According to Ion Maxim, executive director of the National Association of Beekeepers of Moldova ANARM, such a price level for acacia honey of the current year – apparently the highest in the history of observations – is not surprising. Due to unfavorable weather conditions in spring and early summer 2025, the country will receive no more than 10% of the average honey harvest from white acacia and no more than 20-30% – from linden. Commodity volumes of these products will be negligible.
Most likely, their realization will mainly take place in autumn-winter, when European traders – buyers of varietal honey of the new harvest – will become active. At the moment there is a seasonal lull in the EU honey market, the vacation period has started.
The honey harvest from rapeseed and May grasses was also very poor. Many beekeepers did not even pump out this honey – they left it as a forage resource for bee families. Since last week beekeepers have started to set up hives in sunflower plantations (the basis of blended, so-called polyfloral/flower honey). Assessments of the prospects for honey production from this major honey crop in Moldova vary widely, from good to very modest.
Most likely, commercial honey production in Moldova in 2025 will be significantly lower than the average for the last five years (estimated at 4 thousand tons).
Read more about the prospects of honey production and export in 2025-26 marketing year in the Friday edition of Logos Pressweekly.
