Pindamonhangaba – SP wants to be at beekeeping counting on health technology the Department of Agriculture
Pindamonhangaba / SP
Thursday, 22 October 2015 – 16h11m
Known for its tradition in dairy farming, the region of Pindamonhangaba want to become reference in the production of honey, and it has the technologies developed by the Department of Agriculture and State of São Paulo Supply, through the Polo Paraíba Valley Regional Paulista Agribusiness Technology Agency (Suitable). Visiting Polo, Thursday (22), Secretary of Pasta, Arnaldo Jardim, He met the research developed in areas such as cattle, aquaculture and beekeeping – especially the Laboratory of Health Beekeeping.
The Polo is responsible for caring for the health of bees, important actors in the agricultural productive chain for pollination that make the field. National reference, performs detailed tests to identify pathogens that affect beekeeping, as viruses, mites and fungi - able to cause diarrhea in these small insects.
"The Secretariat has as one of its main objectives to help the farmer to add value to their production and generate income for their livelihood, especially for small. The governor Geraldo Alckmin always guides us closer and closer research and production, with the technologies helping the farmer and the farmer guiding the research with the needs of their daily work ", said Arnaldo Jardim.
Responsible for the work, the zootecnista and PhD in Entomology, Erica Weinstein Teixeira, the Secretary explained the operation of the Laboratory highlighting the analysis of colony collapse disorder, dangerous for agriculture because it dramatically reduces the insect population. As without bees there is no food, the work done in Polo Paraíba Valley Regional is essential to ensure food for the population.
Mainly from 2006, when the United States became clear that almost extinction of bees with the workers not returning to the hive. "The pesticide acts on the neurological system of the workers and they can not go back", the researcher explained. Erica is currently studying whether the pathogens identified in US territory can also affect Brazilian bees or whether the species found in Brazil, Hybrid cross between European and African, It is tougher.
The Laboratory not only generates and transfers technologies to add value and ensure productivity in the field, It is a knowledge center that collaborates with North Carolina researchers (USA) and England. Besides being sought by professionals from other states interested in training in bee health.
An example is Lubiane Guimarães, master's degree in Biology from the Federal University of Viçosa, which borrowed the Polo state government this unique learning in Portugal. While carefully manipulates the instruments to perform the polymerase chain reaction, Lubiane explains the test bee extends the DNA to identify the possible presence of no less than six different types of viruses. "At university I learn the disciplines and here I put into practice", told.
That special attention that the Government of the State of São Paulo dedicated to beekeeping is based on the certainty that bee means productivity. Without pollination by it, agricultural production would not exist, the commodities market would be harmed, with financial consequences for farmers. So, Bee is also money and support in the field.
Right place
The region of Pindamonhangaba "has a great potential for beekeeping", as noted biologist Lydia Maria Ruv Carelli Barreto, Professor Dr. director of the Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Taubaté (Unitau), that guides 92 beekeepers members of the Cooperative of Rural Producers and Family Farming of the Paraíba Valley (Coopvale). Lydia explained that this climate favorable to beekeeping in the region is due "to the very low use of agrochemicals", ensuring long life to bees.
Biologist listed in 376 tons per year honey demand in the region only to serve school meals (calculated 20 daily grams per student), excluding retail sales and related products. To assist producers Coopvale, it seeks the Polo Paraíba Valley Regional mainly on the issue of bee health and the purchase of queen bees.
That's because the Polo Pindamonhangaba produces for sale bees queen, Essential in a beehive. Producers interested get in touch and get the queen, that is dispatched by post in a little box where they still six workers. The Fit also takes care to put enough food on the box for their survival until the new house.
It is the service the technology of a grown food quality to reach the table of the population and ensure environmental balance. For those who have watched the animated film "Bee Movie", it is more than clear.
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