Over 40 beekeepers will present their production in the Metropolitan Cathedral Square. At the fair, people will be able to buy pollen, propolis, beeswax, royal jelly, etc. A kilo of honey costs 70 lei at the Beekeepers’ Fair, Info-Prim Neo reports. Varvara Verdes, a beekeeper from Soroca, said that this year’s honey was more expensive, because bees produced less than in previous years. The woman had several kinds of honey to offer: of acacia, of flowers and May honey. Some sold nutmeg in honey. Beekeepers say this is a tasty and healthy dessert. Petru Tarlev from Ungheni says that at the Fair, many sold things that cannot be bought at the market and here people were confident that they bought quality products because the producers themselves sold them. Asked about the duration of the Fair, some producers said that officials promised to allow them to sell their goods until September 2. The official opening of the fair will take place on Sunday, August 19, when the Beekeepers’ Day is celebrated, and will include a meeting of the heads of beekeepers’ associations from districts. A concert and a charity action will be organized for 30 children from needy families and orphanages. The Beekeepers’ Fair is organized by the National Association of Beekeepers, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, the Zoology Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, the Moldovan Investment and Export Promotion Organization (MIEPO) and the Chisinau City Hall. According to beekeepers, this is a difficult year because of the drought. Previously, the head of the Moldovan Beekeepers’ Association Stefan Condratiuc declared that because of the low production of honey, bees might not have enough food to survive the winter and part of them will die. Beekeepers plan to demand aid from the government to supplement the food resources for bees. In villages, if you buy the honey directly from the beekeeper you pay only 50 lei per kilo, which is 20 lei cheaper.