The stepmother community of Poltava region was faced with the mass death of bees, in which beekeepers blame local farmers, the head of the Center for the Development and Promotion of Beekeeping, Elena Shcherban, reported on Facebook. Affected beekeepers intend to avenge the farmers for their losses.

“The whole bee that knew how to fly was gone. Their children, bee babies, are now dying of hunger and cold, because they have no one to warm and feed, ”wrote Elena Shcherban.

According to her, farmers use unauthorized and cheap pesticides to save money, which harm not only bees, but also animals and even people.

Elena added that the beekeepers will not give up and will open criminal cases, or in desperation will burn the fields to those who do not understand the human language. The local agrarian Vadim Prikhodko responded to the allegations.

Here is how he commented on the situation: “You probably mean the fields of our farm. We really process the fields around this time, but the last processing was a year ago, and this year we have not processed it yet. This is easy to confirm. Moreover, all processing aids are certified and can not cause such harm to the environment, there is documentation that confirms this.

We have not used insecticides that affect insects during our practice at all. I’m sure about us, but of course I can’t be responsible for all the other fields and gardens (which are treated just the same from insects), but I hope that the neighbors also use high-quality products, adhere to technology. ”