Beekeeping in Ukraine: how to start developing a business

Thinking about the development of your own business, each person is considering a variety of options. Ideal if the profit begins to bring a small hobby. Take, for example, beekeeping in Ukraine as a business. Most often, a large, high-yielding apiary begins with two or three hives standing on the grandfather's site. It is there, watching with what enthusiasm the grandfather cares for the bees, young people understand that this occupation can bring not only pleasure, but also a stable profit.

Beekeeping in Ukraine

The main wealth of Ukraine - fertile soils, allowing to receive high yields. Huge areas are allocated for various crops. And this means that there will always be work for bees. That is why beekeeping in Ukraine is actively developing. Suffice it to say that Ukraine has steadily settled in the top five countries of the world, with the high development of this industry.

Annually there are various exhibitions, thematic conferences, and a lot of special literature is published to help beginners in beekeeping. Find information is not difficult. The main thing is to take into account geographical peculiarities and correctly choose the breed of bees.

Beekeeping in Ukraine deals not only with honey, but also with the sale of wax, pollen, royal jelly, bee venom and even bee podmor. It turns out that the development of this business is interested not only in the food and agricultural industry, but also in the cosmetics industry and pharmacology.

Modern methods of divorce of bees in Ukraine

Ukraine made an invaluable contribution to the development of world science about bees. At the beginning of the 19th century, the Ukrainian beekeeper Petr Prokopovich invented a frame hive, which is still used today in the apiaries of the whole world.

Beekeeping in Ukraine develops according to four main methods:

1. Roeva.
2. The method of artificial swarming.
3. The principle of free swarming.
4. The sectional approach.

Each of these methods has its dedicated fans.

The basic breeds of bees

Based on the climatic conditions of the country, the main breeds of bees on the territory of Ukraine are: Ukrainian steppe, carpathian, Polissian subspecies of the Central Russian bee. All these are large groups of families of the same origin, which have the same morphological, physiological, and economic-useful features within the groups.

Usually the main indicator for choosing a breed is not productivity, but fitness for wintering in a certain climate. Thus, the Carpathian bee is ideally adapted to wintering in the Carpathian Mountains. But the steppe can not bear frosty winters in the Carpathians, so it is bred in other parts of Ukraine.

How to start business development

Any serious business begins with a business plan. This is the law. Despite the fact that beekeeping in Ukraine - a profitable occupation, without an assessment of risks and benefits can not be dispensed with. So, if you are ready to engage in beekeeping on an industrial scale, you need to turn to specialists or work through this issue yourself.

Consider that you will need funds not only for the purchase of bees. On each apiary there is a certain set of equipment, without which it is impossible to manage. These are special suits for beekeepers, facial nets, smoke, honey extractor, hives, frames and much more.

It is important to take into account the presence of a mammal fodder base and the possibility of arranging mobile hives. So, for example, beekeeping in the south of Ukraine can receive the basic honey collection in the end of May from a white acacia. And then bring the hives to the fields of sunflower or buckwheat, it will be June-August.

Having counted the expenditure and income part, it will be possible to draw a conclusion about the expediency of investing in a similar business.

Help to a beginner beekeeper

Primary knowledge can be obtained from books, websites or educational videos. But some go the other way, asking questions of interest in various thematic forums. Many forums are international, they allow you to master the knowledge of different regions of the world, so to speak, beekeeping without borders. Ukraine has enough materials to interest honey producers in all countries, therefore answers to questions from Ukrainian experts are highly appreciated by newcomers.

The legislative framework

Since the development of beekeeping in Ukraine is an important task, there is a legislative framework governing relations in this sector. The law "On Beekeeping" was adopted in 2013, it clarifies terms and regulations, rules for placing apiaries and zoning of breeds, establishes veterinary and sanitary standards for persons selling honey and beekeeping products. In addition, the law establishes control over the use of pesticides and pesticides on plantations of honey plants. Each beginning beekeeper, ready to engage in this business on an industrial scale, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the provisions of the law "On beekeeping" in order to avoid serious mistakes.