Similarly, it stands first in africa and third in the world in beeswax production 14. Most such bees are honey bees in the genus apis, but other honey producing bees such as melipona stingless bees are also kept. Tigray honey is derived almost used in any part of its production or processi. Honeybee production trend, potential and constraints in. It is optimal to replace your queen every couple of years. Honey production in ethiopia has recently attracted the attention of various agencies. Ethiopia is a leading honey producer in africa and one of the ten largest honey producing. Pdf potential of honey production and its utilization.
Beekeeping and sustainable livelihoods second edition. Tigray accounts for approximately 10% of this production, and is known for its speciality white honey. You certainly dont have to, and often the hive will replace a faltering queen. In the study area, three types of honeybee production practices were identified, namely.
Review of honey bee and honey production in ethiopia fikru s. L marketing honey and other bee productss types of products and marketing strategies s will you market to consumers at farmers markets or onfarm, to retailers, to a honey cooperative, or to honey packers. East african lowland honey bees are leathercolored and difficult to distinguish by eye from darker strains of italian honey bees. Apis mellifera simensis, classified by meixner et al, 2011 ethiopian honey bee ethiopia. By improving the beehives, and by providing training and. Review of honey bee and honey production in ethiopia. Pdf abstract the beekeeping subsector has been an integral part of agriculture in ethiopia.
Value chain analysis of honey in kaffa and sheka zones of snnpr, ethiopia article pdf available january 2018 with 3,172 reads how we measure reads. In the last 15 years 20012015, ethiopias honey production increases from 28,000 tons to 54,000 tons. Beekeeping and honey processing millennium cities initiative. Honey bee production practices and hive technology preferences in jimma and illubabor zone of oromiya regional state, ethiopia welay kiros, tekleberhan tsegay school of animal and range sciences, haramaya university, ethiopia p. Legal documents from national and international institutions. In ethiopia, there are about 10 million bee colonies of which 5 million are hived and over 800 identified honey bee forages 3,4. Ethiopia honey production accounts for approximately 2.
It has been contributing to the household income and poverty alleviation and national economy through export. In japan, the oldest record of beekeeping and honey production can be traced back to the 7th century in nihon shoki. Adoption and intensity of use of modern beehives in. This honeybee forage book of ethiopia comprises important honeybee trees, shrubs and herbs, which commonly grow in ethiopia and for most of them, the colour photo of each tree including flowers. However, improving honey bee production techniques is important.
Preface vii acknowledgements ix introduction 1 bees and traditional knowledge. Ethiopia produces largest honey population and owns big potential of honey around 23. Ethiopias apiculture and huge honey production potential. At that time, beekeeping is thought to have been regarded as a magical activity. This makes the country first in africa and one of ten major honey producing countries in the world. The country has the potential of producing up to 500,000 tons of honey and 50,000 tons of beeswax per annum 15. During peak production, a honey bee colony typically consists of three kinds of adult bees. Both honey production and colony number is increasing year after year. Beekeeping and honey bee production practices in ethiopia in ethiopia, beekeeping has been a tradition since long before other farming systems gezahegne, 1996.
It has been contributing to the household income and. The outcome of the investigation inline with other finding conducted in central, northern and south western part of ethiopia where traditional beekeeping system is the predominance in the rural areas of. Secondary data were collected from working documents of zonal, district, and. Ethiopia is the largest honey producing count countries in the world. According to the quality and standard authority of ethiopia qsae, honey is defined as the natural sweet substance produced by honey bees from the nectar of blossoms which honey bees collect, transform and combine with specific substance of the their own store and leave in the honey. Production and quality characteristics of ethiopian honey. A beekeeper or apiarist keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produce including beeswax, propolis, flower pollen, bee pollen. But hardly any of the 50 thousand tonnes produced in the country every year is exported. Review of progress in ethiopian honey production and marketing.
