Beekeeping in Turkey - Honey bees
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The region of Rize: since the 1950s the Firtina Valley and the canton of Camlihemsin have become a tea production center in Turkey because of that subtropical climate that allows its cultivation. In the valley, the women take care of the family farms to produce a quality organic tea. For the white tea, of which the price can reach 300 Turkish lira a kilo, only the young shoots are gathered, leaf by leaf, thus explaining its price and quality. These women from the Laze ethnic group, heads of...
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