AMMAN — Global
warming and
climate change affecting the planet seems to have an impact on
Jordan in particular, and specifically on the production of honey, which has
seen a gradual decline in recent years, according to experts who believe that
weather conditions have had a direct effect on bees’ ability to benefit from
the blooming season, according to Al-Rai Newspaper.
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Salem Bader, a beekeeper,
said: “honey production this year was very low due to climate change and decrease
in rainfall, which affected the bee-cells and led to their loss later. I only
have six bee cells left out of twenty. High weather temperatures and low
rainfalls led to a drought.”
According to the
results from the beehives survey of 2020 from the Department of Statistics, the
amount of honey produced was 326.3 tons, while the number of beekeepers stands
at 1,475, in addition to those unregistered.
Head of
Jordan Beekeeping Association Mohammad Al-Rababaa said that “one out of every 10 years
is bad for the honey production. The year 2021 was the bad year. But, I believe
that rainfall and the amount of honey produced are irrelevant. I think that
dewiness and humidity in the atmosphere are main influencing factors in honey
production.”
According to Rababaa,
the amounts of honey produced in 2021 will not exceed 250-300 tonnes in best
estimates, whereas a good season should produce more than 1,000 tonnes.
Former director of the
association, Ahmad Bdour said that lack of rain affects plants directly and “therefore
less nectar to produce honey.”
He noted that in 2021,
honey production was close to non-existent in some areas and extremely low in
other areas due to low spring rainfall.
“A beekeeper must use a
well-management approach based on the climate data and work accordingly for the
benefit of the beekeeping sector,” Bdour said.
According to experts,
the death of bees and the rise of early heat waves are becoming frequent
phenomena in recent years, which directly affects the honey production season.”
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