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In this study, the structural situation of beekeeping enterprises was investigated in Konya province. In the research, data were obtained through a survey of 45 beekeeping enterprises selected by stratified random sampling method. According to the results, It it was determined that 56% of business managers engaged in beekeeping are in the age group between 26-45, 40% of them are primary school graduates, 64.44% have more than 10 years of relevant experience in beekeeping, 51.11% of them receive knowledge through the a source of information about beekeeping courses. With regard to the structural situation of enterprises, enterprises in all types use Langstroth type of hives, which is 57.77% of the enterprises' have 7-8 frame holding hives, 46.66% of the beekeepers raise their queens in their enterprises, majority of the beekepers that are 96% migratory beekepers, 55.55% of them suffer from varroa diseases, 60% of them harvest their honey between 15 July to 15 August, 75.55% of them received 20-30 kg honey per hive, 51.11% of them sell their honey sold to wholesalers, 57.78% of beekepers address the basic problem as the main concerns of the sector as marketing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]