Beekeeping Production System, Challenges, and Opportunities in Selected Districts of South Wollo Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia

Table 10

Method of swarm control.

Parameter	Response	Frequency	Percent	Rank
Method of swarm control	Removal of queen cells	84	25.85	1
	Harvest honey comb	63	19.38	3
	Return back to mother colony	66	20.31	2
	Supering	20	6.15	6
	Use large volume hive	27	8.31	5
	Smoking the hive with Boswellia papyrifera	40	12.31	4
	Cut brood combs	4	1.23	9
	Cut old combs	4	1.23	9
	Regular inspection	6	1.85	7
	Attach queen excluder at entrance	2	0.62	11
	Smoking with camel dung	2	0.62	11
	Smoking with mule bone	5	1.54	8
	Smoking with bamboo root	1	0.31	13
	Smoking with Hayginia abissinica flower	1	0.31	13