Beekeepers from Mersin have started harvesting pine honey in apiaries mainly in Muğla, as well…

Beekeepers from Mersin have started harvesting pine honey in apiaries mainly in Muğla, as well as in the Aegean and Mediterranean regions during the autumn season. Producers have reported a productive season.

Beekeeper Selahattin Say stated that the combs are filled with honey and that climatic conditions positively affected production. Hives are transported from Mersin to Muğla and other regions, and combs are extracted mechanically in tents. The produced pine honey is supplied to both the domestic market and exported abroad. Beekeepers claim that Turkey holds about 90% of the world’s pine honey production share.