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Honey harvesting and industry expansion in Muş, Turkey
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Honey harvesting and industry expansion in Muş, Turkey
The Muş Ovası region in Turkey has concluded its summer honey harvest, with regional producers yielding approximately 700 tons of honey from roughly 290,000 hives. Mehmet Şahin Kaya, President of the Muş Honey Producers Association, characterized the honey as generally organic due to the area’s rich flora and cushion plants. Individual operations in the region, operations, such as a long-standing business that of Bertal and Zeytin Albay in the Varto district, have also reported successful harvests. One specific yields. Having expanded their business from 30 hives to 600 hives over 40 years, the couple reported producing harvested approximately 8 tons of honey from 600 hives. Following the harvest, beekeepers are transitioning their Kartaldere village location. To manage production, they move their hives to different provinces, including Batman, Mardin, Diyarbakır, Şanlıurfa, Hatay, Mersin, Antalya, and Adana, and Hatay during winter months before returning to find more suitable climates Varto in the spring. To further bolster the industry, the ‘New Beehive for Golden Wings Project’ was launched as a collaboration between the winter months. Muş Governor's Office, the Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Eastern Anatolia Development Agency (DAKA). Under this initiative, 100 local beekeepers received 1,000 new beehives, with participants receiving 10 hives each through a 75% state grant and 25% producer contribution. Muş Governor Avni Çakır noted that annual honey production has reached 602 tons and emphasized the need to combine traditional methods with modern science to increase capacity. He also highlighted that approximately 150 million lira worth of projects have been developed in the last 1.5 years through cooperation between the Governor's Office, DAKA, and the Eastern Anatolia Project (DAP) Regional Development Administration.
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