this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. i am michaela strachan, a wildlife presenter who is passionate about conservation. my work has taken me all over the world and in that time i have seen huge changes, many due to climate change. in extreme conservation, we meet inspirational people who have dedicated their lives to protecting the natural world. this time, i m in turkey. this country s stunning forest are facing devastating losses. but it is notjust the trees that need saving, it is also the creatures. i m meeting the remarkable people trying to save honeybees. you are a bee whisperer. and those building turkey s rown bears a safe to roam. this is extreme conservation turkey. turkey is huge, a vast and varied country stretching over 1500km. turkey is surrounded by water on three sides, the mediterranean sea, the black sea and the aegean sea and in the east its mountainous and r
alpar s way is simple he believes the bees should be left to do what they do naturally collect the nectar from the wild and return to the hive to make honey. this is not the optimum production method. intensively farmed bees just come out of their hives and drink the sugar water left for them, and then go back in to produce what alper calls false honey. they do not travel around the ecosystem as they should, pollinating plants, including our fruit and vegetables. he says they get unhealthy and die sooner. this is a pot of alper s honey, naturally produced, and it really does taste delicious. it is interesting, isn t it,
people rely on these forests to make a living, not from the trees themselves, but from the creatures that live in them. these trees are vital for the survival of one of the most important insects on the planet, an insect you might not immediately associate with forests the honeybee. a stroll down a street in datca, a port town in the region, and you can clearly see how central honey is to the economy here. this is the honey that is pretty unique to this area, it s not flower honey, it is pine honey. it s produced from pine trees and in fact almost all the pine honey in the world comes from this little corner of turkey. i have never tried pine honey