Tag "méz"
Bee-free honey arrives on the market
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...
Read moreA bee animal welfare tender for ten billion forints is opening
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
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....
Read moreAt the initiative of Hungary, the origin marking regulations for honey mixtures may be tightened
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,...
Read moreAM Secretary of State: Beekeepers are the key to successful agriculture
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
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...
Read moreThere is a growing interest in the one and only bee hotel in Croatia
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
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...
Read moreA global map of 20,000 bee species around the world has been completed
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...
Read moreSmugglers found smuggled honey
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...
Read moreMinister of Agriculture: despite this year’s weaker production there will be enough honey for domestic consumption
There will be enough honey in Hungary this year. The honey production of about 10 thousand tons and reserves will cover the internal consumption despite the weaker results – Minister...
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September is Bee Awareness Month
Bee Awareness Month is here, so the team at Manuka Doctor have developed a charity product to promote the importance of bees in our ecosphere by partnering with Palmers garden...
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A large-scale campaign is launched for Hungarian bees and beekeepers
A strategic agreement has been signed by the Agricultural Marketing Center, the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association and Takarékbank. The aim of the comprehensive professional collaboration and social campaign is to...
Read moreOMME: honeys in stores are safe to consume
Hungarian customers can choose from good quality honeys, most of the products on the shelves of the shops passed the annual inspection carried out by the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association...
Read moreLead was detected in Parisian honey due to the fire in the Notre-Dame
Elevated levels of lead have been detected in honey samples collected from hives in the path of smoke rising from the flaming Notre-Dame Cathedral three months after last April’s fire....
Read moreBeekeeping Association: the worst honey harvest of the fifty years is expected this year
The worst honey yield in the last fifty years is expected this year, only a third or a quarter of the average yield – the president of the National Hungarian...
Read moreA bee closure was ordered in Pécs
An immediate closure was ordered in Pécs due to the appearance of uterine disease, the local government of Pécs told MTI on Thursday. According to the announcement of the food...
Read moreBeekeeping Association is expected to have the worst acacia honey harvest in the last fifty years
The worst acacia honey harvest in the last fifty years is expected this year – Bross Péter, president of the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association told M1 news channel. He added...
Read moreThey expect little rapeseed and acacia honey this year
Mild winters and early spring have favored the development of bee colonies, but this year’s rapeseed and acacia honey production may be weaker due to prolonged drought and cooling at...
Read moreNagy István: beekeepers receive one thousand forints per beehive
Beekeepers will receive one thousand forints of support per bee, which is double the support so far – the Minister of Agriculture told M1 news channel. According to István Nagy,...
Read moreMinister of Agriculture: selling apiculture products will be exempt from personal income tax
The Minister of Agriculture called the support for beekeepers as an important pillar of climate protection measures at a press conference on Thursday, where he announced that the income from...
Read moreBeekeeping Association: agriculture will collapse without beekeepers
Without beekeepers, agriculture will collapse, so the European Union must provide them fair market conditions – the president of the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association told M1 news channel on Wednesday....
Read moreBeekeepers will receive 1.8 billion HUF indirect funding per year
Beekeepers will receive 1.8 billion HUF indirect funding over the course of a year to buy bees, bee health care products, support for continuing vocational training, consultancy and the latest...
Read moreBeekeepers’ Association: beekeepers have not closed a good year
Beekeepers have not closed a good year. Prices are depressed and last year’s yield has been moderate – Bross Péter, president of the National Hungarian Beekeeping Association told M1 news...
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Magazine: Public sector catering cooks are competing again
In October the semi-finals of the 2019-2020 public sector catering cook competition (KÖSZ) started – the organisers are the National Food Chain Safety Office (NÉBIH), the National Association of Public...
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Five hundred kilograms of honey were donated to the Transylvanian orphans as part of the “Make Every Day Honey Day” campaign
The Agricultural Marketing Center offered an additional 100 kilograms of honey to the four hundred kilograms of honey donated by the beekeepers, so a total of five hundred kilograms of...
Read moreThe decline in the number of bees causes sevetal billion forint damages to agriculture
The decline in the number of bees causes sevetal billion forint damages to agriculture due to the lack of pollination of plants – Haász Ferenc, chairman of the Göndöcs Benedek...
Read moreMore than thirty varieties of honey at the Gyula Honey and Gingerbread Festival
More than thirty varieties of honey can be tasted at the 12th Honey and Gingerbread Festival, which takes place from 6 to 8 December in Gyula, Békés county. Haász Ferenc,...
Read moreCarpathian Basin Honey Festival is held in Zalaegerszeg
With the march of Honey Knights, the 16th Carpathian Basin Honey Festival begins in Zalaegerszeg on Saturday. The two-day event awaits the visitors with honey programs, including a honey beauty...
Read moreApiary Association: price of honey decreased by 20 percent in one year
Honey prices have fallen by 20 percent in one year, and over the past ten years decreased by sixty percent in euros – the president of the National Hungarian Beekeeping...
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