Project Name and Place of Application

The goal of the project

Project Justification

Project Activities and Duration

Approximate Budget and Performance Indicators

Project Name: Kafkas Arı Konağı

Purpose of the Project: The Caucasian Bee Production Training and Gen Center located on the Ardahan Şavşat road is the establishment of the center with the museum, training center, sales area and packaging plant and analysis laboratory units within the campus area, where Caucasian Bee and Ardahan Flower Fish will be introduced.

Ardahan Beekeeping sector and bee products to be a center of promotion,

Construction of the Caucasian Bee Mansion building,

Approximate Budget: 3.000.000 TL

To educate enterprises that produce traditional production, to minimize the lack of productivity and production losses,

Formation of museum, honey analysis laboratory, honey packaging facility, training center and sales areas within bee mansion,

Goals of the Project:

Existing honey packaging plant, honey analysis laboratory and training center to respond to the need,

The necessary furnishing for the complex, purchase of machinery and equipment,

Field of Application: ARDAHAN-Merkez

Ardahan is the gene center of the Caucasian Bee Race, one of the important bee races in the world.

Promotion and training activities for children and young people,

Performance Indicators:

To introduce Caucasian Bee and Ardahan Flower Honey,

The establishment of such a center in the beekeeping business due to the lack of a common business culture and capital,

To encourage the young people to do this profession,

Number of children visiting Caucasian Bee Mansion,

To ensure that Ardahan Flower Fish is packed in geographically marked facilities,

Project Duration: 18 Months

Packaged geographical marked honey

To analyze honey bees,

Number of beekeeping training given,

To make a common meeting point and training center for beekeepers,

The number of honey samples analyzed,

To increase the yield and quality in production by training beekeepers,

Number of young and female entrepreneurs starting to beekeeping profession,

Descriptions

Ardahan, together with Artvin province, is the gene center of the Caucasian Bee race, one of the four main bee races in the world. The geographical sign of Ardahan Flower Honey has been registered in 2017. Beekeeping activities in Ardahan province are made as an additional source of income with traditional methods. The average age of beekeepers is above 52. It is very important for the children and young people to love this profession, to use the modern methods in production by training beekeepers and to produce geographically marked products. Being the symbolic structure of the city with its original design, the Caucasian Bee Mansion will serve the beekeeping sector and it will be an important destination for the visitors coming as a tourism destination.