Researchers: Assist. Prof. Dr. Halil Doruk Kaynarca, Assist. Prof. Dr. Halit Şükür, Dr. Gülten Tuncel, Dr. Gökçe Akan, Dr. Ayşegül Bostancı

Biodiversity and populations of insect pollinators are in significant decline worldwide. Without bees, production of approximately 80% of the world's primary food crops would be severely damaged. All species of Apis are eusocial, having thousands of worker bees collecting nectar and pollen. Worker bees collect nectar and pollen from a wide variety of flower species and can travel many kilometers between the hive and good sources of nectar and pollen. In total, 22.6% of agricultural production in the developing world and 14.7% of agricultural production in the developed world is dependent on animal pollination to some degree. Recently, there has been a focus on losses of managed honeybees (Apis mellifeta L.), as their strong population decline poses a serious threat to the stability and yield of food crops.

The decrease in the bee population in the world day by day reminds us of the words of Albert Einstein: 'If all the bees die, the human generation will start to waste after 4 years'. The fact that bees cannot perform their pollination function means that plants cannot reproduce, trees cannot grow and bear fruit.

As the Beekeeping, Bee Products and Bee Diseases research group within the Near East University DESAM Research Institute; To conduct scientific studies on all bee species, beekeeping, bee products and bee diseases, and to engage in multidisciplinary research and development activities on bee products.