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: Received: 12 December 2023 / Approved: 12 December 2023 / Online: 13 December 2023 (03:20:06 CET)
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Atsbha, T.; Gidey, T.; Nigus, H.G.; Tesfay, G.B. Area Exclosure Improved Honey Bee Flora Diversity and Regeneration ፡- the Case of Southern Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia. Preprints2023, 2023120878. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0878.v1
Atsbha, T.; Gidey, T.; Nigus, H.G.; Tesfay, G.B. Area Exclosure Improved Honey Bee Flora Diversity and Regeneration ፡- the Case of Southern Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia. Preprints 2023, 2023120878. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0878.v1
Atsbha, T.; Gidey, T.; Nigus, H.G.; Tesfay, G.B. Area Exclosure Improved Honey Bee Flora Diversity and Regeneration ፡- the Case of Southern Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia. Preprints2023, 2023120878. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0878.v1
APA Style
Atsbha, T., Gidey, T., Nigus, H.G., & Tesfay, G.B. (2023). Area Exclosure Improved Honey Bee Flora Diversity and Regeneration ፡- the Case of Southern Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0878.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Atsbha, T., Haftom Gebremedhin Nigus and Gebreamlak Bezabh Tesfay. 2023 "Area Exclosure Improved Honey Bee Flora Diversity and Regeneration ፡- the Case of Southern Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202312.0878.v1
Abstract
Tigrai region is one of the potential beekeeping areas in Ethiopia, which is endowed with diversified honeybee plant species. However, its honeybee plants are deforested and degraded due to natural and anthropogenic pressures. Area exclosures (AEs) has been practicing for the last three decades restore degraded habitats of the plant species in Ethiopia. Empirical data on the effectiveness of AE is still limited for restoration of honey bee plant species; this study was conducted to assess the roles of AE for species composition, density, and diversity and regeneration status of honeybee floras. Sixty quadrats were installed, 36 in AE and 24 in CGL (communal grazing lands) using a systematic sampling method. The study showed that a total of 42 honey bee plant species belonging to 23 families in AE and 33 species belonging to 17 families in CGL were recorded. The study also indicated a significant increase in the abundance, diversity, regeneration and the structure of the honey bee plant species was found in the AEs. The list presented herein provides a guide to stakeholders in establishing of AE for the foraging resource of honeybee in order to enhance the abundance, diversity and regeneration and structure. Thus, AE has made a significant contribution to solving the shortage of honeybee forages in the beekeeping industry. Therefore, the development of beekeeping is integrated with conservation of natural resources.
Keywords
diversity; bee flora; conservation; natural resource management; rehabilitating and restoration
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Agricultural Science and Agronomy
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