Beekeeping in Turkey: Bridging Asia and Europe

Özkırım, Aslı

doi:10.1007/978-981-10-8222-1_2

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“…Türkiye is a country that has gained global recognition in the field of organic beekeeping [1][2][3]. Organic beekeeping is a type of beekeeping that adheres to the authoritative regulations of organic agriculture, ensuring the preservation of natural integrity at every stage of honey production and the use of only natural nectar and pollen [4].…”

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The Effect of Climate Change on Organic Honey Efficiency in Türkiye via Machine Learning

Sahin Demirel

2024

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This study investigates the impact of climate change on the efficiency of organic honey production in Türkiye using a machine learning approach. The eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) algorithm is employed for the Machine Learning (ML) modelling. The analysis includes data on organic honey production performance from 2004 to 2023, spanning a period of 20 years, and 8 different climate variables (16 variables depending on daytime and nighttime values). The dataset created to investigate the impact of climate change on organic honey yield comprises 28 columns and 120,960 rows. The study aimed to determine the significance of different climatic variables on the efficiency of organic honey production. The study found that, in addition to daytime solar radiation and temperature, wind speed and direction were also important factors. The sensitivity analysis has shown that minor alterations in the variables have a significant impact on the model's predictions. Additionally, non-linear relationships between the variables and honey production were identified. These findings suggest that it may be beneficial to consider implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies in agricultural policies and beekeeping practices. The study suggests that machine learning has the potential to provide valuable insights into the complex relationship between climate change and agricultural production. This could aid in the sustainability and economic optimization of the sector.

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The Effect of Climate Change on Organic Honey Efficiency in Türkiye via Machine Learning

Sahin Demirel

2024

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“…The sales of honey and beeswax alone contributed approximately $584 million to the Turkish economy in 2021 [ 5 ]. Moreover, the contribution of pollination by bees is estimated to be 10–15-fold higher than what is generated from beekeeping [ 6 ]. Turkey reportedly has more than 8 million beehives [ 7 ], ranking third in the world in terms of the number of beehives after India and Mainland China [ 7 ].…”

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Honey Bee Pathogen Prevalence and Interactions within the Marmara Region of Turkey

Mayack

Hakanoglu

2022

Veterinary Sciences

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Beekeeping has yet to reach its full potential in terms of productivity in Turkey where it has a relatively large role in the economy. Poor colony health is suspected to be the reason for this, but comprehensive disease monitoring programs are lacking to support this notion. We sampled a total of 115 colonies across five different apiaries throughout the Marmara region of Turkey and screened for all of the major bee pathogens using PCR and RNA-seq methods. We found that Varroa mites are more prevalent in comparison to Nosema infections. The pathogens ABPV, DWV, KV, and VDV1 are near 100% prevalent and are the most abundant across all locations, which are known to be vectored by the Varroa mite. We therefore suspect that controlling Varroa mites will be key for improving bee health in Turkey moving forward. We also documented significant interactions between DWV, KV, and VDV1, which may explain how the more virulent strain of the virus becomes abundant. ABPV had a positive interaction with VDV1, thereby possibly facilitating this more virulent viral strain, but a negative interaction with Nosema ceranae. Therefore, these complex pathogen interactions should be taken into consideration in the future to improve bee health.

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“…Turkey, due to its geographical structure, has suitable climate conditions and a wide variety of plants available for honey bees (Apis mellifera L.), and therefore is a suitable ecosystem for beekeeping. In addition to the production of different bee products, diversity can be seen in those products (Akkaya, 2007;Özkırım, 2018;Sorkun, 2007). These advantages of our country have supported beekeeping and contributed to the country's economy with the produced goods.…”

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Classification of the Provinces of the Black Sea Region in Terms of Beekeeping

Abacı¹,

Abacı²,

Bıyık³

2021

BSTD

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This study aims to group the Black Sea provinces, which hold 27.48% of the honey production in Turkey, by cluster analysis. For this purpose, the number of beekeeping enterprises in the Black sea region, the total number of colonies (traditional and modern), honey production, and beeswax production data gathered from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) between 2016 and 2020 were used. As a result of the analysis, the Black sea region provinces were clustered into three groups based on their colony count and production. The first group consisted

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Beekeeping in Turkey: Bridging Asia and Europe

Cited by 8 publications

References 41 publications

The Effect of Climate Change on Organic Honey Efficiency in Türkiye via Machine Learning

The Effect of Climate Change on Organic Honey Efficiency in Türkiye via Machine Learning

Honey Bee Pathogen Prevalence and Interactions within the Marmara Region of Turkey

Classification of the Provinces of the Black Sea Region in Terms of Beekeeping

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