Beekeeping

Beekeepers in Mediterranean coastal province of Mersin, where honey production has started, draw attention to the products produced with glucose and aromatic substances, emphasised that the cost of real honey is 200 TL and that no product sold below 300 TL is honey and warned the citizens. Adem Kurt In …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Yumaklı announced that Türkiye Beekeeping Map has been updated with 2023 data and new geographically labelled honeys and provinces producing breeder queen bees have been added. İbrahim Yumaklı Yumaklı stated that Türkiye Beekeeping Map has been updated with 2023 data and said, “According to the …

The semen collected from honey bees within the scope of the project carried out for 5 years in five provinces is kept in the Honey Bee Gene Bank of Black Sea province of Ordu’s Beekeeping Research Institute to be used in case of losses in bee breeds. Thanks to the …

National Milk Council (USK) Research and Advisory Board Member Professor Dr. Nevzat Artık stated that the Raw Milk Action Plan carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will boost the share of dairy exports. Dr. Nevzat Artık Dr. Artık said that Türkiye is an important country in terms …

It has been noted that due to the warm winter months caused by global climate change, bees do not hibernate, they physiologically age and mass colony losses occur because of the fact that they leave the hive and start working. Dr. Nuray Şahinler Professor Dr. Nuray Şahinler, Lecturer of Faculty …

BEE’O Propolis General Manager Dr. Aslı Elif Tanuğur Samancı said that Türkiye acts as a bridge between Asia and Europe continents due to its geopolitical location and ranks third in the world in terms of beekeeping activities. Dr. Aslı Elif Tanuğur Samancı “Therefore, the value of Anatolian propolis and Anatolian …

Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz announced that Eastern Anatolia’s province of Bingöl’s honey is on its way to becoming the first honey to receive a geographical indication in the European Union. Cevdet Yılmaz Yılmaz appreciated Bingöl University’s work in the field of bees and bee products and stated that they will …

As a result of the application made by Yalova Beekeepers’ Association, Yalova chestnut honey became the 28th type of honey to receive a geographical indication in Türkiye. Information was given about the features and production conditions of Yalova chestnut honey. Yalova (a north western province of Türkiye) chestnut honey, which …

Press release… Organised by Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) and Economy Newspaper, “Aegean Export Meetings – Muğla” event was held in the meeting hall of Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry. Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Barış Saylak, who hosted the meeting that brought together the export giants of the …

The General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) has launched a project to determine how climate change, which affects the country in many ways, will shape the future of beekeeping. TAGEM within the Ministry, upon the request of the General Directorate of Livestock, also under the Ministry, initiated a …