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5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMENDATIONBure district have adequate natural resources and a long tradition and culture ofbeekeeping. However, mainly because of lack of technological changes, institutionalsupports and access to market and value chain development, the district in general andthe rural beekeeping households in particular have not been sufficiently benefited fromthe sub sector. Yet, despite all the constraints and challenges currently facing thebeekeeping subsector, there are still enormous opportunities and potentials to boost theproduction and quality of honey products in Bure district. This was reflected by thevarious indigenous knowledge practices, production of quality honey, and diversedistribution of honeybee floras (in most part of the district), bee product processing andhandling, and presence of different type of honeybees in the area.The major constraints to exploit the untapped potential of beekeeping activity in thedistrict are lack of beekeeping equipment, agrochemical bee poisoning, shortage of beeforage, incidence of pest and diseases. At present improved beekeeping technologies arebeing introduced to the district by BoARD, the existing system of their management bythe target groups was similar to the local type of beekeeping system. Majority of thebeekeepers follow traditional colony management, harvesting and processing methods toproduce honey and most are not in use.According to the result of this study some of the suggested issues that requireconsideration by any development organizations are high lightened below:• Increasing the productivity, production and quality of honey by improving themanagement of the traditional hives and introducing improved beehives,increasing the productiveness of bee colonies by improving bee forage andproviding feed and water and introducing bee plants is very important.81
More over improving and encouraging increased use of transitional andintroducing modern bee-hives with full packages (sufficient training of the useand availing all the required accessories), facilitating participatory research andextension with relevant organizations operating in the area such as field days,enhancing farmers knowledge and skills about beekeeping management(including colony multiplication techniques) and pre- and post harvest handling ofhive products, encouraging more farmers to participate in beekeeping andenhancing the capacity of the exiting beekeepers to increase sustainable andadequate supply of quality honey are important for rapid promotion of apicultureto the district.• Emphasis should be given to the WARDO on bee product diversification. Waxproduced in the area is either discarded as well or put in to domestic use.Therefore, processing and marketing mechanism should be design to ensure theright benefit from the activity. Creating awareness on the value of beeswax andother hive products (such as propolis, royal jelly, pollen etc.), conducting businessmanagement training, developing organized marketing channel starting from thelocal market to the central market to improve the quality, quantity and marketingof honey products are important.Besides, establishing honey and beeswax collection centers or cooperatives andequipping them with the necessary facilities should be done. In addition,beekeepers should be able to identify pertinent market information andcollaborate with other interested organizations to gather and disseminate theinformation and establishing and strengthening beekeepers cooperative tofacilitate collection, primary processing and marketing of honey products.• Most beekeepers and local traders, including Kokeb cooperatives in Bure district,lack adequate financial resources to invest on improved honey productiontechnologies, storage, processing facilities and packaging. Thus, credit facilityshould be available to individuals who are willing to be involved in the82
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DEDICATIONThis thesis is dedicated
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSACSIAMPANRSBoA
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAbove all, thanks t
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LIST OF FIGURESFigure 2: Traditiona
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSACKNOWLEDGEMEN
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Appendix 7.2 Honeybee Floras of Bur
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1. INTRODUCTIONAfrica is blessed wi
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Recently, different beekeeping deve
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2. LITERATURE REVIEW2.1 Origin and
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Beekeeping up to 1500 AD continued
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this characteristic allows their su
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people to look more deeply at the f
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2002). Among these A.m. monticlola
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hives, environmental conditions and
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give higher yield and quality honey
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Honeybee is also believed to play a
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properties of Ethiopian honey were
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An introduction of improved hives a
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3.1.2 Topography, Altitude and Clim
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• Honey production and marketing
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homogenized honey samples. The refr
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Page 99 and 100: 6 REFERENCESAdebabay kebede, Kerale
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Page 103 and 104: Martin, E.C. 1976. The use of bees
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Page 109 and 110: Appendix 7.3 Relationship of water
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Page 125 and 126: 1. Removal of queen cells 1.Yes ___
Page 127 and 128: 5.4.17. What are the sale prices of
Page 129 and 130: 7.1. Do you sale your honey? 1. Yes
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