Beekeeping

An increase is expected in the yield of Zara Honey, which is registered in Zara district of Central Anatolian province of Sivas. Honey production, which declined to 600 tonnes due to heavy rainfall in the previous year, is targeted between 900 and a thousand tonnes this year with favourable conditions. …

Press release… While the fisheries and animal products sector is represented by 21 companies in the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) Top 1000 exporters list, Aegean aquaculture and animal products exporters dominated the list with 11 companies. Sinan Kızıltan Sinan Kızıltan, Chairman of the Turkish Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Associations …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı announced that they will provide additional support per hive to migratory beekeepers and young and female beekeepers in the new support model to be announced soon. Underlining that Türkiye ranks 2nd in the world in honey production, Minister Yumaklı stated that beekeepers have …

Bumblebees, which started to be produced in Mediterranean province of Antalya, play a major role in fruit and vegetable cultivation without pesticides. In the first 3 months of the year, 85 thousand colonies and 110 thousand queen bumblebees were exported, generating more than 2 million euros. Exports were made to …

Ankara University Veterinary Faculty Dean Professor Dr. Ender Yarsan reported that the amount of honey production in 2023 is 114 thousand 886 tonnes. Dr. Ender Yarsan said that Türkiye has the largest flora in Europe with more than 10 thousand flowering plant species. Dr. Ender Yarsan “Approximately 3 thousand of …

Organic honey production is becoming widespread with the support of the state… In Türkiye’s Southeastern province of Batman, 594 beehives with pollen traps with 70 percent grant were distributed to 66 beekeepers within the scope of efforts to ramp up organic honey production and popularise bee breeding. In order to …

Honey forests contribute to the national economy… As of the end of last year, the number of honey forests reached 794, creating an opportunity to host approximately 1 million hives. Türkiye’s honey production reached 115 thousand tonnes thanks to the support given to beekeeping activities and honey forests. In addition …

Ziya Şahin, Chair of the Central Union of Beekeepers of Türkiye (TAB), reported that apart from honey, about 7 thousand tonnes of beeswax, 4 tonnes of royal jelly, 400 tonnes of pollen, 10 tonnes of bee bread and 10 tonnes of propolis are produced in Türkiye. Ziya Şahin Ankara… Şahin …

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 …