Abstract

HUERTA-RIVEROS, Patricia; OLIVA-JARA, Carolina; PULIDO-GARCES, Jocabed  and  LEYTON-PAVEZ, Carolina. Honey bee analysis in Chile: a case study in the beekeeping sector. Entramado [online]. 2022, vol.18, n.2, e203.  Epub Oct 10, 2022. ISSN 1900-3803.  https://doi.org/10.18041/1900-3803/entramado.2.8625.

The purpose of this study is to analyze bee honey in Chile to propose strategic guidelines that allow contributing to the management of the Chilean beekeeping sector For this, the methodology used is a case study for which a survey of 84 consumers and 40 beekeepers of the Biobío Region in Chile is applied in 2021. The results of the study allow us to appreciate that 38% of beekeepers have been dedicated to honey production for more than 10 years and 50% indicate that they only learned about the field, the main difficulties faced being organization and time, health and nutrition. In addition, 42% of beekeepers indicate that climate change, plagues and droughts affected honey production between 0 and 20%. While 30% of consumers surveyed consider the prestige or reputation of the product as a priority. The relevance of the strategic guidelines to guide the development of the honey chain in Chile is concluded and its implementation is recommended for the strengthening of the beekeeping sector at a national and international level.

Keywords : Beekeeping; apidae; honey chain; natural food; honey producers; strategic guidelines.

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