scholarly journals Comparitive Benefits of Beekeeping Enterprise in Chitwan, Nepal

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 46-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suroj Pokhrel
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Annual Income ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Crop Farming ◽  
Agriculture And Environment ◽  
Land Holdings ◽  
Average Annual Income

Based on the survey cunducted in 2004, beekeepers in Chitwan had small and fragmented land holdings with lower rate of return from subsistence crop farming. They are keeping Apis mellifera L.in Langstroth hive in Terai and A. cerana Fab. in improved, traditional-log and wall hives in hills, for honey production purpose. The honey productivity in Terai was 3.54 folds higher (28.7 vs 8.1 kg/yr/hive) than in hills with highest average annual income in Bharatpur area followed by East and West Chitwan. Moreover, the income of the beekeepers in Chitwan from honey production was 3.62 folds higher than crop farming (NRs 83,996.88 vs NRs 23,214.22 /house hold/year). It clearly showed that beekeeping with A. mellifera in the Terai is potential enterprise for higher income compared to crop production. Key words: Annual income; Apiculture; Crop production; Honey productivity; Land holding The Journal of Agriculture and Environment Vol:10, Jun.2009 Page: 46-59

scholarly journals Technological Advances to Reduce Apis mellifera Mortality: A Bibliometric Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 8305
Author(s):  
Cristiano Ziegler ◽  
Tiago Sinigaglia ◽  
Mario Eduardo Santos Martins ◽  
Adriano Mendonça Souza
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
International Patent Classification ◽  
Patent Classification ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
International Patent ◽  
Technology Life Cycle

Bees play a fundamental role in the ecological balance of ecosystems, due to the pollination process they carry out on crops, including the production of honey. However, the mortality of bees is a significant concern; bee mortality can occur for several reasons, such as pesticides, mites, viruses, climate change, pathogens and a reduction in food resources and nests. The honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most widely used bee for commercial pollination and honey production. Therefore, the main objective is to compare the development of patent families and article publications related to the reduction in A. meliífera mortality. Data on patent families were collected on the Orbit platform, while data on scientific articles were collected on the Scopus database, with a time interval of 1980–2019. Subsequently, the data were analyzed in order to show the main priority countries, main assignees, and main IPC (International Patent Classification) codes, an analysis of the technology life cycle and the correlation between the data of patent families and articles published. The technologies that help to decrease bee mortality showed a technological maturity rate of 27.15% for patent families data and 53.35% for data from articles published in journals. It was noticed that the principal interest regarding the reduction in A. mellifera mortality is focused on universities, mainly in the United States and China.

scholarly journals Illinois Furbearer Distribution and Income

1943 ◽  
Vol 22 (1-7) ◽  
pp. 505-537
Author(s):  
Carl O. Mohr
Keyword(s):  
Annual Income ◽  
Average Annual Income

Probably about 958,000 individuals of our eight common furbearers are caught annually in Illinois, or 17 per square mile, amounting roughly to 9,400 per county. Individual fur-takers average about 37 animals each per year. Muskrats were by far the most common catch.  The average annual income from the Illinois fur catch for the period beginning with the 1929-30 season and ending with the 1939-40 season (seasons of 1931-32, 1932-33 and 1933-34 omitted) amounted to about $1,067,500, or about $19 per square mile.  Muskrats accounted for the greatest average annual income.

scholarly journals Foraging Preference of Apis cerana F. and Apis mellifera L. to Broccoli under Caged and Open Conditions in Chitwan

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 167-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
FR Devkota ◽  
RB Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Foraging Behavior ◽  
Apis Cerana ◽  
Foraging Preference

A study was conducted to evaluate foraging behavior of Apis cerana F. and A. mellifera L. in broccoli blooms under caged and open conditions in Chitwan, Nepal during 1999-2000. The study showed that both the bee species preferred open plot for foraging and A. cerana F. foraged significantly (P < 0.05) higher number of broccoli flowers (an average of 11.39 and 12.11 flowers per minute) as compared to A. mellifera L. (an average of 9.03 and 10.89 flowers per minute) under caged and open conditions, respectively. The number of bees foraging per plant was not significantly different, showing broccoli bloom equally preferable to both honeybee species. Key words: Apis cerana F., A. mellifera L., foraging, broccoli blooms, open and caged plots J. Inst. Agric. Anim. Sci. 26:167-168 (2005)

scholarly journals Nuclear and Related Techniques for Enhancing Livestock And Agriculture Productivity

