Information Package / Course Catalogue
Beekeeping and Pollination
Course Code: ORT208
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To give basic information to the students about modern bee management techniques, bee products and importance of pollination.

Course Content

Beekeeping in Turkey and in the World, honeybee and colony life, the importance of honeybees and some pollinator bees on pollination in the organic herbal production, bee products.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to comprehend the basic concepts about beekeeping in Turkey and in the world,
2.To be able to comprehend the basic concepts about importance of honeybees and some pollinator bees on pollination in the organic herbal production,
3.To be able to comprehend the basic concepts about the management of honeybee colonies,
4.To be able to comprehend the basic concepts about honey bee products production and their importance,
5.To be able to comprehend the basic concepts about the effective use of honeybee colonies in the pollination,
6.To be able to comprehend the basic concepts about honeybee diseases.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Doğaroğlu, M. 2004. Modern Arıcılık Teknikleri. Doğa Arıcılık Tic. Tekirdağ.
2.Akbay, R. 1995. Arı ve İpekböceği Yetiştirme. A.Ü. Z.F. Yayın No:1428
3.Crane, E. 1990. Bees and Beekeeping.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Honeybee and historical development of beekeeping
Week 2 - Theoretical
Place and importance of beekeeping in agricultural production, apiculture in Turkey and in the World.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Anatomy of honeybees, honeybee colony individuals and their properties
Week 4 - Theoretical
Honeybee species and races, essential conditions for technical beekeeping
Week 5 - Theoretical
Honeybee species and races, essential conditions for technical beekeeping
Week 6 - Theoretical
Colony management, spring period practices, swarm period works
Week 7 - Theoretical
Polination of plants, importance of polination
Week 8 - Intermediate Exam
(Management of honeybees and polinator insects in the organic production as polinatorMidterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Nectar flow season, honey harvest, fall season and wintering works, transport of honeybee colonies, preserve of honeycombs.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Value of queen honeybee in the colony life, quality queen honeybee breeding, Royal jelly production
Week 11 - Theoretical
Honeybee health, sickness and injury, larvae and mature individual disease.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Bee products, significance of bee products with regards to human health, honey, polen, royal jelly, propolis and bee venom.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Bee products, significance of bee products with regards to human health, honey, polen, royal jelly, propolis and bee venom.
Week 14 - Theoretical
General Assessment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment1%10
Quiz1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice7017
Assignment1213
Quiz1718
Midterm Examination114115
Final Examination124125
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
PÇ-16
PÇ-17
PÇ-18
OÇ-1
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
OÇ-3
4
OÇ-4
4
OÇ-5
4
OÇ-6
4
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2026