Despite negative factors, I.K

Despite negative factors, I.K. Pimenov, based on his own observations of weather and bee forage, as well as information from former beekeepers on Kamchatka, suggests that industrial beekeeping should not be ruled out and requires preliminary trials. These trials need a beekeeping specialist capable of conducting scientific experiments and a fully equipped apiary. As of October 1, 1932, there were 21 bee families in the Petropavlovsk sovkhoz and 19 in Kozyrevsk. The subsequent fate of Kamchatka apiaries is unknown, likely because beekeeping was considered complex and labor-intensive. At that time, agriculture on Kamchatka was just beginning and suffered from errors due to low-skilled personnel. AKO leader N. Smirnov noted the lack of organizational plans and agricultural specialization in sovkhozes, causing disorder and low productivity.