49,000 yuan.

Su Menglan explained that bees are prone to cold damage and flooding, where beehives are not damaged and bees will die. Taking into account the needs of the industry, the cash relief items and the schedule of the amount of cash relief measures for agricultural natural disasters will be amended. The current upper limit of 49,000 yuan per household for beehives will be deleted, and after the upper limit is deleted, assistance will be provided according to the actual number of damage. At present, the average household has about 169 beehives, and the amount of assistance remains unchanged, with a total destruction of 600 yuan per box and a half-destruction of 300 yuan.

The measures for agricultural natural disaster relief will also include additional bee colony relief programs, but the amount of bee colony relief will be determined only after the Miaoli District Agricultural improvement Farm has discussed with relevant units and beekeeping industry groups. The guidance Office said that as the flood season is also approaching, it hopes to complete the revision of the method by the end of May.

A few days ago, the Council of Agriculture has added several special equipment for bee farmers to the small agricultural machinery subsidy program for bee farmers to apply for subsidies. The guidance office said that next, the Agriculture and Food Administration and the Agricultural Finance Bureau will discuss with the insurance company the insurance policy for the beekeeping industry, so that bee farmers can take out insurance and reduce the burden of industrial losses caused by natural disasters.