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Honey production

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John Deo

2016-06-16

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Introduction

The production of honey in Kenya’s hot dry areas has been drastically affected by poor hive occupation. The common hives used are log hive, Kenya top bar hive and Langstroth hives and their bee occupancy and honey production are low.

Common beehives

1. The log hive

This is the traditional hive which is hollow and covered with pieces of wood at the ends with bee exit and entry holes.The bees construct honey combs in regular half circles, slanting half circles or along the length of the roof. This hive produces 15 kg of honey per harvest and has 75% occupancy