Information Package / Course Catalogue
Bees and Bee Products
Course Code: AR206
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

to describe bee products by providing information about them, and to teach the importance of promoting and using and storing these products in terms of human health issues and aims to create consumer awareness.

Course Content

Basic bee products, honey, pollen, royal jelly and propolis, bees, collection and production of applying a composition, their effects on human health,

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to describe Bee Products
2.To be able to name important nectar, pollen, propolis resources
3.to be able to describe Honey, pollen, royal jelly, propolis combinations
4.to be able to tell purposes of these productsused by people and bees
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Modern Arıcılık Teknikleri (Prof. Dr. Musin Doğaroğlu ISBN:975-94210-0-3
2.Arıcılığın Temel Esasları (Prof. Dr. Ferhat Genç, Doç. Dr. Ahmet Dodoloğlu Atatürk Ü. Ziraat Fak.Yayınları No:160)
3.Çiçekten sofraya Balın Öyküsü(Prof. Dr. Muhsin Doğaroğlu, ISBN 978-975-08-1323-8
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
bee Products
Week 1 - Practice
bee Products
Week 2 - Theoretical
Important Plant Sources in Beekeeping
Week 2 - Practice
Important Plant Sources in Beekeeping
Week 3 - Theoretical
Important Plant Sources in Beekeeping
Week 3 - Practice
Important Plant Sources in Beekeeping
Week 4 - Theoretical
the formation of honey and honey, honey varieties
Week 4 - Practice
honey varieties
Week 5 - Theoretical
Physical properties of honey
Week 5 - Practice
Physical properties of honey
Week 6 - Theoretical
Biological properties of honey and crystallization
Week 6 - Practice
Biological properties of honey and crystallization
Week 7 - Theoretical
gelee royale
Week 7 - Practice
gelee royale
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
mid term
Week 9 - Theoretical
pollen composition
Week 9 - Practice
pollen composition
Week 10 - Theoretical
The composition of propolis
Week 10 - Practice
Field work
Week 11 - Theoretical
The importance of bee products for people
Week 11 - Practice
tasting bee products
Week 12 - Theoretical
The importance of bee products for people
Week 12 - Practice
The importance of bee products for people
Week 13 - Theoretical
bee products production, sale, storage,
Week 13 - Practice
Field work
Week 14 - Theoretical
bee products production, sale, storage,
Week 14 - Practice
Field work
Week 15 - Theoretical
bee products production, sale, storage,
Week 15 - Practice
Field work
Week 16 - Final Exam
final exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory201428
Lecture - Practice201428
Land Work80324
Reading80216
Midterm Examination1011
Final Examination1011
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)98
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
4
4
OÇ-2
5
OÇ-3
5
4
OÇ-4
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026