Information Package / Course Catalogue
Beekeeping and Sericulture
Course Code: ZT406
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To understand the importance of agricultural production in terms of beekeeping, to learn the importance of bees and bee products. Learning sericulture farming

Course Content

The importance of beekeeping in Turkey and in the world, the importance of beekeeping in the pollination , queen, worker bees and drones colony tasks, the production of bee products, bee diseases, beekeeping works done during the year. The importance of sericulture in rural development, environmental factors in silkworm breeding, what needs to be done for quality cocoon production, suspension, cocoon drowning, silk production

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Aytül UÇAK KOÇ
Learning Outcomes
1.Understanding the importance of honey bees in agricultural production
2.Understanding bee keeping techniques
3.Understanding bee biology
4.Understanding the cultivation and care of sericulture
5.Developing the ability to recognize diseases and pests of bees and silkworms
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Basic Principles of Beekeeping (Prof. Dr. Ferat GENÇ, Prof. Dr. Ahmet DODOLOĞLU)
2.The hive and the honeybee Dadant & Sons., 1975.. 740pp. Hamilton-Illinois
3.Modern Beekeeping Techniques (Prof. Dr. Muhsin DOĞAROĞLU)
4.Sericulture (Prof. Dr. Ümran ŞAHAN) Dora Publications
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
History of beekeeping and development as an industry, current state of beekeeping in the World and Turkey
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
The place of the bee in the zoological system and its body structure
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Life of the colony, activities and behaviors of the colony, honeybee races
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Individuals in bee colony, Nutrition and food properties of adult honey bees
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Main needs of modern beekeeping Products of beekeeping Nectar flow and honey harvest
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Annual applications in beekeeping Natural food sources of honey bees
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Nectar flow and Honey Harvest
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Seasonal work with beekeeping
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Bee products, physical and chemical properties, production and usage areas
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Honey bee diseases and pests
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Historical development of sericulture, production, consumption and economic importance of sericulture in Türkiye and the world, morphological and physiological characteristics of silkworm.
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Silkworm breeding and genetics, Incubation and hatching of eggs, Care and feeding of silkworms, Basic factors affecting silkworm breeding
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Factors affecting silkworm development and cocoon yield, hanger and cocoon harvest, polyhybrid and breeding egg production,
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Raw silk and the use of silk, silkworm diseases and pests, mulberry cultivation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Lecture - Practice141128
Laboratory4028
Practice Examination1314
Midterm Examination110111
Final Examination120121
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
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
5
OÇ-3
5
OÇ-4
5
OÇ-5
5
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