Jyotish Kumar Singha* & Nalini Bhardwajb
aUniversity Department of Zoology, J. P. University, Chapra, Bihar, India
bP. G. Department of Zoology, Z. A. Islamia College, Siwan, Bihar, India
Received : 28th May, 2023 ; Revised : 29th June, 2023
DOI:-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12194023
Abstract– Knowledge is the first stage in the innovation-decision process (Rogers, 1983, 1995, 2003). The research study provides valuable information about the knowledge level and adoption level of the respondent beekeepers with respect to the recommended beekeeping practices. The study will also help to evaluate how much knowledge about beekeeping is put into practice by the beekeepers. The beekeepers knowledge about general beekeeping aspects was high as more than 85 per cent beekeepers had knowledge about worker bee, Italian honey bees, collection of pollen by worker bees, drone bees are fatter than worker bees, Italian bees recommended for domestication, identification of queen bee, guarding of boxes by worker bees, importance of water for bees, sugar present in honey, season for increasing of boxes, swarming of bees during April, drone bee do not have sting and Indian honey bees. It is concluded that 99.52% beekeepers of all the blocks had knowledge about packing of boxes during winter and it was followed by 99.04% respondent apiculturists having knowledge about benefits of winter packing. Further, the minimum knowledge about placement of boxes during winter was possessed by 7.61% respondent beekeepers of all the blocks.
Key words: Knowledge, beekeepers, general aspects, beekeeping, North Bihar
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