Chinese honey with Portuguese labeling: ASAJA Extremadura’s complaint

The number of beehives in Spain stands at 2,741,000, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, 360,000 fewer than five years ago. Cáceres remains at the top of the provincial rankings with 321,000, ahead of Badajoz (305,000), Salamanca (209,000) and Valencia (165,000), and the downward trend continues. Production has fallen from 36,390 t in 2018 to 29,350 t in 2025. ASAJA Extremadura highlights the importance of the sector in the region, especially as a way of keeping people in two very specific areas: Las Hurdes and the Fuenlabrada de los Montes area, in Extremadura’s Siberia region. The organization recalls that the serious problems facing beekeeping were laid bare last week at the Las Hurdes Beekeeping Fair (Apithur), and welcomes the nearly €8 million in aid that beekeepers will receive from the Government of Extremadura, in contrast with what it considers the Ministry’s inaction. Among the threats, the organization cites varroa first. In its view, the available treatments are ...