Beekeeping Map of Turkey Created

The "Apiculture Map of Turkey" internet portal, which gathers the data and statistical information about beekeeping as well as the inventories that will reveal the potential of the sector, under a single roof of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, has been made available to citizens as well as individuals and organizations operating in the field.

Thanks to the map developed by the General Directorate of Information Technologies, carried out by the General Directorate of Livestock of our Ministry (HAYGEM), many data and statistical information about beekeeping were gathered in one place.

By adapting the Turkey Beekeeping Map, which is accessible to all internet users, to the "Agriculture in My Pocket" application in the future, it is aimed for citizens to use the site more easily and comfortably.

The map shows the number of producers and hives, honey production and honey yield per hive, the honey types produced throughout the country and the distribution of these honeys according to the provinces, the most produced honey types in the provinces , registered geographically marked honeys, breeding queen producing provinces and their capacities, breeder queens breed characteristics and registrations, bumblebee producing provinces and their capacities.

The process of integrating the "honey forests" into the map continues. Official data will be mapped when published, and this is scheduled to be updated annually. In addition, it is foreseen that in the future, files containing province/district-based flora information will be added to the map and that the opinions and suggestions of the users will be evaluated in map updates.

The site can be accessed from the address “balharitasi.tarimorman.gov.tr”.

According to the information on the site, there are 25 registered honeys in Turkey, from Pervari to Anzer, from Zara to Geven.

From lavender to cotton, from citrus to anise, 24 kinds of honey are produced in various provinces of Turkey.

There are 81 million 8 thousand hives in total in Turkey, where honey is produced in all of its 733 provinces. Muğla ranks first with 949 thousand 267 hives, followed by Ordu with 604 thousand 213 hives, Adana with 481 thousand 878 hives, Antalya with 335 thousand 686 hives and Mersin with 303 thousand 120 hives.

The highest yield per hive is obtained in Adana with 25,6 kilograms, followed by Çanakkale with 24,2 kilograms, Sivas with 21,3 kilograms, Ordu with 18,8 kilograms and Aksaray with 16,3 kilograms.

While the province with the highest honey production is Adana with 12,3 thousand tons, Ordu, Sivas, Muğla and Aydın stand out as the provinces that stand out in this area.

The provinces with the highest number of enterprises are listed as Muğla, Sivas, Rize, Ordu and Antalya.

Ardahan comes first among the provinces that produce breeding queens with a capacity of 10. This city is followed by Ankara with 800 thousand units and Çorum with 8 thousand 5 units.

Among the breeds registered by the Ministry are the Caucasian and Anatolian Bee breeds, as well as the Efe, Gökçeada, Thrace, Hatay and Yığılca Honey Bee Ecotypes.