Perception towards adoption and constraints in beekeeping

Abstract

An evaluation study of training programmes regarding adoption and constraints in beekeeping revealed that this enterprise is becoming the area of interest for males belonging to younger age group. Majority of the respondents were agriculturists including largely (67.6%) the marginal to small farmers. Most of the respondents (95.6%) showed interest in adopting beekeeping as an occupation. About 62 per cent of the respondents were of the perception of objection from neighbors, 51.5 per cent were apprehensive of theft of the bee hives and for 46 per cent, land was necessary for beekeeping. For 2/3rd of the respondents, lack of money was a main constraint followed by sale of honey at appropriate rate (58.8%). As per 3/4th of the respondents, bee management during dearth period was the main technical constraint. It was concluded that beekeeping is becoming popular among the people; however, the constraints exposed by this study are necessary to be resolved.