In Muğla, the pine honey production center of Turkey and the world, the global climate change, which has been increasing with each passing year for the last three years, the low amount of precipitation and forest fires have caused a great decrease in pine honey production.
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While Turkey meets 90 percent of the world's pine honey needs and Muğla meets 80 percent of Turkey's pine honey needs, 20-25 thousand tons of pine honey was produced annually until 4-5 years ago. It was announced that it is difficult for Turkey, where the annual production of approximately 40 thousand tons of pine honey is produced in provinces such as Aydın, Antalya and Çanakkale, to meet the decline in yield experienced in the last three years, not only for exports, but even for the domestic market. 400 TRUCK BEekeepers came from other provinces In September-November, when pine honey is produced, 350-400 truck beekeepers and 2.5 million beehives come to Muğla's districts such as Milas, Menteşe, Marmaris, Köyceğiz and Datça for production. It was announced that forest fires and shrinkage in pine honey production areas were experienced. Salih Balcı, who rented land in the rural Kıran District of Menteşe for beekeepers from outside of Muğla to put beehives, said, "There was a light ...
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