Abstract            Volume:12  Issue-7  Year-2024         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

The study was conducted with a cross-sectional study to ass’s honeybee pests and predators. A questionnaire survey and apiary site observation were administered to 104 beekeepers and 52 apiary sites with two honeybee colony samples from each site. Totally (104 honeybee colonies), were examined from frame box hives for diagnosis. The main reasons for a honey bee colony and product lessening ranked by respondents were 1st pets and predators, 2^nd Honeybee pathogen, and 3^rd miss use of agrochemicals. The majority of the honeybee colonies were infested by ants 538(21.3%), beetles 378(14.9%), and wax moths 315(12.5%), in all districts. Among all pests and predators listed by respondents, honeybee colonies were absconded by ants 213(8.4%), wax moths 194(7.7%), and beetles 193(7.6%). After having identified the major pests, beekeepers were requested to rank them in order of their importance and the result indicated that Ants (1st), beetles (2^nd), Wax moths (3^rd), and honey badgers (4^th) were the most harmful pests in order of degree of their importance.

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