Yeonggwang-gun Conducts Education on Honeybee Virus Prevention and Mite Management

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong] Jeollanam-do Yeonggwang-gun (Governor Kang Jongman) announced on the 19th that it recently conducted a 'Honeybee Virus Prevention and Mite Management Technology Training' for 70 beekeeping farmers.

The training was conducted by CEO Ha Seongseop of BioBee Co., Ltd., covering winter honeybee colony management methods, virus and mite pest control technologies, and especially actively educating on the current status and control methods of the Korean mite, which has been spreading nationwide since its second year of domestic introduction.

Recently, as honeybees have been dying off or disappearing in groups, causing damage to farms, cases have been confirmed where bees leaving the hive during increased sunlight in the wintering period suddenly face cold temperatures, fail to enter wintering, remain active outside, and die.

Ko Yoonja, Director of the Agricultural Technology Center, said, "We will focus our efforts on minimizing wintering damage by intensively educating beekeepers, who are increasingly concerned, on virus prevention and pest control theories, and guiding thorough management techniques for wintering colonies."

Meanwhile, the county has systematically established winter honeybee damage reduction measures and formed a winter honeybee task force to respond to abnormal signs.

Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong baekok@asiae.co.kr

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