Ethiopia is the biggest producer of honey in africa. Honey bees present only a small fraction of roughly 20,000 known species of bees. Assessment of constraints and opportunities of honey. Moreover, ethiopia is a country where apicultural research is being conducted in a coordinated manner. In ethiopia the enterprise development programme or edp is stepping up honey production and increasing the number of women bee keepers with the use of new bee hives. The status of beekeeping practices and honey production. However, most of honey goes for preparation of local beverage tejj while small amount being used for other purposes. Potential of honey production and its utilization for food security in filtu woreda, liben zone, somali regional state, ethiopia. They direct more of their energies to defensive behaviors and less of their energies to honey storage. Ethiopia has the potential to produce high amount of honeybee colonies and diversified honey floral resources, honey per year, but currently production is limited to production of honey is far below its potential in the.
Several thousand worker bees cooperate in nest building, food collection, and brood rearing. At world level, ethiopia is fourth and tenth in the production of beeswax and honey, respectively. In ethiopia, beekeeping and honey production are traditionally jobs that. Ethiopia is one of the continents which has the the countrys production potential. Ethiopia s apiculture and huge honey production potential need to look for modern techniques. Tigray is one of the best honey producing ref resource base, favorable climate and its bota bee colonies. Apiculture beekeeping is the practice of honeybee management in hives for pollination, production of honey and other products such as wax, royal jelly, propolis and pollen.
Contamination of work surfaces from bee remains, honey, propolis, wax and. Prin2 shows that the average honey production for male is 128. Honey and beeswax production and export 45 ethiopia s diverse climatic conditions and floral resources allow the country to sustain between seven and 10 million honey bee colonies, the highest honey bee colony density in africa and the third highest in the world. The purpose of this plan is to identify any risks associated with the production, extraction, filtration, packing and storage of honey produced in. Ethiopias huge honey production potential in search of. Assessment of honey production and marketing system in. The majority which is above 80% of the honey produced is used for honey. Although small holder farmers use traditional bee hives, the annual honey and bee wax production are estimated at 24,700 tons and 3,200 tons, respectively, of which more than 90 percent of honey produced is used in the country. Honey from ethiopia youtube the beehives of ethiopia, africa s top honey producer, make about a quarter of the continents honey, but travellers who come to. American journal of research communication, 2014, 210. L processing honey and other bee productss follow state and federal regulations for processing, labeling, and handling food products.
Ethiopia established as a significant exporter of apiculture products. According to different sources, the annual honey production potential of the country is estimated to. Honey production in beekeeping cooperatives, case study of. Beekeeping in ethiopia is common and one of the agricultural activities. In addition, an important aspect of beekeeping is the production of bees, queens, package bees, etc. Mekelle is relatively closer to most seaports of neighboring countries than addis ababa and other major cities of ethiopia. Pdf value chain analysis of honey in kaffa and sheka.
Honey production and marketing in ethiopian science. It is estimated that the tons of honey per annum morad, 2008. However, for maximum honey production, you should replace your queen in. Five hundred honey plants, both indigenous and introduced, are described and illustrated in this book. The experience of modern white honey production from. Ethiopia stands ninth in the world and first in the africa in honey production. Ministry of livestock and fisheries, addis ababa, ethiopia. Modern honey production that includes the use of modern style beehives is still in ethiopia at a very low level. The country has huge apicultural resources that made it the leading honey and beeswax producer in africa. Its known as ethiopia s liquid gold, and honey has always been in high demand. Assessment of constraints and opportunities of honey production in wonchi district south west shewa zone of oromia, ethiopia.
Assessment of challenges and opportunities of bee keeping. The regional government has prioritised honey as a strategic. Review of ethiopias global position in honey and other. Beekeeping and honey production in japan and south korea. But until now, it has mainly produced honey wine, a popular drink in ethiopia. The beekeeping subsector has been an integral part of agriculture in ethiopia. But only members of the genial apis are true honey bees. The experience of modern white honey production from tigray, ethiopia berhane gebrehaweria. Beekeeping or apiculture is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in manmade hives, by humans. A beekeeping enterprise can provide marketable honey and serve as a source of pollinators for nearby cultivated crops. Author shires vineyard and apiary, october 2012page 4. Owning to its varied ecological and honey, respectively 3. Annual income earned by sample respondent from the sale of the commodity 44 4.
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