Jangseong-gun Supplies 'Honeybees for Pollination' to Strawberry Farms

Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 18th that it will supply pollination honeybees to local facility strawberry farms starting from the 23rd.

The county secures the honeybees for distribution from beekeeping farms in the Jangseong area, receiving great responses from farmers.

Earlier, the county conducted a demand survey for honeybee supply farms from the end of August to early last month, and on the 10th, held a consultation with the strawberry-beekeeping representative organizations to coordinate detailed matters.

Jangseong-gun will supply honeybees for pollination to strawberry farms starting from the 23rd.
[Photo by Jangseong-gun]

Currently, the scale of strawberry farms in the Jangseong area is 234 farms covering 91 hectares (ha), mainly concentrated in the southern part of Jangseong, including Jinwon-myeon, Nam-myeon, and Hwangryong-myeon.

With the county's support, pollination honeybees can be obtained at 50% of the market price, which is expected to greatly help farm management.

This is also good news for beekeeping farms. Through the support project, a path has opened to sell 750 colonies (hives) of honeybees worth approximately 150 million KRW.

The county, which received applications from facility strawberry farms until last week, plans to supply pollination honeybees over about three weeks from the 23rd of this month to the 10th of next month.

For more details, contact the Agricultural Technology Division of the Jangseong-gun Agricultural Technology Center.

County Governor Kim Han-jong said, “We will carry out field-centered projects that effectively support farmers' management stability and the production of high-quality agricultural products.”

Jangseong = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jo Han-gyu baekok@asiae.co.kr

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