Sürdürülebilir orman yönetimi için mevcut arıcılık koşullarının analizi: Ordu ili örneği

Abstract

Turkey holds a significant place in the globe in terms of bee colonies and honey production because of the country's unique geographical and climate structure. Ordu province ranks first in Turkey for honey production. This study was carried out by interviewing 60 beekeepers from four different districts who were members of the Ordu province beekeeping cooperative to reveal their current beekeeping situation and to determine the factors affecting the adoption of beehives developed to increase honey production. Descriptive statistics and logistic models were used to analyze the data. One of the important findings of the study was that 93% of the beekeepers interviewed use traditional hives while using box hives at the same time. Traditional wooden hives were found to be used instead of box hives for reasons such as excessive humidity, a cold environment for bees, low production and, increased bee disease. Age groups of beekeepers had negatively influenced the adoption of the box hive. The education levels of the participants were primary and secondary education levels and their average age was calculated as 60.72. However, it was determined that 98.3% of the participating beekeepers received formal training in beekeeping. All participants emphasized that forests are very important for beekeeping. While all the participants stated that honey forests are also a useful and appropriate practice, 96.7% (n=58) stated that they were not adequately informed about honey forests. Therefore, the establishment of honey forests in order to rehabilitate the degraded forests and offer them to the forest villagers and rural people is important in terms of reducing the pressure on forests, protecting biodiversity and sustainable rural development.