Fire ecologists predict that it will take at least 30 years for new pine stands to mature to the point that they can once again contribute to honey production. If the regenerating forest is disturbed by logging or other interventions, they say, recovery will take even longer. In the village of Zorlar, a little over two and half hours by car from Osmaniye, the beekeeper Beyza Yavuz kept a wary eye on the fire reports. The inferno crept toward her village on August 1, belching out thick smoke that hung in the summer air. Three separate, smaller fires broke out in Yavuz’s village, one perilously close to her hives. But her neighbors helped suppress the flames, preventing her hives from burning.
She was fascinated by the traditional basket hives of southern Turkey, which are woven by hand from willow, reeds, or other materials. Soon, she had her own hives and her own beekeeping and honey-making business, and she was teaching courses to visitors and curious locals. Like many of the beekeepers in this region, she moves her hives from place to place depending on the season, usually trucking them to the highlands during the warmer months. Almost all of the world’s pine honey comes from Turkey, and almost all of Turkey’s pine honey comes from Muğla province, in the country’s southwest.
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As heat waves and fires sweep through North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, sweetness and sustenance are too often reduced to ash. Southwest Turkey’s beekeepers knew big fires were coming. Years of climate-change-fueled heat waves and drought had decimated the bee population around Marmaris, and honey production was down. The forests had become so dry that a single cigarette butt or spark could ignite a conflagration. At a regional workshop in April 2021, many beekeepers acknowledged the inevitability of disaster, and discussed how best to protect their communities and struggling businesses.
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