Drought has affected honey production

Low rainfall in 2020 had a negative impact on agriculture as well as bee producers. Honey production in Turkey in the efficiency ratio was 30 per cent drop. While honey production in Konya decreased in some regions, it increased in some regions. Saying that both beekeeping and agriculture will be affected badly if the rains continue in this direction, President Veyis Önder said, "If there is the desired rains in April and May and there is a snowfall, the production will increase too much," he said.

Insufficient rainfall and drought affect honey production as well as many other things. Making evaluations on the subject, Veyis Önder, President of Konya Bee Farmers Association, said, “If we normally need to produce 100 kilograms of honey, we produced 30 kilograms this year, but we couldn't produce 70 kilograms. The only reason for this is that the precipitation comes late. Unfortunately, the rains started too late. Bees take honey from flower. "The blooming and the growth of the flower are possible with rain".

‘INCREASED AROUND 10 PERCENT IN KONYA’

Noting that there is an increase of around 10 percent in honey production in Konya, Mayor Veyis Önder said, "In Konya's irrigable area; In regions such as Karapınar, Çumra, Karatay, most of the Seljuks, a large part of Meram, Altınekin, Cihanbeyli, Kulu, honey yield increased by 30 percent, but in other regions the yield decreased by around 20 percent. When we hit the average, most of the bees in our Konya region stay in the plain. Therefore, there was an increase rather than a decrease in efficiency in the Konya region. The regions where honey yield decreased were Taurus parts such as Bozkır, Hadim, Taşkent, Beyşehir, Seydişehir, Höyük and Derbent. Others have also increased. For example, if we produced 1 kilogram of honey in 2019, we produced 1 kilo 100 grams in 2020. There was an increase of around 10 percent, but it is something that belongs only to Konya. Since our irrigable field and honey is culture honey, the yield is a little higher. We make culture honey mostly from sunflower, pumpkin, bud, pumpkin, etc. we get In other words, there is an increase of around 10-15 percent in the areas where the cultivated plant can be planted and irrigated. But others thought is a problem, "he said.

'NO FLOWERS NO HONEY'

Konya 45 percent honey production of honey Leader stated that "despite the 10 percent increase in the production of honey bee Turkey Konya production basis the yield decreased by 70 percent. Despite the fall in production in Konya in Turkey, Bala all stems from a mild form of honey taken from crops in irrigated fields can rise only reason. There is the same in Thrace, but there is a fall in Thrace because they do not plant sunflowers on the irrigable field in Thrace. Pine honey has decreased by 70 percent in İzmir, Aydın, Muğla, some parts of Antalya and upstream regions. When there were no insects in the pine in humid weather, there was a delay in pine honey and thus production decreased. Air cleaning also has a great effect on production, but even if it is clean, precipitation is much more important. This amount of precipitation falling in 2020 forms the flower. When the plant does not grow, it does not produce flowers, and because no flowers form, it does not produce honey ”.

'HONEY PRICES ALSO INCREASED'

Informing that there is an increase in honey prices due to the decrease in production, Önder said, “This year, honey prices are twice as high as last year. The price of honey we gave in bulk was around 300 lira, and this year it was 500 lira. In other words, there was a price increase of approximately 70 percent. This is because honey cannot be produced in large quantities. There is also a supply and demand issue in the economy. If there is demand, if you cannot supply, prices will increase; on the contrary, if there is excessive production, prices will decrease if there is no demand. This is one reason why prices have increased this year. March rains, April boasts, April rains Chech. What we need is snowfall. Beekeeping is definitely a field that depends on other groups. Other groups have benefits for beekeeping. They all feed each other. We do not know how the efficiency will be in 2021. He ended his speech by saying that if the rains are too much, the honey yield will increase accordingly.

SÜMEYRA KENESARI / YENİ HABER