THE BEST HONEY FROM GRAN CANARIA AND FIRST PRIZE FROM COSTA WENT TO THE BEEKEEPER FROM TELDE JOSÉ FLORIDO.

Accustomed to the excellent quality of La Aldea's agricultural productions, the VII Edition of the Official Honey Contest of Gran Canaria organized by the Cabildo and held in Valsequillo, left the villagers' list of honors empty, who attended the contest with four honeys.
Both the president and the secretary of the La Aldea Beekeepers Association, agreed that the poor flowering due to the dry winter, has made a dent in the apiaries, in the quantity and in the quantity of the product, qualifying the year of honey shortage.

Of the total of 34 honeys presented, prepared by twenty-five professionals from Agüimes, Arucas, Wit, La Aldea de San Nicolás, Las Palmas de Gran
Canaria, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, counted, Valleseco and Valsequillo, The beekeeper José Florido, owner of the Colmenar Florido bee farm, won the prize for the best honey and the first for coastal honey..

Jose Florido Santana, president of the Society of Beekeepers of Gran Canaria, obtains an annual average of about a thousand kilos of honey and derivatives from the hives, despite the fact that the drought has wreaked real havoc on its facilities this year, reducing production significantly, while the quality of its products has also decreased.

This year's tasting, following the initiative of the Gran Canaria Cabildo, has begun to rotate through the island municipalities, He also awarded prizes to the
honeys presented by professional beekeepers Antonio Jiménez, Julio Sanchez, Antonio López, Manuel Sánchez and the Ansite Beekeepers Association and the fans, Luis Pérez, Carmen Rosa Florido, Pedro Domínguez, Antonio Corujo, Oliver García, Fernando León, Juana Acuna, Natividad Bordón and Beatriz Bordón.

Florido agrees with his colleagues from La Aldea and the rest of the island: The drought has caused havoc this year in coastal and summit areas, saving the
medians, where there has been no need to give extra feeding to the hives. Colleagues from the north of the island do tell me that they have had to resort to a complementary food mixture for the bees., since these, despite the fact that necessity has taken them to the gardens and to plants that other years they ignore, have been unable to find the food necessary to live and produce in conditions, Indian.

In the medians, especially in the Barranco de los Kestrels, Las Palmas Mountain, Las Vegas or Fontanales, production has been higher than in the rest, maintaining the quality of the products, It should be noted that pests, such as varroa or murder wasps are remaining in a state of containment, the first with treatment, and the second, because these animals are now in the breeding period, "Although we hope that the pertinent measures are taken to mitigate its harmful effects on our hives.".

Despite the drought, Florido hopes to maintain the average of a thousand kilos of honey per year that his hives have been producing to date., to which we must add the pollen jars, royal jelly, propolis, wax and mead that are derived from the incredible work of these insects.

On the other hand, Village beekeepers rely on a milder winter for the maintenance and recovery of their hives.; Otherwise, they announce that the situation could turn into a real catastrophe due to wasp attacks and food shortages..