1	Course Title:	BEE PRODUCTS AND FLORAL ORIGINS
2	Course Code:	BIO5122
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	2
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Aycan Tosunoğlu
16	Course Lecturers:	-
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Biyoloji Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, Nilüfer/BURSA 16059 aycanbilisik@uludag.edu.tr 0224.2941854
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	A detailed understanding of bee products, as a result of honey bee activities, and their properties, honeybee and flora relationship.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	The protective and complementary application method of bee and bee products in the treatment of some diseases is very old, and it will be beneficial for biologists to evaluate bee products, their contents and bee-flora relationship for graduate profession and career development.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Having information about the biological properties of bee products.; 2 To understand the relationship between honey bees and flora; 3 To be able to comprehend the relationship between bee products and plants used by bees as a source and the properties of these plants; 4 Having an idea about apitherapy; 5 Having information about law regulations about bee products;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Honey bee colony members and their basic features
2	Honey, honey formation
3	Pollen
4	Propolis
5	Royal jelly, apilarnyl
6	Bee venom
7	Bees wax
8	Nectariferous plants
9	Honeydew plants
10	Pollen plants
11	Melissopalynological analysis of bee products
12	Bee products – flora relation
13	Bee products – health relation
14	Law regulation

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	E. Crane: Honey. A comprehensive survey, Heinemann, London, 1975. Silici S. Bilimsel Gerçeklerle Apiterapi. Akademisyen Kitabevi, Ankara, 2020. Free, J.B. 1993. Insect pollination of crops. Academic Press, New York. 2nd Edition. Oddo, L.P., Piana, L., Bogdanov, S., Bentabol A., Gotsiou, P., Kerkvliet, J., Martin, P., Morlot, M., Ortiz Valbuena, A., Ruoff, K., Von Der Ohe, K. 2004. Botanical species giving unifloral honey in Europe. Apidologie, 35: 82–93 Sorkun, K. Türkiye'nin Nektarlı Bitkileri, Polenleri ve Balları. Palme yayınevi. 2007
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	40
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	The system of relative evaluation is applied.
Information	-

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	3	10	30
Homeworks, Performances	1	15	60
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	48	48
Total WorkLoad			180
Total workload/ 30 hr			6
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 LO1 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 LO2 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 LO3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 LO4 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 LO5 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High