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 150-155
Author(s):  
D. R. Khanal ◽  
R. C. Munankarmy
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Agricultural Productivity ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Reproductive Efficiency ◽  
Nuclear Techniques ◽  
Agriculture And Environment ◽  
Determine Moisture Content

Uses of isotopes and nuclear related techniques in livestock and agriculture are discussed in this review. How developed countries are using (125I) in radioimmunoassay (RIA) of progesterone hormone in serum/milk of cattle to optimize reproductive efficiency is briefly described. In addition, this paper discusses about the uses of (15N) in soil to know the dynamics of nitrogen and uses of Hydro Probe to determine moisture content in the soil. This review will also shed some light on the potential uses of isotopes and nuclear techniques and the necessity of such technology in Nepal for improving overall agricultural productivity. Key words: Radioimmunoassay; Progesterone; Productivity; Reproductive efficiency The Journal of Agriculture and Environment Vol:10, Jun.2009 Page: 150-155

Growth of Apis mellifera (L.) colonies influenced by honey extraction frequencies

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Chaudhary ◽  
O.P. Chaudhary ◽  
Vadde Anoosha
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Colony Growth ◽  
High Pollen ◽  
Single Extraction ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Significant Difference

Present re search was formulated to find out how honey extraction frequencies influence colony growth and honey production of European honey bee Apis mellifera colonies. Colonies were equalized in terms of food and brood before starting experiment and were subjected to three types of honey extraction frequencies namely single, two and regular/ farmer’s practices. Observations were recorded fortnightly throughout the honey flow season for two consecutive years (2014-16). As per present findings single extraction frequency have maximum mean honey area of 668.4 inches2 followed by twice extracted colonies (568.6) with significant difference and regular extraction (449.0) gives least honey. Honey peaks were observed during mid February (837.8-916.8 inches2) which remains significantly higher than honey areas in January and in March. As far as colony growth was concerned colonies with two extractions have high total brood areas of 436.4 inches2 and similar trend was followed in case of larvae, pupae and egg. Effect on pollen stores gave a different picture in contrast of other parameters here colonies with regular extraction were observed with significantly high pollen stores (99.3 inches2) than single extracted colonies (83.7 inches2). For high honey production single extraction was recommended and if colony multiplication was also an aim than twice extraction is best option as per findings.

scholarly journals Phenotypic correlations of field and laboratory tests with honey production in Africanized honey bees (Apis mellifera)

Apidologie ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 523-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Zárate ◽  
Chavier De Araujo-Freitas ◽  
Luis A. Medina ◽  
Alfonso Velásquez ◽  
J. Javier G. Quezada-Euán
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
Africanized Honey Bees ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Phenotypic Correlations

scholarly journals Supering Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera, Apidae) beehives impairs honey production and biomarker genes

2022 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir Moura Kadri ◽  
Paulo Eduardo Martins Ribolla ◽  
Diego Peres Alonso ◽  
David de Jong ◽  
Ricardo de Oliveira Orsi
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Production

scholarly journals Profitability of various cropping patterns among arable crop farmers in Niger State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-198
Author(s):  
Babatunde Stephen OJETUNDE ◽  
Emmanuel Egbodo Boheje ODUM
Keyword(s):  
Crop Production ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Mixed Cropping ◽  
Cropping Patterns ◽  
Net Returns ◽  
Crop Farming ◽  
Sole Cropping ◽  
Farm Produce ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Income Model

Descriptive Statistics and Net Farm Income model was used to analyze data collected from 120 Arable Farmers who adopted various cropping patterns in Niger State, Nigeria. The study specifically examined the socio-economic characteristics of arable farmers, profile the cropping patterns adopted, examined the profitability and highlighted the constraints to crop production among arable farmers in the study area. Results obtained from the study show that crop farming in the area is a male dominated. The mean age of farmers was 33years, 98.3% were married, 80.8% had one form of education or the other and 68.4% adopted a three-crop mix pattern in their crop production. Two and three crop mixes enterprise were profitable than sole cropping when gross income per ha was used as an index of profitability. Profitability was higher in single crop enterprise when returns/man day was used as an index but was higher in a two and three crop mix enterprise when net returns per ha was used as a measure of profitability. Bad roads, drought, theft of farm produce, poor extension per farm advisory services and lack of credit facilities respectively were the constraint to crop production. The study concludes that mixed cropping enterprises was more profitable than sole cropping. We recommend the promotion of mixed cropping among arable farmers for increased profitability and income to farm households, that the constraints identified be addressed by all concerned authorities so as to sustain crop production, reduce food insecurity and eradicate hunger and poverty among arable farmers in the area and Nigeria as a whole.

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