Turkiye: Karakovan honey in the world market

ŞENER TOKTAŞ/BERFİN SIDAR AŞİT - Karahive honey produced in the high-altitude mountains and plateaus of Bitlis is sent to many countries in addition to the domestic market. Beekeepers who go to the high-altitude plateaus of the district with rich flora in the spring leave the hives made of willow branches and plastered with dung or mud in the areas they have determined to balance the humidity level and return. The honey produced without using any additives from the hives kept in the region where colorful flowers and medicinal herbs are located is harvested by beekeepers when the weather cools down. Karahive honey, which is at the top of the honeys preferred by consumers due to its taste, aroma and high proline (one of the 20 amino acids that make up the structure of proteins) value, is sent to many countries in addition to the domestic market. Seyithan Ekinci, President of the Hizan Honey Producers Association, told AA correspondent that beekeeping is intensive in Bitlis with rich ...