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

Table 9

Beekeepers response to reproductive swarming of honeybees in the study areas.

Parameter	Response	Frequency	Percent	Cumulative (%)
Is there swarming?	No	9	6.7	6.7
	Yes	126	93.3	100.0
From which type of hive?	Traditional	115	91.27	91.27
	Frame	7	5.56	96.83
	All	4	3.17	100.00
Frequency of swarming	Every year	91	70.00	70.00
	Once in two years	20	15.38	85.38
	Not known	9	6.92	92.31
	Every three years	4	3.08	95.38
	Two to three years	2	1.54	96.92
	Two to four years	2	1.54	98.46
	Four or five years	1	0.77	99.23
	Three to five years	1	0.77	100.00