Factors affecting adoption of beekeeping and associated technologies in Kamrup (rural) district, Assam state, India

Abstract

Apiculture is a way of life and management of caring of bees in a scientific way Beekeepers should not only think that the only product in beekeeping is honey whereas products like pollen propolis wax royal jelly and venom the queen the beehives and the apicultural materials are other products that constitute it To improve the fabrication and productivity of beekeeping it is important to adopt improved beekeeping technologies In this present study separate open pre structured questionnaire survey for both beekeepers and non beekeepers were used To assess the socio demographic characteristics types of hives average production per hive colonization rate hive baiting inspection cleaning and protection and constraints faced in beekeeping location and form in which hive products are marketed factors affecting adoption of the beekeeping beekeeping equipment availability in different sources and major pests and predator It was observed that majority of the beekeepers lacked of working with capital So they do not produce the best quality honey product either they sell it directly or in comb form Due to the attack of pest predator and diseases and other internal and external constraints the productivity of hives is not significant compared to their potential in the study region