Weather fluctuations threaten bee colonies, the hornet is also feared. However, honey prices remain

Even the decline is sickening, but experts from the Czech-Velasque Union (SV) expect that in 2024 there should be half and even half as much honey as compared to other years. According to the secretary of the union Frantik Krejho, the current state of the weather has helped the swarm, when the empires multiply, do not fly for food and wait, and the mother will hatch.

Basically, don’t do anything for two weeks and use up the resources. In the end, the swarm is sucked in, which gives me the ability to travel and fly away, Krej explains.

In Tborska, however, there are not many skeptics. According to Antonn Novotn, the chairman of the Tbor district organization of the SV, the empire in the region has been hibernating for quite some time.

Compared to last year, the situation is decidedly better. However, I would not like to talk about how much honey there will be, it is too early for that. However, now even the dog has cooled down, the situation is quite good. epkas are blooming, we’ll soon see how the situation with the frosts will be, notes Novotn.

According to him, even at this time, the kingdoms have quite a lot of resources and should therefore not lose anything in five weeks. The heat slowly began to soothe him. In general, many have been married for a few weeks, when there was an unusually warm episode and many plants were blooming. If it hadn’t been warmed, they would have been miserable, Novotn thought.

A small winter die-off, maximum up to ten percent, says, for example, Romana Punochov from Malice in the Tbor region, according to him such values ​​are completely normal. A skeptic is a bag with prospects for five weeks.

Everything bloomed at the end of the summer and the vines were not in full bloom. What they gathered, they consumed in the cold weeks. At this time, the mother produced a lot of fruit and was prepared for the warm weather. It may happen that we will feed them with our own honey during the season, he added.

Just think that if there is no major drop in honey production, the price could at least stabilize. But it’s bad for everyone if they want to spend a lot of time on it, or they sleep like a horse. There are many who sell a kilo for 130 crowns, which is significantly below the price. We also have to take into account the price of the jar, lid or label, depending on the price, continues Punochov, who charges a kilogram of honey up to 200 crowns.

The problem is that in the cold days of April, I didn’t see much of Ji Vlek from Purkarka to Eskobudjovice, but he was preparing for a similar opportunity ahead of time. I knew there wouldn’t be a dream, so I preferred not to open up the empires. That would make them weaker and the divided kingdom could so-called cool down, which would affect the fetus, Vlek explains his situation.

In general, however, I see the current situation of small lots as borders. According to him, the main reason for this is the unstable period in recent years. I started ten years ago, when the situation was a bit different. These are inevitable changes. In addition, we are waiting to see if the politicians will not want to tax our income. It is the main goal for us, it could cost a lot of people, thinks Vlek, who this year is selling a kilogram of honey from 200 crowns, depending on the type.

Arriving here in the south eh?

The situation is not helped either by the two occurrences of Asian deer in the neighboring Plzeň, which are systematically eliminated by sawing the road. It has not yet been possible to recover a single individual in the south, but according to experts, it is probably only a matter of time, it will not appear even in our regions.

Obviously, in our conditions, it is not a problem to build a nest and raise many mothers. If they had any trouble this winter, it was with the fact that they yowled at the eggs. In general, the dog had very good conditions during the winter. However, it is also possible that the freezing temperatures of the past few days took their toll on them and they did not bloom, explains Novotn.

According to him, there are several ways to defend yourself against the cursed praetor. Sre is about nco vt not much, weapons that u lu nepekon could help. It is too big to hunt even in front of him, so the mechanical protection is not 100%. In general, it is possible to use traps with pheromone or other bait for such a deer, but we have no experience with deer yet, stated Novotn.