Construction of a Bee Hive and Setting Up an Apiary

With high adoption of the modern beehive in the Kakamega forest of Western Kenya, there is shortage of beeswax for preparation of the foundation sheet. Thus there is high demand of beeswax by the beekeepers and its cost has been increasing dramatically from time to time. Hence a study was designed to familiarize alternative new technology. Kenyan top bar hive (KTBH) and to evaluate its honey productivity under farmers’ condition. A total of 15 honey bee colonies which had similar strength were selected for comparison of KTBH with modern beehive (MH) under farmers’ condition. Honey yield data from each hive per harvesting season was recorded immediately after harvest. The collected data were analyzed using GLM analysis of variance procedure. Descriptive statistics were used to compare the technologies of beekeeping i.e the traditional indigenous technology and the improved Kenya Top Hive Technology (KTBH) with respect to the different attributes under considerations. An in-depth assessment in relation to beekeeping characteristics of the groups was ………………………..

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