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| Statement no. | Question: Why do you think crop pollination by bees is important in your farming business? | Freq. (%) |
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| 1 | Bees are important for honey production and for pollinating flowers of my crops | 1.48 |
| 2 | I know bees collect only their nectar but I am not sure if they do anything beneficial to my crops | 1.48 |
| 3 | I know no bee-visits, no yields. Please teach me how to make a home for them near my crops | 0.74 |
| 4 |
I was told by extension workers and neighbours to care for bees because if no bee-visits, no fruit/seeds I will harvest and sell, yet I need money to pay school fees
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8.15
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| 5 | If bees fall on flowers of my crops (avocado), I see a fruit coming; cropping is my business and bees help me free | 0.74 |
| 6 | Bee visitation to coffee has no value; they add nothing, whether they come or not, my coffee will set fruits | 0.74 |
| 7 |
Bees are important because if no bee-visits, no yields I get at all
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7.41
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| 8 |
Bees are important to get honey and also if no bee-visits, no fruit/seed I get from most of my crops
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8.15
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| 9 |
Bees are important because I have seen that no bee-visits, no fruits on all crops I grow
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2.22
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| 10 |
Bees are important and visit my commercial and vegetable crops; but I ask myself a question, where do they sleep?
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2.96
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| 11 | Bees are important for my pulse crops, I need to know how to build a small house for them so that they stay near | 0.74 |
| 12 | When building a house for wild bees, how should it look? Like a beehive or like a rat hole? | 0.74 |
| 13 |
Bees are important because all flowering plants/crops on this earth want bee-visits to perpetuate well
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2.96
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| 14 | Bees are important for honey production and for pollinating flowers of crops I feed on and make money from | 0.74 |
| 15 | Bees are important for honey production and for pollinating flowers of my crops, especially crops wanted at market | 1.48 |
| 16 |
Bees are important for pollinating our crops and they provide honey, wax, propolis, candle
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5.19
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| 17 |
Bees are important to help make my crops grow and get better yield;they do free work
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2.22
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| 18 |
Bees get nectar from my crops, but they bring manure from the hive to make turn into seeds/fruits
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5.19
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| 19 | By field experience, I know no bee-visits, all flowers will die off, no fruits/seeds will come out | 1.48 |
| 20 | Either bees visit my beans/peas or not, I will still get my 5 to 12 pods per plant (bees have no value to my crops) | 0.74 |
| 21 | Either bees visit my beans or not, I will still get my 5 to 12 pods per plant (bees have no value to my crops) | 1.48 |
| 22 | Every time bees fall on flowers of my crops (avocado, mango), few days later, I see a beautiful fruit/seed/pod coming; no hunger at home in the future | 0.74 |
| 23 | If there are few or no visits of my crop flowers, I get no or poor yield | 0.74 |
| 24 | For most fruit crops (mango, avocado, papaw) I grow, they have to get pollinated by bees to get sweet fruits and high yields competitive in the markets | 0.74 |
| 25 | From my observations if no bees visit flowers in the village abundantly, no pods on my bean plants | 0.74 |
| 26 |
I know without bee-visitations to flowers I can not harvest. However, I do not know where they come from or sleep; with bee-visits, I get fruits most wanted at market by my customers
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2.96
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| 27 |
I know, no bees, no harvest. However, I do not know how to rear and make them many in my crops
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2.22
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| 28 |
I am not sure if bees are important in crop production business (for my crops)
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11.11
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| 29 | I know from my grandparents that no bees (pollinators) visits, no single mango fruit I will get acceptable at market | 0.74 |
| 30 |
I know they are important but can not explain why it is only after their visit that I see fruits/seeds coming?
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2.96
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| 31 | I see bees visit my coffee flowers but I do not know for which purpose apart from feeding there | 0.74 |
| 32 |
I see bees visit my avocado/coffee flowers but I donot know what do they bring to my flowers to get exciting fruits/seeds
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2.22
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| 33 | I was told by my neighbours by extension service agents that if no bee-visits to my crops, no yield at all but I can not explain why | 0.74 |
| 34 | If bees fall on flowers of my crops (avocado), I see a fruit coming later and that fruit is wanted at market and if children feed on it, they grow well because it is rich in vitamins, hence no stunting of children in my family | 1.48 |
| 35 | If no bee-visits, no yields; however, I do not know where they come from (sleep) | 0.74 |
| 36 |
Important because all the crops I grow need bee-visitations, even flowers of my cassava
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5.19
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| 37 |
My crops have to get high bee-visitations, otherwise they will not yield properly well
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2.96
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| 38 | No mango fruits or bean seeds I get if no abundant and diverse bees flying around in the village, if you feed on fruits not visited by bees, you fall ill | 1.48 |
| 39 | The more bees fall on my (avocado/watermelon/pumpkin/tomato) flowers, the more fruits I get in my bag Fruits/seeds that were obtained after bee-visits last longer and are attractive to customers at local market | 1.48 |
| 40 | The more bees fall on my crop flowers, the more fruits/seeds I get | 1.48 |
| 41 | Without bees, no farmer can harvest in our village | 0.74 |
| 42 | Yes, if no bee-visits happen/occur to flowers during the blooming season, no yields I will get | 0.74 |
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