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Improving Indian beehives and beekeeping
This thesis explores five beekeeping topics from a mechanical engineering perspective with findings that are relevant for both Indian and American beekeepers. First, hive weight scale mechanisms are quantitatively analyzed, yielding design improvements to improve accuracy. Second, designs of hive …
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Beekeeping for vocational agriculture students
… of Vocational Agriculture who wish to study beekeeping. It is the intent of this thesis to consolidate and organize factual information for class use by teachers, to suggest a few student problems and activities, and to develop a course calendar of units for study. A detailed discussion of …
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Beekeeping and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development: A Critical Assessment of a Beekeeping Training Programme in Cape Town’s Manenberg Township
Beekeeping is an important industry in South Africa yet it is in decline. The South African government and development agencies see the increasing production deficits in the industry as a business opportunity for income generation for social-economically disadvantaged groups. However, most of these …
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Spiritual Beekeeping: An Ethnographic Exploration of Sacred Apiculture in Present-day United States
While many have acknowledged the existence of sacred apiculture traditions, very little research has been undertaken to understand the practices, experiences, and cosmologies of beekeepers who cultivate spiritual relationships with bees. Historians and researchers have observed sacred apiculture …
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Being with Bees: An Anthropological Study on Human-Animal Relations in Southern Beekeeping
<p>This thesis investigates the complex and dynamic communicative relationship between beekeepers and their managed honey bee colonies, providing insight into the relationship between bees, their stewards, and the interface between nature and culture. It also helps unravel the ways in which this …
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BEES, HONEY AND TERRITORY: A COMPLEX NETWORK OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LANDSCAPE, BEEKEEPING AND HONEY QUALITY
… are closely associated with human activities and beekeeping practices. Against this backdrop, the thesis entitled “Bees, Honey and Territory: A Complex Network of Interactions between Landscape, Beekeeping and Honey Quality”, aims to analyse the relationships between bees, floral resources, …
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AGRICULTURAL CERTIFICATIONS AND BEEKEEPING: LESSONS FROM AN APICULTURAL COOPERATIVE IN NORTHEASTERN EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA
Beekeeping, and especially the production and sale of honey, is an on-farm diversification strategy that has significance to rural livelihoods in some of the most economically and environmentally marginalized regions of the world. Beekeeping also supports sustainable agriculture since it requires …
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AGRICULTURAL CERTIFICATIONS AND BEEKEEPING: LESSONS FROM AN APICULTURAL COOPERATIVE IN NORTHEASTERN EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA
Beekeeping, and especially the production and sale of honey, is an on-farm diversification strategy that has significance to rural livelihoods in some of the most economically and environmentally marginalized regions of the world. Beekeeping also supports sustainable agriculture since it requires …
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Viability of Beekeeping Project as a Means of Income Generation and Environment Conservation at Matipwili Village, Bagamoyo District
… to assess the viability and implementation of beekeeping as a means of income generation and environment conservation. The project comprises of community needs assessment supplemented by socio-economic study and a project implementation. Data were collected using interviews, questionnaires, …
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Empowering Community Livelihoods Through Modern Beekeeping: The Case of Ukombozi Group in Kisongwe Village, Kilosa District, Morogoro Region
… Empowering community livelihoods through modern beekeeping was established at the end of October 2011 as a priority project immediately after awareness raising and training of Group members at the start of October 2011. The objectives of the project were mainly four; (i) To impart awareness and …
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Is organic beekeeping possible? A multi-year study of pesticide contamination and landscape effects in the Northeast US
Background: Honey bee colonies in the U.S. are widely contaminated with pesticides that harm colony health. A potential mitigation strategy is organic management, but formal apiculture standards have not been adopted. Draft guidelines require up to a 6.4 km pesticide-free foraging zone for …
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Assessing the beekeeping activities as a source of income and environmental conservation: A case of Aghondi Village, Manyoni district, Singida region, Tanzania
Manyoni district has high beekeeping potential due to the presence of virgin forest (mainly miombo woodlands and Itigi thickets). Research project was carried out in Aghondi village in Manyoni district to assess beekeeping activities as a source of income and environmental conservation. The project …
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Právní úprava včelařství
The diploma thesis discusses beekeeping and the basic rights and obligations of beekeepers and other persons responsible for ensuring the greatest possible protection of bees. The absence of a single comprehensive law results in the fragmentation of legislation into many private and public law …
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Diversification of Community Income Through Community Based Beekeeping : The case study of Mihima Village in Lindi District, Lindi Region,
… was low household income. Community Based Beekeeping project was designed with the objective of diversifying community income from the agriculture which was found to be the main economic activity. JIENDELEZE group was formed to pioneer Community Based Beekeeping initiative in the village …
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Mobilizing Women to Form Income Generating Activities: A Case Study of Beekeeping Project In Urkeeswa Village At Monduli District
… in order to combine efforts to initiate the beekeeping project as their income generating activity. In order to ensure sustainability of the project, women were provided with skills on entrepreneurship and project management; skills which they lack for running their projects. Women …
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MOBILIZING WOMEN TO FORM INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES: A CASE STUDY OF BEEKEEPING PROJECT IN URKEESWA VILLAGE AT MONDULI DISTRICT
… in order to combine efforts to initiate the beekeeping project as their income generating activity. In order to ensure sustainability of the project, women were provided with skills on entrepreneurship and project management; skills which they lack for running their projects. Women …
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Organising Beekeepers to Generate Income from Bee Products in Solya ward, Manyoni District Tanzania
Beekeeping is a livelihood improvement potential that is yet to be fully utilized in most rural areas of Tanzania. Majority of rural communities practice beekeeping mainly for domestic consumption and rarely for commercial purposes. This potential (beekeeping) has failed to improve beekeepers’ …
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Mutualism between honeyguides, beekeepers and honey-hunters in the southern highlands of Tanzania
… and interviewed 150 people who either practice beekeeping or honey-hunting or do both. I also visited beekeeping camps to observe how people harvest and process honey, and I set camera traps to investigate the fate of beeswax left behind. Specifically, I asked: (i) what is the relationship …
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Capacity Building on Quality and Quantity of Honey and Beeswax Production, Tupendane Nyuki Group
Beekeeping in Tanzania is one of the informal sector that is sharply gaining momentum letting in a large number of entrepreneurship as participants in activities that are largely home based or individual enterprise with few or no employees. The Community Needs Assessment through PRA found that the …
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Pollinator People: an ethnography of bees, bee advocates and possibilities for multispecies commoning in Toronto and London, ON
… contributed to an increase in urban, hobbyist beekeeping and pollinator gardening. This dissertation employs a multispecies ethnography in two cities in Ontario, London and Toronto, to explore how the knowledges and experiences of urban bee advocates – who I call ‘pollinator people’ – shape the …
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