▲ 북부지방산림청 홈페이지  © 경기북부 브레이크뉴스

[김학영 기자=경기북부] 북부지방산림청(청장 최수천)은 양봉농가 및 양봉산업 소득증대를 위해 ’21년 봄철에 밀원수 나무심기 사업 38ha(11만 본)를 추진한다고 밝혔다.  

 밀원수란 꿀을 채밀할 수 있는 나무로 아까시·산벚·헛개나무 등이 있으며, 밀원수림은 2ha 이상 집단화하여 경제성을 높이도록 조성한다. 

 북부지방산림청 관할 지역 강원 화천·춘천에 아까시나무 외 1종 22ha, 경기 양주·양평에 산벚나무 외 1종 16ha 식재한다.  

지역특색 및 나무심기 사업 여건에 따라 밀원수종을 다양화하여 임지에 적합한 수종을 식재한다.  

 북부지방산림청은 ’17년부터 밀원수림을 조성하였으며 작년까지 120ha, 38만여 본을 식재하여 지역 주민 소득 증대에 적극 기여했다. 

 최수천 북부지방산림청장은 “연차적인 밀원수종 나무심기를 통해 양봉농가 소득에 도움이 되도록 지속적으로 정책을 추진하고, 사후관리 강화에 최선을 다하겠다.”라고 전했다.

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*아래는 위 기사를 구글 번역기로 번역한 영문 기사의 [전문]이다. 

[Below is the [full text] of an English article translated from the above article with Google Translate.]

Northern Regional Forest Service promotes the planting of wheat in the spring

-The wheat field trees are trees that can collect honey, and there are ash, wild cherry, and edible trees.

[Reporter Hak-Young Kim = North Gyeonggi Province]  The Northern Regional Forestry Administration (Chief Soo-Chun Choi) announced that it will carry out 38ha (110,000 trees) planting of wheat trees in the spring of '21 in order to increase the income of beekeepers and the beekeeping industry.

 The wheat field tree is a tree that can collect honey. There are akashi, wild cherry tree, and stalk tree, and the wheat field forest is created to increase economic feasibility by grouping more than 2 hectares.

 It is planted in Hwacheon and Chuncheon in Gangwon-do, under the jurisdiction of the Northern Regional Forest Service, 22ha of ash and one species, and 16ha of wild cherry trees and one species in Yangju and Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi-do.

Plant species suitable for forest land by diversifying wheat source species according to regional characteristics and tree planting conditions.

 The Northern Regional Forest Service has created a wheat field forest since 2017, and planted 120 hectares of 380,000 trees until last year, actively contributing to the increase of local residents' income.

 Choi Soo-cheon, head of the Northern Regional Forest Service, said, "We will continue to promote policies to help the income of beekeepers through annual planting of trees from wheat sources, and will do our best to reinforce follow-up management."