Beekeepers' Protests in Valencia Over the Sector Crisis

For Carlos Muñoz, a beekeeper from the Valencia mountains for 30 years, the high temperatures this summer melted the wax of his hives, and he lost nearly 40% of his production. A disaster. “It’s more worthwhile to throw it away than to consume it because of how cheap it is,” adds Enric Simó, a veterinarian from the Beekeeping Health Defense Group (Apieds). Simó and other colleagues cover themselves in honey and protest at the gates of the Valencian Courts due to the lack of support from the regional government. They complain about decades of neglect and the loss of profitability of Spanish honey mainly due to imports from China and Argentina.