COURSE SYLLABUS

BEE KEEPING AND SILKWORM BREEDING

1	Course Title:	BEE KEEPING AND SILKWORM BREEDING
2	Course Code:	ZOO2406
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
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. ÜMRAN ŞAHAN
16	Course Lecturers:
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Zootekni Bölümü Görükle- Bursa umran@uludag.edu.tr 224 2941553
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Gains knowledge about perform technical beekeeping, colony management, produce of bee products, the pests and diseases of bees; silkworm breeding, produce cocoon and raw silk and silkworm eggs, the diseases of silkworm
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	Knows the important species of bee and silkworm species that breed in different regions of the World.;
2	Knows the important morphological and physiological charachteristics of bees and silkworm.;
3	Knows and applies the management methods used in bee and silkworm breeding.;
4	Learns the importance, charachteristics and the usage of products such as honey, pollen, royal jelly, bee venom, propolis and beeswax.;
5	Learns the importance of beekeeping in pollination.;
6	Knows the physical and chemical charachteristics of silkworm cocoon and raw silk and also the usage of silk.;
7	Knows the methods and stages of reproductive and ındustrial eggs.;
8	Knows the diseases and pests of beekeeping and silkworm rearing.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	History of beekeeping and development as an industry, current state of beekeeping in the World and Turkey
2	The essential requirements for technical beekeeping
3	Taxonomic classification of bees, the body structure of bees’ and bee species
4	Components of the colony, activities and behaviors of the colony
5	Usage and specifications of the products that made and collected from environment by bees
6	Queen bee breeding, production of royal jelly and the feeding of honey bees
7	The enemies of honey bees (diseases and pests)
8	Repeating courses and midterm exam
9	History of sericulture in our country, the production, consumption and economic impotance of its in the World and Turkey
10	Species of silkworm and their charachteristics, the morphological and physiological charachteristics, the incubation and hatching of silkworm eggs
11	Genetic and breeding of silkworm, the main factors that influence the silkworm rearing
12	Factors that effect growing of silkworms and the yield of cocoons, the management and feeding of the silkworm
13	Mountage, harvesting of cocoon, the production of reproductive eggs
14	Diseases and pests of silkworm, the cultivation of mulberry

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	DOĞAROĞLU M, 1999, Modern Arıcılık Teknikleri ISBN 975-94210-0-3, Tekirdağ GENÇ F., DODOLOĞLU A., 2011, Arıcılığın Temel Esasları, Atatürk Üniversitesi Yayınları:931, Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları: 341, Ders Kitapları Serisi:88 , Erzurum GOJMERAC L.W., 1980, Bees, Beekeeping Honey and Pollination, Madison – Wisconsin, ISBN 0-87055-342-9 The Silkworm: an İmportant Labaratory Tool (Y. TAZIMA) ŞAHAN, Ü. 1995. Zootekni. (Tavukçuluk., Arıcılık ve İpekböceği Yetiştirme Bölümleri) (12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19 .Üniteler). Anadolu Üniversitesi Açık Öğretim Fak. Yayın No: 485, Anadolu Üniversitesi Basımevi, Eskişehir, 191- 332 (ISBN 975-492-628-X). ŞAHAN, Ü. 2011.İpekböcekçiliği ( İpekböceği Yetiştirme ve Islahı, Koza Üretimi, Ham İpek, Yumurta Üretimi, Hastalıklar ve Dut Yetiştirme.Dora Yayınları, Bursa, ISBN: 978-605-4118.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
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
Information

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High