Treatment of agricultural crops nearby bee gardens to be noted in information system in Moldova

Chisinau, 31 March /MOLDPRES/ - Agricultural producers, starting from this year, are obliged to register the works of treating fields with phyto-sanitary products and fertilizers and the apiculturists – to register their bee families on an online platform launched today, www.BeeProtect.md.    

The main goal is to diminish the risk of appearance of intoxications with phyto-sanitary products in bees and the platform’s goal is to guarantee the mutual communication and informing of the agricultural producers and apiculturists about the sprinkling of agricultural crops and placement of bee gardens nearby farmlands.   

„The pollination of agricultural crops is vital. Preponderantly bees participate in this process. For this reason, we draw attention to the need to protect them. We believe that we can improve the productivity of harvests and protect the population of bees only through cooperation and communication,’’ Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Vladimir Bolea said.   

Annually, cases of bees’ mass intoxications are ascertained in Moldova. This fact causes damages to apiculturists, hitting the entire agricultural sector, as well as the honey consumers. According to specialists in apiculture, the cases of bees’ intoxication can trigger losses from 60 to 100 per cent of the number of families of a bee garden, in conditions when the financial losses of each bee family, from the viewpoint of the investments and missed profit, can be up to 6,000 lei (300 euros).