Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to explore the biology of honey bee diversity and
Beekeeping potentials and problems of the Lalmai-Moynamoti Hill area of Cumilla.
Data were collected from 200 beekeepers by performing a questionnaire survey, key
informant interview, focused group discussion, and case study from November 2018 to
May 2020. The findings revealed that there were 98% cultivated Apis mellifera and
only 2% explored as wild honeybees. About 93.5% of the farmers stated that
beekeeping is profitable whereas other 6.5 % said it is not profitable,76% provided
artificial food support to their bee box in the offseason and 22% did not provide any
artificial food and 100% of the beekeepers didn’t face any bee disease but 22%
beekeepers lost their bees due to poor management and scarcity of food supply during
dearth period. The study revealed a piece of astonishing information about the
potentials of beekeeping in the terms of yield increment of corps and homestead plants
of the farmers due to bee-keeping as most of them acknowledged that they got two to
three times more yield of homestead fruit plants and crops after starting beekeeping.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher- e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Dhaka, In Partial fulfillment of the
requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.S.)
IN
ENTOMOLOGY
