Another year together with the apiarians in the 10th Pampero Apriarian Meeting

More than 150 beekeepers from throughout the country, got reunited to participate in the 10th Pampero Beekeepers Meeting, on August 30th-31st in the town of Fernandez Oro. It was organized by the Cooperativa de Apicultores del Comahue (Comahue Beekeepers Cooperative) and the CAP, with the support of the town government and the government of the province of Rio Negro.

Every year, the CAP organizes a meeting focused in the continued development of the beekeeping, where presentations about new products or essays take place. It also is a meeting place for the beekeepers to discuss common problems and to share a moment of learning and knowledge-sharing.

Presentations

10th Pampero Beekeeping Meeting

The most expected presentation of this year was about a new strategic dosage of Aluén CAP. This presentation was made by Diego Iaconis, CAP associated and CPO of Aluén CAP.
Three-strips usage in hives with controlled infestation levels is already a fact.

Daniel Avena from the province of Mendoza and Danilo Rubenacker gave a great talk together about ‘bees packages and queen insertion method’. It was also presented a essay about double queen, made by the Datura Ferox group of Bahía Blanca and a talk about honeys of the valley by the INTI, as well.

Recognition

Authorities from the Government of the Province of Río Negro, the Fernandez Oro City Hall and the Ministry of Agriculture, Ranching and Fishing of the Nation, were present supporting a project that’s making strong steps.

With the presence of the City Mayor Mariano Lavin, Elian Tourn (CAP President) and Diego Schwindt (Pampero Beeekeepers Chamber President) a press conference was made, that ended with a recognition to Jorge Muñoz, a person strongly committed with the beekeepong and the values of cooperativism.

‘From the CAP, we’re very satisfied with the result and mainly with the affective words gave by all the producers and distributors. We’d like to thank all the participants in the beekeeping area, for supporting us once more in the beekeeping meetings and also to the Cooperativa del Comahue, for the great effort made in it’s organization’ told Elian Tourn, CAP President.

New dividing and extracting facility

At the end of the meeting, the new honey division and extracting facility was presented, inaugurated by the Cooperativa de Apicultores del Comahue. A facility that fullfills the highest standars established by the argentine food code and that’ll be of great help to the producers of the region, that were in a necessity of a approved facility, not only for extracting honey but also to package it.

Article by Pampero Publishing.®