{"id":3160996,"date":"2023-02-10T16:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/feeling-the-buzz-in-montenegro\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T16:27:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T16:27:30","slug":"feeling-the-buzz-in-montenegro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/feeling-the-buzz-in-montenegro\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling the buzz in Montenegro"},"content":{"rendered":"\nAn EU-funded project supports the Kola\u0161in Beekeepers\u2019 Association to attract more young people to beekeeping as a business.\r\n\r\n

The Peri\u0161i\u0107 family from Kola\u0161in, a small town in north-east Montenegro, bought several bee colonies last year and are already enjoying quality honey from their own production. The work to produce this harvest has been done by thousands of bees \u2013 and one twenty-year-old student of economics.<\/strong> Together with eight other young enthusiasts, Milica Peri\u0161i\u0107 <\/strong>has recently taken up beekeeping thanks to a Kola\u0161in Beekeepers\u2019 Association project which promotes this hobby among young people. The Peri\u0161i\u0107 family have been interested in beekeeping since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when there was an increased focus on natural products. The Beekeepers\u2019 Association project came at the right time, giving Milica the opportunity and motivation to confidently venture into beekeeping.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cFirst of all, this is a great way to spend my free time: to spend some time in nature and observe these incredible small creatures, but also, this is a great opportunity to make money \u2013 and I won\u2019t give up.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n

Milica believes beekeeping is a serious opportunity for development, even though it is only a hobby providing for family and friends for now. \u201cFirst of all, this is a great way to spend my free time: to spend some time in nature and observe these incredible small creatures, but also, this is a great opportunity to make money \u2013 and I won\u2019t give up,\u201d Milica says.<\/p>\n

She admits that people find it unusual for a young woman to be engaged in beekeeping. \u201cSometimes they make jokes when I look for books and magazines about beekeeping, because they often think of it as a hobby for older, retired people, but eventually everyone is interested in learning more about my hobby,\u201d Milica adds. She spends a lot of time in Podgorica due to her studies, but whenever she can, she comes back to Kola\u0161in. Milica says that in the future she can imagine herself living in this town which she perceived as a holdback while she was a high school student.<\/p>\n

The Beekeepers\u2019 Association has been promoting beekeeping for 20 years, and they see the past year as the most successful in these efforts. Bogoljub Bulatovi<\/strong>\u0107<\/strong> is the President of the Association and he explains that until five years ago it was functioning as a traditional community of beekeepers but that then they decided to take action and bring more people, with a specific focus on young people, into beekeeping.\u00a0 \u201cThere is a great demand for bee products, while the current production in Montenegro doesn\u2019t meet the needs of the market and we wanted to use this opportunity to keep our young people here so they don\u2019t move to bigger cities,\u201d says Bogoljub.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s likely there will be many more but if only two people decide to devote themselves seriously to beekeeping, the landscape of the Kola\u0161in area will change significantly.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n

About the project <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Regional Programme for Local Democracy in the Western Balkans 2 (ReLOaD2) is a continuation of EU-supported initiatives – Local Democracy Strengthening Project (LOD, 2009-2016) and the subsequently expanded Regional Program for Local Democracy in the Western Balkans (ReLOaD, 2017-2020). The overall objective\u00a0of the project\u00a0is to strengthen participatory democracies and EU integration in the Western Balkans by empowering civil society and encouraging young people to actively take part in the decision-making process, and by improving a supportive legal and financial environment for civil society.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

As part of their new mission, the association launched a project with the help of the European Union and UNDP. As part of the project, the association has provided beginners with complete beekeeping accessories, modern literature and detailed training on beekeeping. Since the beginning of the project the membership of the association has increased by 25%. Bogoljub explains that in addition to the tools and knowledge young people have gained, the entire local community benefits from the project because beekeeping improves fruit yield, and thus the agricultural sector more widely. \u201cIt\u2019s likely there will be many more, but if only two people decide to devote themselves seriously to beekeeping, the landscape of the Kola\u0161in area will change significantly\u201d, says Bogoljub.<\/p>\n

Montenegro is home to half of all European plant species and represents enormous potential for beekeeping. \u201cThat\u2019s why I recommend everyone who is at least a little bit interested in nature to think about similar ventures\u201d, says Bogoljub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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