Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
V Jagadeesh, MT Lakshminarayan, SB Yogananda, AP Mallikarjuna Gowda and Prahlad P Bhat

Abstract:
The present study was conducted in hilly zone (Kodagu district) of Karnataka state to assess the knowledge of beekeepers regarding scientific bee keeping practices and to find out the relationship and extent of contribution between the profile characteristics of beekeepers with their knowledge regarding scientific bee keeping practices. Sixty beekeepers were interviewed using a pre-tested interview schedule from Madikeri, Virajpet and Somvarpet taluks in Kodagu district. The results revealed that a vast majority of beekeepers (70.00%) had medium to high level of knowledge regarding scientific bee keeping practices. Education, experience in beekeeping, innovativeness, achievement motivation, scientific orientation, risk orientation, cosmopoliteness, decision making ability, market orientation, economic motivation, mass media exposure, training on beekeeping, extension agency contact and extension participation of beekeepers had significant to highly significant relationship with their knowledge regarding scientific bee keeping practices.