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Dear Colleague,





We received a manuscript titled: *Assessing bee management practices of
modern beekeeping at Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia.* I wish to inquire if
you can create time to review this manuscript and send it to us within two
weeks. Kindly send me an email to acknowledge the receipt of this mail.





Find below the abstract of the manuscript:





Abstract



Wide adoption and application of modern beekeeping with good bee management
practices could tremendously improve honeybee colony performance and honey
production. Understanding of appropriate bee management practices is
important to fully benefit from the flowering ecology of bee forage to
seasonal development of colonies for maximum honey production. The study
was conducted in Jimma Zone in southwestern Ethiopia where modern
beekeeping has been practiced since 40 years. For the study three (3)
districts were purposively selected where improved beekeeping is
predominantly practiced. A total of seventy-five (75) apiarists involved in
modern beekeeping were contacted and interviewed for this research. Visual
assessment of apiaries and inspection of colonies were carried out to
complement relevant information noted by respondents. Data on seasonal bee
management practices and skills, flowering ecology, bee management
constraints and beekeeping experience were collected. Beekeeping in study
areas is characterized by poor bee management practices, frequent
absconding of bees, frequent low harvests and poor honey harvesting and
processing techniques. In addition, beekeepers also remain marginalized
from accessing inputs due to the high costs of acquisition of beekeeping
accessories, lack of access to credit and the general low productivity
despite the abundant bee fodder available in the study areas.



KEY WORDS: bee management, beekeeping, modern hive



I am looking forward to hear from you. Thank you.





Best regards,



Agbonyinma O.,



Editorial Assistant,

Greener Journals (GJ).

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