Beekeepers' honeybee colony selection practice in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.
Selection of colonies plays an important role for successful harvesting of desired products from honeybees. The purpose of this study was therefore to assess local knowledge and experience of beekeepers in Tigray regional state of Ethiopia with regard to colony selection and management practices during purchase and multiplication. Respondent selection was carried out based on the existing conventional agroecological zones namely Dega (highland), Kolla (lowland) and Weinadega (midland). Four woredas (districts) from Dega zone, and three from each of Kolla and Weinadega zones were sampled. A total of 185 beekeepers were interviewed to understand the criteria they were using to select colonies. Preference ranking data were indexed using linear programming. The result indicated that beekeepers were using six local selection criteria namely worker bee population, body color, comb building direction, aggressiveness, honey yield history and age of the colony ordered according to their preference rank from 1 to 6. Beekeepers understood that selection of honeybee colonies was important because productivity, management easiness and agroclimatic adaptation of colonies are different for different colonies. As a result colonies with dominant black colored bees were chosen as first priority for their merits of better honey productivity, tolerance to absconding and multiplication easiness in Weinadega and Kolla agroecologies. However, red/yellowish colored bees were preferred in Dega agroecology.
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dig-alice-doc-10439172017-08-16T03:29:02Z Beekeepers' honeybee colony selection practice in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. TILAHUN, M. ABRAHA, Z. GEBRE, A. DRUMOND, P. M. Mohammed Tilahun, Mekelle University; Zenebe Abraha, Mekelle University; Addisu Gebre, Mekelle University; PATRICIA MARIA DRUMOND, CPAF-Acre. Tigray Etiópia Programación lineal. Apicultores Colonias de abejas mielíferas Optimización de los sistemas Criterio de selección Apicultura Pequeno produtor Abelha Colônia Seleção Método de otimização Programação linear Apiculture Beekeepers Honey bee colonies Selection criteria System optimization Linear programming. Selection of colonies plays an important role for successful harvesting of desired products from honeybees. The purpose of this study was therefore to assess local knowledge and experience of beekeepers in Tigray regional state of Ethiopia with regard to colony selection and management practices during purchase and multiplication. Respondent selection was carried out based on the existing conventional agroecological zones namely Dega (highland), Kolla (lowland) and Weinadega (midland). Four woredas (districts) from Dega zone, and three from each of Kolla and Weinadega zones were sampled. A total of 185 beekeepers were interviewed to understand the criteria they were using to select colonies. Preference ranking data were indexed using linear programming. The result indicated that beekeepers were using six local selection criteria namely worker bee population, body color, comb building direction, aggressiveness, honey yield history and age of the colony ordered according to their preference rank from 1 to 6. Beekeepers understood that selection of honeybee colonies was important because productivity, management easiness and agroclimatic adaptation of colonies are different for different colonies. As a result colonies with dominant black colored bees were chosen as first priority for their merits of better honey productivity, tolerance to absconding and multiplication easiness in Weinadega and Kolla agroecologies. However, red/yellowish colored bees were preferred in Dega agroecology. 2016-04-25T11:11:11Z 2016-04-25T11:11:11Z 2016-04-25 2016 2017-06-19T11:11:11Z Artigo de periódico Livestock Research for Rural Development, Cali, v. 28, n. 5, May 2016. 0121-3784 http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1043917 en eng openAccess |
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Tigray Etiópia Programación lineal. Apicultores Colonias de abejas mielíferas Optimización de los sistemas Criterio de selección Apicultura Pequeno produtor Abelha Colônia Seleção Método de otimização Programação linear Apiculture Beekeepers Honey bee colonies Selection criteria System optimization Linear programming. Tigray Etiópia Programación lineal. Apicultores Colonias de abejas mielíferas Optimización de los sistemas Criterio de selección Apicultura Pequeno produtor Abelha Colônia Seleção Método de otimização Programação linear Apiculture Beekeepers Honey bee colonies Selection criteria System optimization Linear programming. |
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Tigray Etiópia Programación lineal. Apicultores Colonias de abejas mielíferas Optimización de los sistemas Criterio de selección Apicultura Pequeno produtor Abelha Colônia Seleção Método de otimização Programação linear Apiculture Beekeepers Honey bee colonies Selection criteria System optimization Linear programming. Tigray Etiópia Programación lineal. Apicultores Colonias de abejas mielíferas Optimización de los sistemas Criterio de selección Apicultura Pequeno produtor Abelha Colônia Seleção Método de otimização Programação linear Apiculture Beekeepers Honey bee colonies Selection criteria System optimization Linear programming. TILAHUN, M. ABRAHA, Z. GEBRE, A. DRUMOND, P. M. Beekeepers' honeybee colony selection practice in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. |
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Selection of colonies plays an important role for successful harvesting of desired products from honeybees. The purpose of this study was therefore to assess local knowledge and experience of beekeepers in Tigray regional state of Ethiopia with regard to colony selection and management practices during purchase and multiplication. Respondent selection was carried out based on the existing conventional agroecological zones namely Dega (highland), Kolla (lowland) and Weinadega (midland). Four woredas (districts) from Dega zone, and three from each of Kolla and Weinadega zones were sampled. A total of 185 beekeepers were interviewed to understand the criteria they were using to select colonies. Preference ranking data were indexed using linear programming. The result indicated that beekeepers were using six local selection criteria namely worker bee population, body color, comb building direction, aggressiveness, honey yield history and age of the colony ordered according to their preference rank from 1 to 6. Beekeepers understood that selection of honeybee colonies was important because productivity, management easiness and agroclimatic adaptation of colonies are different for different colonies. As a result colonies with dominant black colored bees were chosen as first priority for their merits of better honey productivity, tolerance to absconding and multiplication easiness in Weinadega and Kolla agroecologies. However, red/yellowish colored bees were preferred in Dega agroecology. |
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Mohammed Tilahun, Mekelle University; Zenebe Abraha, Mekelle University; Addisu Gebre, Mekelle University; PATRICIA MARIA DRUMOND, CPAF-Acre. |
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Mohammed Tilahun, Mekelle University; Zenebe Abraha, Mekelle University; Addisu Gebre, Mekelle University; PATRICIA MARIA DRUMOND, CPAF-Acre. TILAHUN, M. ABRAHA, Z. GEBRE, A. DRUMOND, P. M. |
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Tigray Etiópia Programación lineal. Apicultores Colonias de abejas mielíferas Optimización de los sistemas Criterio de selección Apicultura Pequeno produtor Abelha Colônia Seleção Método de otimização Programação linear Apiculture Beekeepers Honey bee colonies Selection criteria System optimization Linear programming. |
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Beekeepers' honeybee colony selection practice in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. |
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Beekeepers' honeybee colony selection practice in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. |
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Beekeepers' honeybee colony selection practice in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. |
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Beekeepers' honeybee colony selection practice in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. |
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Beekeepers' honeybee colony selection practice in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. |
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beekeepers' honeybee colony selection practice in tigray, northern ethiopia. |
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