The number of pure bee breeds in Turkey has decreased

In the study conducted by Düzce University (DU) Beekeeping Research, Development and Application Center (DAGEM) with samples taken from 58 provinces and 3 neighboring countries, it was determined that the number of pure bee races in these regions decreased from 5 to 2. Within the scope of the TÜBİTAK project titled "Loss of Genetic Diversity in Turkish Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Subspecies", DAGEM experts completed their "gene map" studies with samples taken from 58 provinces where beekeeping is intensive in Turkey and neighboring countries Greece, Bulgaria and Georgia. In the examination carried out by collecting worker bee samples in 48 different locations from Anatolian, Caucasian, Iranian, Syrian and Carniolan (Apilis mellifera Anatoliaca, Caucasica, Meda, Syriaca, Carnica) races, it was determined that although there were local areas where local races were preserved, the biodiversity in the dormitory reported in previous studies could not be preserved. Anatolian and ...