Support from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan helped beekeepers to strengthen the material base and increase honey production
Receiving a grant from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan within the National Project "Small and Medium Enterprises and Support of Individual Entrepreneurial Initiatives" under the "Agrostartup" program allowed the beekeeping farm of IK Falyakhov in Mamadyshsky district to improve the material base with a subsequent double increase in honey production.
The Falyakhovs are hereditary beekeepers. Kamil Falyakhutdinovich worked as the chief beekeeper at the collective farm apiary for many years. His son Ilham Kamilevich has been continuing this business for 30 years, and the grandchildren of Kamil Aby - Ilshat and Irek, working as teachers, actively help their father and grandfather in summer. They like the world of bees, their activity, order. And, of course, the products: this sunny, healthy, healing drink, which Ilham's wife - Fauzia - uses when preparing homemade desserts, sweet pastries.
At the apiary of the farm, located near the village of Verkhnyaya Kuzguncha there are 130 bee families. On 30 hectares of farmland, 15 hectares are in their ownership and 15 hectares are leased, they sow annual and perennial honey plants - phacelia, sainfoin, sweet clover, bruise, mordovnik. The farmers plan to increase the honey base by another 30 hectares.
- Depending on the season, we obtain an average of 20-30 kg of marketable honey per family. Since this year, we have begun to produce comb honey in blister packs, we are also introducing the technology for obtaining bee perga, ”says Ilham Kamilevich. - The task for the business project is to double the production of commercial honey.
The Falyakhovs, using a grant from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, purchased a disc harrow and a grain seeder, an UAZ vehicle with a loader crane. In the near future, they hope to receive a line for pumping honey. With his own funds, Ilham Falyakhov purchased several new hives, buildings, store extensions, and installed a fence.
Agricultural enterprises, whose fields are located near the apiary, try to inform beekeepers in advance about the upcoming crop processing activities. But you still have to be on the lookout.