THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON HONEY BEES AND BEEKEEPING

Öz

Climate and environmental change is one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century. Extreme weather conditions and natural disasters have caused great harm to honey bees. It is clear that climate and environmental change will be a very important stress factor for bee colonies and beekeepers, increasing bee colony losses and decreasing income levels. In this study, we propose the main challenges that beekeepers will face in the future due to the changing climate and some precautions that should be taken (beekeepers moving to pollen-rich areas, providing additional food supplements to colonies, providing clean water sources, changing the type of hives, afforestation in the apiary, changing the harvest time). In addition, beekeepers face serious constraints and by integrating climate conditions with existing knowledge and local practices, we can strengthen beekeepers' adaptive capacity.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Beekeeping
• climate change
• environmental change
• adaptation.

İklim ve Çevre Değişikliğinin Bal Arıları ve Arıcılığa Etkisi

Öz

İklim ve çevre değişikliği yirmi birinci yüzyılın en büyük sorunlarından biridir. Aşırı hava koşulları ve doğal afetler bal arılarına büyük zarar verdi. İklim ve çevre değişikliğinin arı kolonileri ve arıcılar için çok önemli bir stres faktörü olacağı, arı kolonisi kayıplarını arttıracağı ve gelir düzeylerini düşüreceği açıktır. Bu çalışmada, değişen iklim nedeniyle arıcıların gelecekte karşılaşacağı temel zorluklar ve alınması gereken bazı önlemler (arıcıların polen bakımından zengin bölgelere taşınması, kolonilere ek gıda takviyesi sağlanması, temiz su kaynaklarının sağlanması, arıcıların iklim koşullarının değiştirilmesi) önerilmiştir. kovanların türü, arı kovanındaki ağaçlandırma, hasat zamanının değiştirilmesi). Ayrıca arıcılar ciddi kısıtlamalarla karşı karşıyadır ve iklim koşullarını mevcut bilgi ve yerel uygulamalarla entegre ederek arıcıların uyum kapasitesini güçlendirebiliriz.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Arıcılık
• iklim değişikliği
• çevre değişikliği
• uyum

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