Guanajuato, Gto., March 27, 2016.- Results from research led by professors in the University of Guanajuato (UG), seek to determine the profitability in beekeeping.

Professor Fátima Aidé Navarro López, Agronomy Engineer, graduate from UG and ascribed to the Division of Life Sciences of Campus Irapuato-Salamanca, has collaborated in research where Dr. Carlos Manuel Bucio Villalobos also participates. The objective is to determine the economic impact of beekeeping and its derivatives, parting from market research and his integration in it.

The results of this project have been positive, commented the professor during the interview. "It was concluded with the first research, that the activity is affordable, obviously; it depends on the dimensions of the apiary and the safety and prevention measures in its handling." She pointed; therefore, that it is more profitable if there is an important amount of boxes the several apiaries, which requires a greater investment and good management.

She commented that the environmental impact and even social impact generated from this activity, is in first place to preserve this species, as a fundamental element with the natural cycle, since they are the main pollinators which provide equilibrium to the ecosystem. Likewise, the profit of the earnings, without bee detriment, are considerable for the honey, pollen, wax and propoleum entrepreneurs and producers, she pointed.

In the same way, she explained that the research developed throughout a year, with weekly and monthly data compilation activities. At the end of the period, there was a cost-benefit analysis, parting from the injected investment and the obtained produce, same that was issued to concrete the cycle of production-commercialization. The previous was held in many communities in the city of Irapuato, Gto. but especially in UG's apiary, located in Campus Irapuato-Salamanca.

To conclude, professor Navarro López, manifested that they will continue with the research work, but in a greater scale, even industrial, that allows obtaining results, whose information be useful for bee producers and in that form, UG is in the possibility to support in their processes.