Knowledge of Beekeepers on Beekeeping Management Practices in Osun State, Nigeria

摘要

Beekeeping is a very important agribusiness, most especially on its advocacy to improve human welfare by alleviating poverty through increases household income, biodiversity conservation, food and nutritional security and raw materials for industriesunder considerable environmental factors. The study investigates beekeepers knowledge of beekeeping management practices in Osun State, Nigeria. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select 200 beekeepers from 5 beekeeping zones in the State.Interview schedule and focus group discussions were used to elicit information from the selected beekeepers. The findings of the study revealed that the majority of the beekeepers were within the productive age of 30 to 50 years with education status ofpost secondary education. Higher percentage processed honey in the last one year through hand pressing method. The demand for honey products was high with annual income of 51,000 to llakh naira. Significant percentage of the beekeepers had high knowledgeof beekeeping practices which is a good platform for adoption of scientific technologies in the future.