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Beekeepers in Muğla pleased with productive pine honey harvest
Beekeepers who moved to the Kozağaç area of Yatağan district in Muğla have begun harvesting pine honey. Producers Sabri Akkır and Muhammet Çepel said they work with approximately 400 and 300 hives, respectively, and obtain 25 to 30 tins of honey a day.
The pine forests in the Kozağaç area of Yatağan district in Muğla are hosting beekeepers as they work through the pine honey harvest. Producers moved their hives to the area after weather conditions proved favorable.
Beekeepers begin work early in the morning, taking the honeycombs removed from the hives to extraction tents. The honey in the combs is extracted there.
Depending on temperatures, honey extraction is expected to continue in the coming weeks.
Beekeepers continue their daily harvest work
Sabri Akkır, 71, who has been keeping bees in the area for more than 50 years, said they had begun this year's honey harvest. Akkır said he has approximately 400 hives of his own and obtains 25 to 30 tins of honey a day.
Akkır said beekeeping is a difficult profession and explained that he carries out the work together with his family. He said they travel to upland areas but do not move to very distant locations, adding that younger generations have difficulty continuing the profession.
Akkır said many bees sting him every day, that his body has become accustomed to it and that he has no allergy. He advised people with allergies to be careful and said completing the honey harvest after a demanding day of work eased his fatigue.
Traveling beekeepers also produce other products
Muhammet Çepel, 43, a traveling beekeeper who came to Yatağan from Dalaman, said they go to Konya in spring and to Yatağan in September and October. Çepel said he continues the beekeeping tradition he inherited from his family, works with 300 hives and is stung by bees approximately 200 times a day.
Çepel said bees can sting more frequently in hot weather and that they have gradually become accustomed to it. He said beekeeping is not merely a profession for them and that they have lived alongside bees since childhood.
Çepel said that, in addition to honey, they produce pollen and bee bread in spring and focus on the honey harvest at the end of the season.
Families keep production going through their work
Beekeeper Ziya Aslanpay said they came to the area when the pine season began and worked to continue their profession with his family around the clock. Aslanpay said he began beekeeping in childhood and had practiced it regularly since 2008.
Referring to the difficulties of the profession, Aslanpay said they stay away from home and live in forested areas during the production period. The beekeepers said they seek to contribute to the national economy through their production.
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