Beekeeping is an important source of income in the Northern province of Sierra Leone. However, smallholder farmers' beekeeping practices were heavily influenced by the traditional system, and they sold their honey to local vendors at the local market. According to the findings, beekeeping was a male-dominated …

Beekeeping and honey production are beneficial to rural and urban people, the economy, and the environment (bees help pollinate wildflower species). This study examines honey production and processing practices of beekeepers in Abia State, South-East Nigeria, and how these practices affect the quantity …

Although beekeeping is increasingly taking commercial orientation in Rwanda, it has been of subsistence nature. Beekeepers’ own forests are unsuitable for beekeeping as they are small over-harvested plantations with short rotations of 2 to 3 years. In addition, the use of pesticides in agricultural plantations …

Het is nodig om verder te kijken dan alleen nut en noodzaak als het gaat om de bescherming van bijen. In dit artikel wordt ingegaan op wetenschappelijke inzichten in de situatie van bijenpopulaties, gecombineerd met resultaten van onderzoek van Diermanagementstudenten in stedelijk en landelijk gebied, …

Beekeeping is an important practice for income generation in the southwestern part of Ethiopia. However, the beekeeping practice of smallholder farmers were highly dominated by traditional system and they sell their honey for the local collectors at local market, where the honey quality is not the major …

Dit deelonderzoek over bijen maakt deel uit van een groot project naar de biodiversiteit van bijen in de gemeente Leeuwarden. Biodiversiteit is de laatste jaren erg onder de aandacht gekomen van mensen. Ook de gemeente Leeuwarden probeert op een aantal manieren de biodiversiteit binnen de gemeente te …