THE DAMAGE HAS NOT YET BEEN APPRAISED, BUT BEEKEEPERS SHOW A VERY COMPLICATED SITUATION.

There are those who have been warning for some years that the situation that bees are suffering is what humans will suffer in a few years.. The disappearance of entire colonies on the Planet, for various reasons, is having a direct impact on Nature. Now human beings are more aware of their effect on the economy.

The silent work that bees have been carrying out, The volume has been increasing depending on the damage that its disappearance is causing to human beings.. To the point that the EU itself, through their organizations, has issued serious warnings and, Finally, has announced measures to be applied in all States to avoid its decline.

years ago, varroa caused real havoc. It was believed that the Canary Islands were exempt, But while this announcement was being made, the mite was attacking tens of thousands of hives throughout the Archipelago..

However, The rapid action and intervention of beekeepers managed to control the advance of this pest. But the damage was already done.

While this was happening on the islands, the feared Asian wasp began its expansion across the continent. Getting to the Canary Islands was also a matter of time, where paradise is not only a tourist slogan. In view of the results, We can also confirm that the Canary Islands are a paradise for pests..

The expansion of the wasp has been spectacular. Although beekeepers recognize that varroa has made considerable progress, that of the wasp has not allowed the necessary measures to be taken in a short space of time.

Since it made its appearance in the La Aldea valley, beekeepers spread the word, but the wasp arrived before the warning. Like this, They have already counted hundreds of hives attacked and some destroyed by the voracity of the wasp.

A specimen of wasp is capable of carrying out fifty attacks in a day, decapitating the bees and taking, At last, completely the hive.

There are few weapons that beekeepers have. At least of similar or greater effectiveness than the attacks. For now the fight is carried out in a “melee” in which traps are the protagonists in the absence of other means.

The beekeepers consulted by Agroaldea They declare that they feel distressed by the situation and faced with a problem that they say not only takes its toll on them., but to everyone in general.

Whether we believe it or not, those who announced the collapse of the bees with all that it entails, seems closer to becoming a reality.