Dr. Ojeleye,
who is also Director, Centre for Bee
Research and Development, Ibadan, spoke with newsmen on the side line of
this year’s “Honey Bee Day’’ in
Abuja. According to him, Nigeria is working towards being listed among the EU
bee exporting countries. “For a trade in bees within
the European Union, the general conditions that apply to ‘other’ live animals
apply as the conditions are laid down in the EU Council Directive,’’ he
said.
Dr. Ojeleye
said that Nigeria was blessed with clean organic honey which was globally ranked
amongst the best in the world, adding that the Federal Government has made
available bee keeping equipment to interested youths at subsidised rates to
popularise its production among young people.
According
to him, the Federation of Bee keepers also hosted free training on bee
production for interested youths across the country. He said in addition to
making honey, bees also pollinated all sorts of fruits, wild plants and
vegetables.
“Bee products are used as raw materials for production of medicine,
cosmetics and lost wax casting. Beekeeping generates income without destroying
the habitat, while bees do not compete with any other livestock for food,’’ he said.
Dr. Ojeleye
said that the Federation coordinates all bees’ activities and organisations in
Nigeria and enlightens the public on the benefits of bee keeping.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
estimates that of the 100 crop species that provide 90 per cent of food
worldwide, 71 are pollinated by bees.
World Honey Bee Day, previously known as Honey Bee Awareness Day, was an
initiative of beekeepers in the USA who petitioned the government in 2009 for
an official day to honour honey bees and beekeeping.
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money in the process of exporting commodities to foreign countries. Do you know
why? They were not trained on export operations, management, documentations and
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cannot continue to lose money to foreigners in the course of export business.
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