On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Charalambos the Wonder Worker, Bishop of Magnesia. The legend has it that St. Charalambos is a patron saint of honey and beekeepers and protects people from illnesses. The saint..
Beekeeping is the sector with highest relative share in organic production in Bulgaria, this country’s Minister of Agriculture and Food Desislava Taneva said at a conference in Brussels themed “Challenges for Beekeeping in the EU-Long-Term Solutions”...
There is a real risk that 45,000 tons of honey from South America would enter the European market through duty-free imports, the Association of Producers of Organic Bee Products warn. This could happen due to a trade agreement between the EU and..
Northeastern Bulgaria is mostly flat country, a large portion of which is farmland. To the east is the Black Sea coast, to the north – the Danube, to the south is the eastern portion of the Balkan Range, and to the west it borders on the..
In 2018, Bulgaria exported more than 100 tons of honey to EU countries and 4 tons of honey for non-EU countries, Eurostat reported on the occasion of May 20, which is World Bee Day. Bulgaria has also imported 12 tons of honey from non-EU countries..
Honey production in 2018 has dropped by about 60% on average, Nikolay Kumenov, chairman of the Federation of Bulgarian Beekeepers in Bulgaria told the BNR. As a reason for the fall, he pointed out higher rainfall during the year. Another reason is the..
Bulgaria’s honey is sold successfully on the foreign markets, caretaker Deputy-Minister of Agriculture and Food Professor Georgi Zhelyazkov said in the city of Pleven (Central North Bulgaria) during the opening of the 15 th International Fair..
