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Metro
2 days ago
- Health
- Metro
Could inhaling this unique air be the key to healing certain health issues?
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A beekeeper in Turkey is providing a unique treatment to help people recover from ailments – breathing in air from the hives. Huseyin Ceylan comes from a family of beekeepers and studied agriculture before starting his bee farm in Karaburun, bordering the Aegean Sea, 30 years ago. The area is popular thanks to its coasts, but some have begun visiting to seek the traditional 'apitherapy', a term derived from the Greek for bees. Guests tend to stay several days in cabins in lush greenery, inhaling air from beehives for up to three hours a day, which Ceylan says helps with issues from allergies to migraines. The government does not officially recognise the therapy, though it is practised by many other beekeepers around Turkey as well as in other countries, including Germany and Russia. Ceylan has lobbied for years for the sector to be accepted, conducting research and presenting findings to officials. 'We are not against what we call Western medicine. After all, it is also very important,' he said. 'I have been doing this for fifteen years, trying to bring this into medicine.' Ulku Ozman, 69, decided to try the therapy method after a friend suggested it when several surgeries and frequent use of medicines weakened her immune system. In her nearly week-long visit, Ozman and others enter a cabin where ventilators connected to beehives deliver air. Each session lasts 45 minutes, with participants moving every 15 minutes to breathe from three different beehives, each with a different smell. Guests pay around 5,000 lira (£95) per day for the treatment plus accommodation and food. Visitor Senay Ilham, 68, has breast cancer that metastasised to her spine but is in remission after receiving conventional treatment. 'This smell seems familiar. It's like it is (coming) from my childhood,' she said. '(The beehive air) always brings me a breeze from these things. It relaxes me both psychologically and physically.' While bees in particular aren't known for their healing powers, their honey is. In 2019, a man whose infected penis split had it reconstructed with Manuka honey. Doctors first thought the patient, 55, from Roskilde, Denmark, was suffering from balanoposthitis, a condition which causes the foreskin and glans to become inflamed, but they found tumours. More Trending After removing the tumours, medics attempted to repair the penis using skin grafts, but opted for honey dressings instead when the procedure was unsuccessful. Manuka honey is known to have antiviral, ant-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties and can be used to treat anti-healing wounds. It's made from nectar collected by bees that pollinate manuka trees, found in New Zealand and Australia. The report said that within two weeks, healthy tissue started to fill the wound on the man's genitals. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Urgent recall of 256,000 pounds of canned beef stew over fears they contain wood pieces MORE: 'I've spent £20,000 on prostate cancer drug – but this new test could save NHS money' MORE: US recalls tomatoes so dangerous 'there's a reasonable chance of death'
Observer
2 days ago
- Health
- Observer
Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey
At his farm tucked away in an idyllic valley near the Aegean Sea, beekeeper Huseyin Ceylan helps people recover from ailments by having them inhale air from hives. Ceylan says people come regularly in late spring to Karaburun, in Turkey's Aegean coastal province of Izmir, mainly to supplement conventional treatment with traditional "apitherapy," a term derived from the Greek for bees. Guests tend to stay several days in cabins in lush greenery, inhaling air from beehives for up to three hours a day, which Ceylan says helps with issues from allergies to migraines. Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey The government does not officially recognise the therapy though it is practiced by many other beekeepers round Turkey as well as in other countries including Germany and Russia. Ceylan, who comes from a family of beekeepers and studied agriculture, started his bee farm in Karaburun 30 years ago. He has lobbied for years for the sector to be accepted, conducting research and presenting findings to officials. "We are not against what we call Western medicine. After all, it is also very important too," he said, adding that his method goes hand-in-hand with conventional treatment. "I have been doing this for fifteen years, trying to bring this into medicine." Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA Ulku Ozman, 69, decided to try the therapy method after a friend suggested it when several surgeries and frequent use of medicines weakened her immune system. In her nearly week-long visit, Ozman and others enter a cabin where ventilators connected to beehives deliver air. Each session lasts 45 minutes, with participants moving every 15 minutes to breathe from three different beehives, each with a different smell. Guests pay around 5,000 lira ($128) per day for the treatment plus accommodation and food. Seated across from the beehives with ventilators on their faces, the guests take deep breaths. Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey Senay Ilham, 68, has breast cancer that metastasized to her spine but is in remission after receiving conventional treatment. "This smell seems familiar. It's like it is (coming) from my childhood," she said, recalling being stung by bees while playing outside as children with beekeepers working nearby. "(The beehive air) always brings me a breeze from these things. It relaxes me both psychologically and physically." —Reuters
AsiaOne
3 days ago
- Health
- AsiaOne
Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey, World News
KARABURUN, Turkey — At his farm tucked away in an idyllic valley near the Aegean Sea, beekeeper Huseyin Ceylan helps people recover from ailments by having them inhale air from hives. Ceylan says people come regularly in late spring to Karaburun, in Turkey's Aegean coastal province of Izmir, mainly to supplement conventional treatment with traditional "apitherapy", a term derived from the Greek for bees. Guests tend to stay several days in cabins in lush greenery, inhaling air from beehives for up to three hours a day, which Ceylan says helps with issues from allergies to migraines. The government does not officially recognise the therapy though it is practiced by many other beekeepers round Turkey as well as in other countries including Germany and Russia. Ceylan, who comes from a family of beekeepers and studied agriculture, started his bee farm in Karaburun 30 years ago. He has lobbied for years for the sector to be accepted, conducting research and presenting findings to officials. "We are not against what we call Western medicine. After all, it is also very important too," he said, adding that his method goes hand-in-hand with conventional treatment. "I have been doing this for fifteen years, trying to bring this into medicine." Childhood nostalgia Ulku Ozman, 69, decided to try the therapy method after a friend suggested it when several surgeries and frequent use of medicines weakened her immune system. In her nearly week-long visit, Ozman and others enter a cabin where ventilators connected to beehives deliver air. Each session lasts 45 minutes, with participants moving every 15 minutes to breathe from three different beehives, each with a different smell. Guests pay around 5,000 lira (S$164) per day for the treatment plus accommodation and food. Seated across from the beehives with ventilators on their faces, the guests take deep breaths. Senay Ilham, 68, has breast cancer that metastasised to her spine but is in remission after receiving conventional treatment. "This smell seems familiar. It's like it is (coming) from my childhood," she said, recalling being stung by bees while playing outside as children with beekeepers working nearby. "(The beehive air) always brings me a breeze from these things. It relaxes me both psychologically and physically." [[nid:715418]]
Straits Times
4 days ago
- Health
- Straits Times
Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey
FILE PHOTO: Bees enter a hive owned by beekeeper Huseyin Ceylan, who runs a facility for therapy using air from beehives to aid people recover from their ailments, in Karaburun, located in Turkey's Aegean coastal province of Izmir, Turkey, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Hives owned by beekeeper Huseyin Ceylan, who runs a facility for therapy using air from beehives to aid people recover from their ailments, are seen by a olive tree, in Karaburun, located in Turkey's Aegean coastal province of Izmir, Turkey, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Beekeeper Huseyin Ceylan, who runs a facility for therapy using air from beehives to aid people recover from their ailments poses in Karaburun, located in Turkey's Aegean coastal province of Izmir, Turkey, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Beekeeper Huseyin Ceylan, who runs a facility for therapy using air from beehives to aid people recover from their ailments checks his hives in Karaburun, located in Turkey's Aegean coastal province of Izmir, Turkey, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo FILE PHOTO: Senay Ilhan and Ulku Ozman breath in air from beehives through ventilators in hopes of recovering from ailments at a facility owned by beekeeper Huseyin Ceylan in Karaburun, located in Turkey's Aegean coastal province of Izmir, Turkey, May 22, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo KARABURUN, Turkey - At his farm tucked away in an idyllic valley near the Aegean Sea, beekeeper Huseyin Ceylan helps people recover from ailments by having them inhale air from hives. Ceylan says people come regularly in late spring to Karaburun, in Turkey's Aegean coastal province of Izmir, mainly to supplement conventional treatment with traditional "apitherapy," a term derived from the Greek for bees. Guests tend to stay several days in cabins in lush greenery, inhaling air from beehives for up to three hours a day, which Ceylan says helps with issues from allergies to migraines. The government does not officially recognise the therapy though it is practiced by many other beekeepers round Turkey as well as in other countries including Germany and Russia. Ceylan, who comes from a family of beekeepers and studied agriculture, started his bee farm in Karaburun 30 years ago. He has lobbied for years for the sector to be accepted, conducting research and presenting findings to officials. "We are not against what we call Western medicine. After all, it is also very important too," he said, adding that his method goes hand-in-hand with conventional treatment. "I have been doing this for fifteen years, trying to bring this into medicine." CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA Ulku Ozman, 69, decided to try the therapy method after a friend suggested it when several surgeries and frequent use of medicines weakened her immune system. In her nearly week-long visit, Ozman and others enter a cabin where ventilators connected to beehives deliver air. Each session lasts 45 minutes, with participants moving every 15 minutes to breathe from three different beehives, each with a different smell. Guests pay around 5,000 lira ($128) per day for the treatment plus accommodation and food. Seated across from the beehives with ventilators on their faces, the guests take deep breaths. Senay Ilham, 68, has breast cancer that metastasized to her spine but is in remission after receiving conventional treatment. "This smell seems familiar. It's like it is (coming) from my childhood," she said, recalling being stung by bees while playing outside as children with beekeepers working nearby. "(The beehive air) always brings me a breeze from these things. It relaxes me both psychologically and physically." REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Bulent Usta KARABURUN, Turkey (Reuters) - At his farm tucked away in an idyllic valley near the Aegean Sea, beekeeper Huseyin Ceylan helps people recover from ailments by having them inhale air from hives. Ceylan says people come regularly in late spring to Karaburun, in Turkey's Aegean coastal province of Izmir, mainly to supplement conventional treatment with traditional "apitherapy," a term derived from the Greek for bees. Guests tend to stay several days in cabins in lush greenery, inhaling air from beehives for up to three hours a day, which Ceylan says helps with issues from allergies to migraines. The government does not officially recognise the therapy though it is practiced by many other beekeepers round Turkey as well as in other countries including Germany and Russia. Ceylan, who comes from a family of beekeepers and studied agriculture, started his bee farm in Karaburun 30 years ago. He has lobbied for years for the sector to be accepted, conducting research and presenting findings to officials. "We are not against what we call Western medicine. After all, it is also very important too," he said, adding that his method goes hand-in-hand with conventional treatment. "I have been doing this for fifteen years, trying to bring this into medicine." CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA Ulku Ozman, 69, decided to try the therapy method after a friend suggested it when several surgeries and frequent use of medicines weakened her immune system. In her nearly week-long visit, Ozman and others enter a cabin where ventilators connected to beehives deliver air. Each session lasts 45 minutes, with participants moving every 15 minutes to breathe from three different beehives, each with a different smell. Guests pay around 5,000 lira ($128) per day for the treatment plus accommodation and food. Seated across from the beehives with ventilators on their faces, the guests take deep breaths. Senay Ilham, 68, has breast cancer that metastasized to her spine but is in remission after receiving conventional treatment. "This smell seems familiar. It's like it is (coming) from my childhood," she said, recalling being stung by bees while playing outside as children with beekeepers working nearby. "(The beehive air) always brings me a breeze from these things. It relaxes me both psychologically and physically." ($1 = 39.1026 liras) (Additional reporting by Umit Bektas; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
