Beekeeping

Traces of toxic pesticides for bees have been found in 75 % of the honey produced around the world, according to research findings cited by Associated Press and the France press.

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A man in the southern Turkish province of Antalya ate 2.2 kilograms of honey in just three minutes during a competition as part of a honey festival organized on Aug. 21.

Out of 15 competitors in the Second Honey Festival in Antalya's Finike district, 49-year-old Ayhan Azak broke last year's record.

Last year's record for the honey-eating competition was 15 minutes.

Price of honey in Bulgaria has gone up by 20% because of the high mortality rate of honeybees, which reaches 60% and even 100% this year. According to beekeepers, about a third of the products on the market do not have the necessary qualities because they are mixed with Ukrainian and Chinese honey, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

One million bees have been killed in the Aegean province of Manisa after unidentified suspects covered the entrances of beehives with soil on July 29.

The incident occurred in Manisa's Saruhanlı district.

Zafer Şahin, the owner of the beehives, replaced 122 beehives, which had been carrying 10 thousand bees per hive, one month ago in the neighborhood of Lütfiye.

As we’ve written before, the mysterious mass die-off of honey bees that pollinate $30 billion worth of crops in the US has so decimated America’s apis mellifera population that one bad winter could leave fields fallow.

Beekeeping in Slovenia is an indicator of concern for the environment and nature, according to State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fotestry and Food Tanja Strniša.

The sector is very progressive and proactive. There are currently some 10,000 beekeepers in Slovenia, who have a total of 176,000 bee colonies, comprised of 20,000-80,000 female worker bees.

İbrahim Sedef has tried steel and he's tried concrete, all to no avail. Now, the beekeeper in Trabzon's Sürmene district - who doubles as the local deputy mayor - is trying to think of what to try next to halt his most implacable foe: a bear that keeps getting all his honey.

Several beehives spotted in a park between Istanbul's Dolmabahçe and Gümüşsuyu districts have raised questions on how they were placed there. 

A total of 15 beehives on five trees were spotted at the Dec. 10 Marytrs' Park, formerly known as the Freeloaders Hill, and no official has any information on the issue, daily Habertürk reported on April 7.

On Oct. 31, 2014, a small bus carrying seasonal agriculture workers drove into a curve and fell into a ditch. The vehicle had twice as many passengers as its capacity; bodies and injured people were scattered around and 17 people died.