China is expecting a honey price hike as production has decreased substantially due largely to extreme weather conditions in the first half of this year, according to the China Bee Products Association.
The association forecast that honey yields from jujube, black locust and rape flowers would drop 60 percent year-on-year in 2010 because of the severe drought in southwestern China and the cold spell in the northern part of the country, which delayed the blossom season and affected bee reproduction.
China produces 300,000 tonnes of honey annually in normal years, of which 40 percent are produced from rape flowers and around 30 percent from black locust and jujube flowers.
