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4.2.20 Indigenous Knowledge of BeekeepingIn Bure district, beekeepers have rich indigenous knowledge on hive management <strong>and</strong> utilizationof hive products. According to the responses of the respondents, the indigenous knowledge usedby the beekeepers in the study areas includes controlling reproductive swarming, prevention <strong>and</strong>minimization of bee stings, strengthening of colony, bee product as local medicine, diseaseinvestigation, disease control, reduction of pain of bee stings, biological control of honeybeeenemies, colony multiplication, swarm catching, identification of adulterated honey <strong>and</strong>increasing shelf life of honey (Table 23) but some of this indigenous knowledge need to besupported by scientific findings.68

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