INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING'S ECONOMY AND AN ASSESSMENT WITH FIELD DATA

Turkey, in 2017 there are more than a hundred thousand tons of production by about eight million beehives presence. It is among the leading countries of the world in the beekeeping sector with this production amount. However, some sectoral problems of the beekeeping sector in Turkey. These Problems can be ordered as producer profile, low honey yield per hive, problems experienced in migratory beekeeping, support policies, problems in marketing, bee diseases and pests. Implementation of solutions for existing problems, encouraging young producers to beekeeping activities and developing themselves in terms of beekeeping from the meaning of veterinary medicine is important for the development of the beekeeping sector