Turkey: Saffron price per kilo is 400 liras! Can't keep up with orders

In the village of Rezip in the center, organic honey producer Yiğit planted a thousand onion saffron in his field and placed about 100 beehives where the saffron was found. Combining bees with saffron flowers, Yiğit, on the one hand, produced saffron and on the other hand harvested the honey that bees made by taking the pollen from the saffron flower. For the first time this year, the products sold by Yiğit, which produced 100 kilograms of saffron honey by combining two healing resources, were sold out in a short time. Mehmet Yaşar Yiğit, who has been producing certified organic honey for 6 years in the city, told AA correspondent that he started saffron production in 2018, that each of the onions he planted gave 3-4 more onions, and the team would reproduce them. Stating that he aims to bring honey and saffron together, Yiğit said, "I brought my 100 beehives near the saffron I planted. My bees produce honey with saffron from there. I also started to sell the saffron I harvested ...