Caucasian Honey bee Workshop, July 2006, Turkey (BfD Journal 80)In the Caucasus Region of North-east Turkey, a remarkable project has been taking place. It has been planned to conserve precious stocks of Caucasian honeybees (
Apis mellifera caucasica), to provide people in this remote northeast corner of Turkey with an excellent livelihood, and to support beekeeping throughout Turkey by provision of excellent queen bees. All three outputs are proving successful. Researchers from several other countries were brought together at a Workshop, held in Camili village in Artvin, Turkey, in July 2006, to consider the project and discuss its approach.