Tag "méz"
EU laws are expected to be tightened in marking the origin of honey mixtures
Date: 2023-02-21 11:46:39
The president of the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association, Péter Bross, told Napi.hu: amending the directive on honey would promote the consumer’s free choice and the protection of his health. After...
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Honey has become so expensive that no one needs it
Date: 2023-02-21 11:05:18
Domestic honey purchases have frozen, meanwhile the Ukrainians are flooding the Hungarian and European markets with cheap honey. It is conceivable that the purchase price of honey will soon begin...
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Péter Bross: they would buy the more expensive honey if they knew where it came from
Date: 2023-02-01 12:04:47
According to Péter Bross, president of the National Hungarian Bee Association, most of the honey from third countries is fake, so consumers in the EU would prefer to buy products...
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Hungary urges the tightening of honey labeling rules in Brussels
Date: 2023-01-31 09:30:52
Together with Hungary, a total of twenty member states asked the European Commission to tighten the regulations on the origin marking of honey mixtures. It is in vain that we...
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The unsold honey stocks are a big problem
Date: 2022-12-21 11:26:44
Advertisements for the sale of entire colonies of bees appear more and more. Buyers pay barely HUF 1,500-1,600 for a kilo of honey, some don’t even buy acacia honey. There...
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The Carpathian Basin honey festival is organized in Zalaegerszeg
Date: 2022-11-24 11:20:35
A two-day Carpathian Basin honey festival will begin on December 3 with the parade of eighteen honey knights in the county seat of Zala – it was announced at a...
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The beekeeping industry receives more than 42 million euros in support
Date: 2022-11-18 11:30:08
The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) highly values the work of Hungarian beekeepers, which is reflected in the fact that we intend to support the development of the sector with a...
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The quality Hungarian honey is the IX. The protagonist of Bakony Expo
Date: 2022-11-11 10:23:06
The values of the countryside are put in the spotlight, the cultural and gastronomic traditions of our country are preserved, while the producers who present themselves at each exhibition offer...
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GMO-free production is an important value of Hungarian agriculture
Date: 2022-11-04 10:15:10
The aim of the Ministry of Agriculture is to ensure that GMO-free products are placed on store shelves and on the tables of Hungarians, starting from GMO-free feed for our...
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The beekeepers in Tiszántúl produced half as much honey because of the drought
Date: 2022-10-24 08:01:43
Due to the summer drought, beekeepers were able to produce half of the usual amount of honey, mainly east of the Danube, the founding president of the Békés County Beekeepers’...
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New-wave Hungarian honeys
Date: 2022-09-15 11:31:05
And let there be Flower Peace! Honeys that are delicious, honeys that are quality, honeys that are different! These are the products of the new-wave Hungarian honey brand, Virágbéke Mez...
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The proportion of fake honey on the shelves of Hungarian stores is worrying
Date: 2022-08-31 15:11:44
A new inspection has revealed that the majority of shop honeys do not meet quality requirements. However, the producers’ honeys passed the test well – InfoStart points out. The National...
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This is how Ukrainian and Chinese honey floods Hungary: it’s true, it’s not always honey
Date: 2022-08-22 11:46:10
In a five-year period, the import of honey practically doubled in Hungary, while the export stagnated or even decreased – Pénzcentrum points out in a recent article. From recent data,...
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Canola and silver linden honeyed well, but the drought caused serious problems
Date: 2022-08-05 12:13:22
Hungary has produced a quantity of acacia honey that has not been seen in ten years, but sunflower honey has to be canceled due to the drought – we learn...
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Bees are starving: there is not enough nectar and pollen due to the drought
Date: 2022-07-29 11:20:48
The months-long drought is causing serious problems not only for people living in agriculture, but also for beekeepers. In drought, the flowers barely produce nectar and pollen, so the bees...
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Minister of Agriculture: bee colonies and beekeepers need to be safe
Date: 2022-06-23 11:20:48
Bees are key players in sustainable agriculture and the food industry, which is why the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association (OMME) has gained recognition in the beekeeping products sector, Minister of...
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AM: Beekeepers can apply for the new bee welfare support from Monday
Date: 2022-06-20 11:21:17
The Ministry of Agriculture (AM) announced an animal welfare subsidy for bees with a budget of 10 billion HUF, the Minister of Agriculture said. According to a statement issued by...
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The pollination subsidy for bee colonies increased to one thousand forints
Date: 2022-05-13 11:22:43
The government has raised the pollination subsidy to a thousand forints per bee family, Minister of Agriculture Nagy István announced in a post published on his Facebook page on Friday....
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Without a strong beekeeping sector, there is no strong agriculture
Date: 2022-05-13 08:45:33
The Ministry of Agriculture has always placed great emphasis on helping Hungarian beekeepers, as without a strong beekeeping sector, there is no strong agriculture, Minister of Agriculture Nagy István said...
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(HU) Mézmerev mozdulatok – A nap képe
Date: 2022-05-11 08:39:28
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Bee-free honey arrives on the market
Date: 2022-03-31 08:50:54
San Francisco-based MeliBio has found a way to make honey that doesn’t require bees. The company was founded in 2020 by food industry entrepreneur Darko Mandich and Aaron Schaller, a...
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A bee animal welfare tender for ten billion forints is opening
Date: 2022-03-29 11:22:51
The government is announcing a tender for bee welfare in order to increase the efficiency of the beekeeping sector, improve animal welfare conditions and thereby prevent bee health problems, with...
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Hungarian honey innovations
Date: 2021-11-22 12:00:53
Contrary to the legend, „macis méz” (bear honey) is not a Hungarian invention. However, many honey innovation can be linked to Hungarians. One of the pioneers was Imre Boczonádi Szabó....
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At the initiative of Hungary, the origin marking regulations for honey mixtures may be tightened
Date: 2021-10-12 11:40:32
Efforts over the past two years have paid off, with the European Commission pledging to review the origin marking requirement for honey mixtures at Monday’s EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council,...
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AM Secretary of State: Beekeepers are the key to successful agriculture
Date: 2021-10-11 11:20:21
Beekeeping is a diverse and highly important sector of Hungarian agriculture, significant from both an economic and environmental point of view, as 84 percent of plant species and 76 percent...
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On a Hungarian initiative, the origin marking requirements of honey mixtures may become stricter
Date: 2021-10-11 10:00:56
The efforts of the last two years have been fruitless, and at today’s meeting of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council, the European Commission promised to revise the labelling requirement for...
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There is a growing interest in the one and only bee hotel in Croatia
Date: 2021-09-24 11:10:49
There is a growing interest in the only “bee hotel” in Croatia that offers hives full of fertile bees to people who, although they want to produce their own honey,...
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Beekeepers are in big trouble this year
Date: 2021-04-16 09:57:32
The wintry weather of the past few days, the frosts in the morning and the cold days not only made the nightmare of fruit growers a reality, but also put...
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A global map of 20,000 bee species around the world has been completed
Date: 2020-11-20 11:05:58
A global map showing the distribution of 20,000 bee species around the world has been drawn up by Singaporean and Chinese researchers who say their work will help insect conservation...
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Smugglers found smuggled honey
Date: 2020-10-22 11:17:07
Four hundred kilograms of unlabeled honey was tried to smuggle into Hungary in a Romanian truck, but the goods got stuck in the control of the financial guards – index...
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