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4.2.3 Source of foundation colony and apiary siteWhen sample beekeepers were interviewed to describe their sources of foundation colony, 34.2% of the respondents declared that they have got their establishing colonies by catching swarms(hanging bait hives on the apex of trees) followed by buying (25.0%), gift (22.5%), , training(10%) and Agricultural office (8.3%).Majority of the sample respondents (48.7%, 34.2% and 1.7% with traditional, modern andtransitional hive respectively) keep their colonies around their homestead (back yard) mainly toenable close supervision of colonies. Some of the sample respondents (47.1, 5% and 0.8 withtraditional, modern and transitional hive respectively), keep their colonies under the eaves of thehouse. Whereas few others (20.8%, 12.6% and 1.7% in modern, traditional, and transitional hiverespectively) keep their colonies inside the house. Besides, 0.8% of traditional bee colonies werekept in forests that might have been for the sake of accessibility of bee forages (Table 10).The main criteria for apiary site selection of the sample beekeepers were: close supervision(17.5%), owned from ancestors selection (16.7%), availability of flora (15%), orientation tosunlight (13.3%), availability of water (10.8%), free from bee enemies and predator (6.7%), freefrom any animals and human disturbances (4.2%), combinations of criteria (4.2%), winddirection (3.3%), and the rest (3.3%) have no apiary selection criteria (Table 9).46
Table 9: Criteria to select an apiaryCriteria %Availability of water 10.8Availability of flora 15.0Free from bee enemies and Predators 6.7Close supervision 17.5Area prevailing Wind break 3.3Potentiality to beekeeping 5.0Owned from ancestors 16.7Free from any Disturbance 4.2Orientation to sun light 13.3Combinations of criteria 4.2No selection 3.3Total 100Total sample (n=120)Table 10: Placement of bee hiveTotal sample (n=120)Placement of keeping hive Traditional (%) Intermediate (%) Modern (%)Back yard 48.7 1.7 34.2Under the eave 47.1 0.8 5.0Inside the house 12.6 1.7 20.8Hanging near home stead - - -Hanging in forest 0.8 - -4.2.4 Honeybee colony holdings and service years of the hivesThe average honeybee colony holding of the sample respondents for traditional, top bar andmoveable frame hives were 7.75, 0.17 and 3.73 respectively (Table 11). Whereas the maximumservice years of these three different types of hives were 40, 18, 42 years, respectively (Table11). Although service years of moveable frame hive is usually more than 42 years the averageholding of the hive is low (3.73 hives per household). This indicates that the adoption rate of thetechnology is very low. This might be due to the distribution of frame hives without full47
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DEDICATIONThis thesis is dedicated
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSACSIAMPANRSBoA
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAbove all, thanks t
Page 9 and 10: LIST OF FIGURESFigure 2: Traditiona
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Page 99 and 100: 6 REFERENCESAdebabay kebede, Kerale
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Appendix 7.5 Method of Chemical Sol
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Appendix 7.6 Honey quality laborato
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2. Crop Production2.1 Landholding (
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5.3. Beekeeping equipments and prot
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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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8. Constraints of beekeeping8.1. Wh
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