The Burgas Bee Association opposes the farmers and their recent protests. This was commented by the chairman of the association, Dr. Plamen Dimitrov, for Iskra.bg. We remind you that yesterday we published the first part of the interview, in which it was stated that the temporary ban on the import of Ukrainian honey is in favor of Bulgarian beekeepers.
According to Dr. Dimitrov, the biggest problems in the industry come as a result of the activities of agricultural producers. In his words, the National Plant Protection Service has been destroyed and gave an example:
“A woman who does not have a car is in charge of Karnobat Municipality and Sungurlare Municipality. What signal can you send to her that the farmer is spraying and how will she come to check on him? Everything is done by book.”
Illegal preparations are imported from Turkey, and Bulgaria is sprayed with all kinds of poisons, the expert said, stressing that this mainly reflects on the food on the table. And this inevitably leads to health problems.
“There is nothing to lie about the Bulgarian and European quality of the grain. Preparations are mainly imported from Turkey, which do not meet European requirements, as long as you have the channels”, he clarified.
According to Dr. Dimitrov, farmers, and society in general, are not aware of the benefits of beekeeping. He added:
“This is the problem, and if the public wants to help with something … but there is no one to explain it to them – that they have to jump in and the next time they come out with the tractors, we should go out to meet them and tell them to stop poisoning people. I have personally asked them if they don’t have children and why they don’t think about what will happen. They don’t realize what they are doing.”
Beekeepers cannot organize protests. Attempts have been made, but at the moment there is no way this will happen, concluded Dr. Dimitrov.
