Global warming has led Turkish beekeepers to alternative products

Honey

Published Aug 11, 2023

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Due to climate change and its impact on vegetation, honey production in beekeeping has decreased, prompting the Manisa Metropolitan Municipality to establish a Beekeeping Training and Queen Bee Production Center to promote alternative products like royal jelly and bee venom. The center provides training for producers in royal jelly milking, queen bee production, and other alternative bee products. The trainers emphasize the importance of diversifying the beekeeping industry and closing the domestic production gap, as currently 98% of royal jelly in Turkey is imported.

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While there is a decrease in honey production in beekeeping due to the vegetation affected due to climate change, the trainees receive trainings in order to produce alternative products such as queen bee, royal jelly, pollen, propolis and bee venom at the Beekeeping Training and Queen Bee Production Center established by Manisa Metropolitan Municipality. Specializing in royal jelly milking and queen production, beekeepers will contribute to the future of the industry. Due to climate change, which is effective in Turkey as well as the whole world, there has been a decrease in the diversity of vegetation. Honey production also decreased in the beekeeping sector, which was affected by climate change, where vegetation was affected. Manisa Metropolitan Municipality, which aims to raise alternative products in the sector due to the decline in the beekeeping sector, established a Beekeeping Training and Queen Bee Production Center. Producers milking royal jelly and raising queens in the ...

Source: Iha