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

Table 6

Honeybee colony holdings and share of colony holding.

Parameters	Hive type	Tehulederie		Kalu		Dessie Zuria		Overall
		Total	Mean ± SD	Total	Mean ± SD	Total	Mean ± SD	Total	Mean ± SD
Number of beehives	Traditional	159	3.53 ± 1.92	203	4.51 ± 5.51	192	4.27 ± 6.79	554	4.10 ± 2.60^NS
	Transitional	2	0.04 ± 1.95	5	0.11 ± 2.83	21	0.47 ± 2.86	28	0.21 ± 1.82^NS
	Frame	18	0.40 ± 0.21	40	0.89 ± 0.38	53	1.18 ± 3.13	111	0.81 ± 4.13^NS
	Total	179	3.98 ± 1.92	248	5.51 ± 5.51	266	5.91 ± 6.79	693	5.13 ± 5.20^NS
Share of colony holding	Hive type	Tehulederie		Kalu		Dessie Zuria		Over all
		Total	%	Total	%	Total	%	Total	%
	Traditional	159	88.83	203	81.85	192	72.18	554	79.94
	Transitional	2	1.12	5	2.02	21	7.89	28	4.04
	Frame	18	10.06	40	16.13	53	19.92	111	16.02
	Total hives	179	100	248	100	266	100	693	100

SD: standard deviation; NS: the mean difference is not significant at 0.05 level; traditional: hives made of locally available materials like bamboo and tree branches and coated by mud and ash; transitional: Kenyan TBH; frame: Langstroth frame hives.