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4.1.7 Beekeeping extension serviceThe survey work illustrated that 80% had the chance of getting beekeeping extension servicedelivery. This reflects the need for developing concrete and sound beekeeping extension systemin the future for sustainable beekeeping development in Bure district. According to this study,63.3% of beekeepers received improved bee hives and 36.7% did not receive. Of the samplerespondents, 62.5% were trained and 37.5 % were not trained. The majority of these beekeepersreported that they can not transfer the colony from local to frame hives, and even those who cantransfer were unable to harvest the honey. This might hamper beekeeping technology adoptionprocess. Therefore, training must go side by side to beekeeping technology and input provisionand focus more on practical training or demonstration. Among those who are members of theextension service, 53.1 % are extension package participants, followed by follower farmers(26%), contact farmers (17.7%) and farmers with no position (5.2%).According to the results of this survey, only 38.3% of the interviewed households had access tofield day on bee keeping. From this it can be noted that informal knowledge flow plays vital rolefor sharing of experiences among beekeepers that in turn build up indigenous knowledge likeswarm control, queen rearing and pest and disease control. Majority of beekeeping activity isgeared by self-owned form of indigenous knowledge. This again implies the essentiality oftaking indigenous beekeeping knowledge into consideration in each and every modernbeekeeping development intervention.Table 7: Extension participants of respondents on beekeeping in percentTotal sample (n=120)Position %Extension package participant 53.1Follower farmer 26.0Contact farmer 17.7No position 5.2Total 10040
4.2 Beekeeping practicesUnder this section beekeeping practices, sources, numbers, and trends of colonies owned bybeekeepers, apiary sites, types of equipment used, and the overall beekeeping activities in thehoney production systems of the study areas are discussed.4.2.1 Practices of beekeeping in Bure districtBeekeeping in Bure is practiced as a sideline to other agricultural activities. Based on the resultsof this study, there were no farmers that base their livelihood only on beekeeping. Based on theirlevel of technological advancement, three distinct types of beehives were used by the samplebeekeeper farmers in the area. These were local (traditional), top bar (intermediate ortransitional) and moveable frame (box) hives.4.2.1.1 Local or traditional beekeepingThis type of beekeeping practice covers the use of traditional techniques of harvesting honey andbeeswax from bees, using various traditional styles of hives and other equipment.These hives are fixed comb type because the combs are attached to the top and sides of the hiveitself and the beekeeper cannot remove and replace them. In some traditional hives only one endof the hive could be opened, but in most forms each end of the cylinder is fitted with a removablelead. During honey harvesting since many of the hives were “beyond the reach of a man’s arm”and only one end is worked at a time, some combs would be left intact without being harvested.According to the survey result, the number of traditional hives owned/house hold has a mean of7.75 with a maximum of 40 hives. The productivity from one traditional hive has a mean of8.94kg/hive ranging 3kg to 16kg/hive which is harvested 1 to 3 times per year. As far as theshape of traditional hives is concerned, the cylindrical (100%) hive with a length ranging from0.75 m and 2.00m and width of 0.2 to 1.0m was the commonly used type of hive by the majorityof sample respondents. The variability of shapes of traditional hives mainly attributed to the41
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Page 3 and 4: DEDICATIONThis thesis is dedicated
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Page 99 and 100: 6 REFERENCESAdebabay kebede, Kerale
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7 APPENDIXAppendix 7.1 Map of the s
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2. Crop Production2.1 Landholding (
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1. Removal of queen cells 1.Yes ___
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7.1. Do you sale your honey? 1. Yes
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