12:45 - 24.07.2025

---

July 24, Fineko/abc.az. Insurance of poultry and bee farms is expected in Azerbaijan.

ABC.AZ informs that Fuad Sadigov, the chairman of board of the Agrarian Insurance Fund, stated that in order to insure poultry and beekeeping farms, projects are being developed that provide for changes in legislation and regulations.

In 2024, 5,166.3 tons of honey, 132.1 tons of wax, 8.5 tons of propolis, 16.8 tons of parchment and 239.3 kg of royal jelly were obtained from 579,000 bee colonies in 30,601 farms. The average selling price for 1 kg from producers was: honey - 28.6 manats, wax - 16.5 manats, propolis - 109.7 manats, perga - 140.9 manats, and 1 gram of royal jelly - 7 manats.

Compared with 2023, in 2024, the number of bee colonies decreased by 3.1%, honey production grew by 13.5%, perga - by 88.8%, wax - by 23.5%, propolis - by 43%, royal jelly - by 14.9%. At the same time, the average number of bee colonies per beekeeping farm declined by 2.4%. The drop in the number of bee colonies and the volume of production of individual bee products is mainly linked with bee diseases.

The country produces 4-4. 5 million eggs per day, a total of around 2 billion eggs a year. Some of the eggs produced are exported to foreign countries.