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Bees Declared To Be The Most Important Living Being On Earth... The bees have been declared the most important living beings on this planet, the Earthwatch Institute concluded in the last meeting of the Royal Geographical Society of London. However, according to wildlife experts and scientists, the bees have joined the endangered species long list. The recent studies show a dramatic decline of the bees' number as almost 90 percent of the bee population has disappeared in the last few years. The uncontrolled use of pesticides, deforestation or lack of flowers are the main reasons for their extinction. However, why would such a little being be named the most important creature on Earth? Well, the answer is actually more simple than you ever thought. Seventy percent of the world's agriculture depends exclusively on bees. Needless to mention the pollination is the bees' job, although the plants would not be able to reproduce, therefore the fauna would have been gone in a v...

Turkey, the world's second largest beekeeping country after China... Selçuk Solmaz, head of Ankara Beekeepers Association (AAYB), said, "Turkey is one of few self-sufficient countries in beekeeping," Founded in 2003, AAYB aims to train beekeepers, discuss difficulties of the profession and find solutions to produce various bee products with more fertile and high-quality methods, Solmaz explained. Solmaz emphasized Turkey is also one of few countries with varied honey plants and premium quality honey production. "Turkish honey is becoming sought after in the world cuisine. The variation also covers the chestnut, thyme, citrus, pine, lavender, acacia, highland plant and wildflower honey. Moreover recently, beekeepers in Turkey started producing royal jelly, pollen, propolis and bee venom" he added. Solmaz told there are about 118,000 beehives in Turkey's capital Ankara, compared to around 50,000 in 2003. "This shows that the beekeeping sect...