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Press release… Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association Chairperson Bedri Girit stated that they aim to export 50 million dollars annually from Türkiye, which is the second in world honey production. Bedri Girit also said that they introduced the Turkish beekeeping industry to thousands of industry members from 138 …

Beekeepers Mustafa Altı and his son Fehmi were kept busy tending to their hives before wildfires tore through a bucolic region of Turkey that makes most of the world’s prized pine honey. Now the Altıs and generations of other honey farmers in Turkey’s Aegean province of Muğla are looking to …

“Honey Forest Action Plan” implemented by General Directorate of Forestry (OGM) ramped up the number of hives and honey production in Turkey. The number of hives, which was 5.6 million in 2010, increased to 8 million as of this year and honey production increased from 81 thousand tonnes to 110 …

Press release… Packaged honey consists of 200 million dollars of honey and bee products market which accounts for 500 million dollars in Turkey. Stating that they have increased their exports by 5 times in the last 8 years, honey exporters said, “Packaging provides added value to the product, reliable food …

Press release… 20/05/2020 FAO celebrates the third annual World Bee Day today. This year’s event, organized around the theme “Bee Engaged,” shines a spotlight on the huge role bees and pollinators play in the foods we eat and the health of our environment.  The day is not just for the …