2015-02-16 6:10 [Photo: Marek Maliszewski / REPORTER] 
Italian farmers are reporting that about half of the national production of honey dropped because of the plague of insects that kill bees and the vagaries of the weather. Italian honey has become so valuable that it increases the country’s new dealings massive theft of hives.
While the bee is the greatest enemy of the small hive beetle – a pest of hives, beekeepers have become a nuisance thieves.
Thus, Italian honey joined the national oil, which is also due to a rapid decline in the harvest and rising oil prices are massively stolen from cultivation, transport and storage. Their carriage is performed under escort, and olive groves are patrolled.
Now the gang specialized in stealing hives become the agricultural association Coldiretti new threat to rural and agricultural production.
In addition, it is noted, the fact that criminal groups are beginning to control the production of honey poses a risk to consumer health.
In order to put an end to the scourge of stealing their hives decided to create a national register . This is to ensure transparency in all stages of production and marketing of honey. Beekeepers also defend themselves. More and more hives turns into a real fortress, where the satellite is installed alarm system.
Italian stratification note rolnicy- bear both beekeepers and consumers. Coldiretti union said that at present in Italy, two-thirds of commercial honey comes in fact from abroad, although sometimes it is listed on labels as a national.
The concern is not only that it is imported from China, but also from countries where they are legal to genetically modified food crops, which may have an effect on pollen, bees or food.
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