The beekeeper, Alexandros Giannakopoulos, whose particular count has been the subject of debate in recent days, spoke to the “Mismatched” about the industry’s demands, calling himself and the rest of their colleagues “protectors of the forest”.
The representative of the beekeepers particularly focused on the statements of the Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food, Stavros Keletsis, regarding the struggle of the farmers.
«There are three requests and within a day they can be resolved but we have not heard anything about them. What we are asking for is the lifting of the fire restrictions during the summer months that do not allow us to enter the forest, after 11 o’clock, with our smokehouse. What the camera and the microphone are to you, the smoking room is to us.
We are the protectors of the forest because we live from it. That’s where our workplace is.
Second, there are local foresters who misinterpret the law and issue fines to beekeepers who leave their beehives in the forest.
And one last thing is that they don’t let our trucks move on the side road network to leave our hives on the country roads. Traffic officers issue fines because vehicles are over 3.5 tons.
These are some things that have not been included in the dialogue and they have not been included on purpose because the dialogue is going to be diverted and unfortunately I heard from the deputy minister, Stavros Keletsis, saying that we the farmers asking for things at the moment will be taken away from other social groups by putting in , if possible, and people with special needs».
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