Adana maintains its outstanding place in honey manufacturing with its wealthy vegetation and help offered. Last yr, roughly 2,470 beekeepers within the metropolis produced 12,280 tons of honey in 495,000 hives. Beekeepers within the Adana area have began harvesting the primary honey of the yr from the combs.
Adana stands out in beekeeping because of its local weather and wealthy pure and agricultural vegetation, sustaining its prime place in honey manufacturing with the help offered. Beekeepers in Adana place their hives in citrus orchards throughout winter, round sunflower fields initially of spring and summer season, and harvest honey in wealthy flora areas within the Toros Mountains and different high-altitude areas of the nation throughout summer season.
Adana’s beekeepers, who harvested the primary honey of the yr with citrus honey, are supported by Mehmet Nuri Kökçüoğlu, the provincial director of agriculture and forestry, who talked about that the Çukurova area is most well-liked by native and visiting beekeepers for overwintering because of its ecological circumstances and flora from November to May.
“We are important in beekeeping with citrus orchards in the plain and rich flora in the mountainous areas. Every year, approximately 150,000 hives from 33 provinces come to our province for the winter. We have 495,000 active beehives, and 2,470 families make their living from beekeeping. With the 12,280 tons of honey we produce, we rank second in Türkiye,” he mentioned, including: “We collect not only fruit but also honey from our citrus trees. The first citrus honey has been harvested in our province. Congratulations.”
Kökçüoğlu emphasised that state help for beekeepers continues, mentioning that TL 25 million ($770,000) was paid to beekeepers in Adana as help for the yr 2023.
“As the Provincial Directorate, we provide training to our stakeholders, offer hive support, provide medications for bee diseases, and distribute sugar for winter maintenance and feeding. These supports will continue to increase in the coming years,” he added.
In the approaching days, Adana’s beekeepers will harvest sunflower honey within the plains as sunflowers bloom, after which they are going to transfer their bees to the town’s excessive plateaus, the place they are going to keep till late autumn.
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