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| MVET2021 | Bee Breeding | 2+0+0 | ECTS:2 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Short Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of VETERINARY MEDICINE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Onur TOSUN | | Co-Lecturer | Assoc. Prof. Onur TOSUN, Ph.D. | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Teaching students the basic concepts and information about beekeeping and bee breeding |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Ability to identify honey bees morphologically and physiologically | 5 | 1, | | LO - 2 : | Understanding of the division of labor and organization among colony individuals | 5 | 1 | | LO - 3 : | Ability to recognize honey bee races and species used in our country | 5 | 1 | | LO - 4 : | Understand modern beekeeping techniques | 5 | 1, | | LO - 5 : | Understanding traditional and migratory beekeeping methods | 5 | 1 | | LO - 6 : | Understanding bee products and apitherapy products | 5 | 1 | | LO - 7 : | Learn about bee diseases and pests and understand the methods of combating them | 5 | 1, | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| bee colony forming individuals and general characteristics, duties of the colony members and division of labor, inside and outside the hive, The contribution of honey bees to plant production, The place and importance of honey bees in human life, Morphological and physiological characteristics of bee breeds, Turkey and the world bee races and their general characteristics, technical beekeeping and bee diseases |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Place and importance of beekeeping, structure and functions of honey bees, common honey bee subspecies | | | Week 2 | Life stages of honey bees, general characteristics of colony individuals, communication in honey bees, pollination and the role of honey bees | | | Week 3 | Things to consider when starting beekeeping, structure of beehives, materials used in beekeeping | | | Week 4 | Types of beekeeping, stationary beekeeping, migratory beekeeping, places where migratory beekeeping is practiced | | | Week 5 | SPRING PERIOD STUDIES, queen control, queen acceptance, uniting weak colonies, control of diseases and pests, nutritional control, feeding colony population development, swarming studies, queen bee renewal | | | Week 6 | HONEY SEASON WORKS, frame preparation and giving to the hive, adding honey layer, giving reinforcement, placing queen grid, colony support system, honey harvest | | | Week 7 | AUTUMN SEASON ACTIVITIES, bee wintering, things to consider during wintering, reasons for wintering losses, measure of success in wintering | | | Week 8 | BEE PRODUCTS, honey, flower honey, secretion honey, production of honey, chemical properties of honey, use of honey in apitherapy, types of honey, honey filling processes, distinction between real honey and fake honey, product features in honey communiqué | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | BEE PRODUCTS, pollen, chemical structure of pollen, collection of pollen, harvest of pollen, storage of pollen, use of pollen in apitherapy, consumption of pollen, royal jelly, chemical structure of royal jelly, production of royal jelly, harvest of royal jelly, storage of royal jelly, use of royal jelly in apitherapy | | | Week 11 | BEE PRODUCTS, propolis, propolis chemical structure, propolis collection, propolis harvest, propolis storage, propolis use in apitherapy, propolis consumption, bee venom, chemical structure of bee venom, bee venom production, bee venom harvest, bee venom storage, use of bee venom in apitherapy | | | Week 12 | BEE PRODUCTS, beeswax, chemical structure of beeswax, collecting wax, melting wax, storing wax and honeycombs, usage areas of wax, basic honeycomb production, package bees, production of package bees, preparation of package bees, placement of package bees in the hive. | | | Week 13 | QUEEN BREEDING, the importance of the queen bee for the colony, factors affecting queen bee quality, queen bee rearing season, queen bee rearing methods | | | Week 14 | BEE DISEASES AND PESTS, American foulbrood, European foulbrood, chalk disease, nosema disease, varroa destructor, trachea mite, bee lice, trophilaelaps mite, viruses, colony collapse disorder, small hive beetle, greater wax moth, bee-eater, wasps , yellow bees | | | Week 15 | Nectar and pollen plants, sources of nectar, pollen and slime, protecting bees from agricultural struggle, bee beard making, forms related to beekeeping | | | Week 16 | final exam | | | |
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| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 14 | 14 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 1 | 6 | 6 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 58 |
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