On farm Evaluation and Demonstration of Nuclei Box Trapper of Bee Colony

Authors

  • Hussen Abbagissa Researcher, Jimma Agricultural Mechanization Research Center, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Jimma, P.O.Box:81265, Ethiopia
  • Alemayehu Abera Researcher, Jimma Agricultural Mechanization Research Center, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Jimma, P.O.Box:81265, Ethiopia

Keywords:

nuclei box, colony trapping, evaluation.

Abstract

Colonies of bee are trapped and transferred to modern hive using traditional bee hive in the modern bee keeping system. Which is time taking tedious and causes for 100% absconding, unless queen is not forced to stay in the new hive for some days by using queen- cage

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Published

2016-10-07

How to Cite

Abbagissa, H., & Abera, A. (2016). On farm Evaluation and Demonstration of Nuclei Box Trapper of Bee Colony. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 30(1), 205–212. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/6303

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