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

Table 11

Honeybee pests and predators of in the study areas.

Honeybee pest and predators	Relative degree of importance							Score	Index	Rank
	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	6^th	7^th
Birds	40	54	22	7	—	—	—	742	0.260	1
Ants	53	19	31	11	2	—	—	690	0.242	2
Wax moth	13	20	24	14	4	5	—	409	0.144	3
Lizard	13	21	15	17	5	2	1	380	0.133	4
Honey badger	7	6	12	20	4	3	—	243	0.085	5
Spiders	—	6	13	5	8	2	3	152	0.053	6
Wasps	3	5	7	—	5	1	2	105	0.037	7
Beetles	—	1	4	9	6	1	—	82	0.029	8
Bee lice	—	2	3	—	3	—	1	37	0.013	9
Termite	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	10	0.004	10

Index = sum of (7ranked 1^st + 6 ranked 2^nd + 5 ranked 3^rd + 4 ranked 4^th + 3 ranked 5^th + 2 ranked 6^th + 1 ranked 7^th) for individual reasons divided by the sum of (7ranked 1^st + 6 ranked 2^nd + 5 ranked 3^rd + 4 ranked 4^th + 3 ranked 5^th + 2 ranked 6^th + 1 ranked 7^th) for over all reasons.