On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of Great Martyr Haralambos the Wonderworker who lived in the 2 century in Asia Minor. Saint Haralambos is regarded as patron saint of bees and apiarists , as since time immemorial..
Bulgaria is represented by 14 Bulgarian food manufacturing companies at the international trade fair for food, agriculture and horticulture Green Week Berlin 2023. At its stand, covering 198 sq. m., this country is presenting Bulgarian honey,..
The label of the honey jar must indicate the country where the honey was produced by force of a Council of Ministers decree. The aim is to protect the health and the rights of consumers and to facilitate access to high-quality products. The document..
Nature this year has been kinder to beekeepers, providing them with warm rainy days in April, which created favourable conditions for the flowering of rapeseed, one of the preferred honey crops for insects. The warm days in May favoured the flowering of..
The spring of 2021 was cooler than normal. There was enough precipitation during this period as well. However, it turned out that these weather conditions were favourable both for bees and beekeepers, as plants produced more nectar. Honey yield in the..
The number of Bulgarians who devote themselves to beekeeping has decreased recently, because apiculture in this country is in a deep crisis. On February 10, when we honor the memory of Great Martyr Charalambos the Wonder Worker who is..
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..
