Death of bees scare beekeepers in Irati-PR
Published by Newsroom – Friday, 5 December 2014 | 11:22
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Last Friday, 28, the Municipal Secretary of Agriculture, Supply and Food Security investigated the complaint about the death of 130 swarms of bees.
The agronomist of the Prefecture of Irati, Marcelo Campello, I was not local, noting the almost complete extermination of the swarms. “The fact is very worrying., since the swarms were completely decimated, with thousands of dead bees inside and outside the boxes, a considerable loss of property, since each box represents on average R$ 200,00 per year in a total of BRL 25.000,00 that will hardly be compensated. Other similar cases have been occurring around the world., alerting the entire international scientific community, that relates these deaths to the indiscriminate and incorrect use of pesticides”, account Marcelo.
The beekeepers were discouraged with what happened and put in doubt the continuity of the activity in the place., stating that they cannot recover the loss and that the year's income is completely harmed.
On Monday, 01, complaints were formalized with the IAP, like this, meeting with the Regional Head of the environmental agency, Edmilson Luis Quadros, who was willing to send technicians to the site to investigate the facts and forward the complaint to a state technical team of the IAP – Headquarters. Beekeepers also reported the fact to ADAPAR, and SEAB that have committed to take all reasonable steps within the standard procedures.
on the same day in the afternoon, the beekeepers went to the Public Ministry of Paraná, where they met with the Public Prosecutor, Sr. Raphael Fleury Rocha, who guided them to report the facts to the MPPR so that it could initiate an investigation procedure, activating the responsible bodies and that depending on the results will file a criminal action against those responsible for the death of bees, including a lawsuit for the loss of property of beekeepers.
The Municipal Secretary of Agriculture, Food Supply and Safety Cláudio Ramos, expressed concern about the situation since cases like these, has been occurring regularly, however few are reported to the public power. Claudio highlighted the importance of beekeeping for agriculture and for humanity in general, in its various environmental services that it performs, being a sustainable and ecologically appropriate activity for income generation.
The fact will be forwarded to a meeting of the Technical Chamber of Beekeeping of the Central South Territory. The Municipal Secretary of Agriculture, Food Supply and Security, requests that all beekeepers who are experiencing the same types of problems, to appear at the secretariat to report the cases that are occurring and provide visibility and responses to the problem. More information can be found at the Secretary of Agriculture of Irati and with the Beekeepers of the Community Association of Guamirim.
Secom Prefecture of Irati with information from the Municipal Department of Agriculture, Food Supply and Security
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