A. Species

Scientific name: Apis mellifera (scutellata)

Common name(s): (African) Honey bee

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status:

B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

• Nigeria

Country/Region: Nigeria / Ibadan Metropolis

C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State

Name/Details of location: Ibadan Metropolis, capital of Oyo State. Sampling four rural areas, namely; Lagun, Elenusonso, Akufo and Ikereku villages distributed across three Local Government Areas in Ibadan (i.e. Lagelu, Iddo and Akinyele)

D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 2010

End Year:

E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species sourced from the wild but reared/cultivated in a managed site

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre)

Lethal or non-lethal: Non-Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence and Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)

Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law

F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people

G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat and Wild species sourced from the wild but reared/cultivated in a managed site

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: Yes, considered sustainable

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

Having identified the numerous benefits derivable from honey production, the study recommends that more awareness activities on the importance of honey should be encouraged by both private and public sectors concerned, such as Agricultural Development Programme (ADP), NGOs among others. Adequate storage facilities and techniques should be put in place in order to ensure limiting access to humidity for quality preservation of honey. Government should also provide necessary assistance in terms of capital and modern honey production equipment (such as bee hives, bee smokers / blower, bees jacket, bee keeping fork, honey extractor, honey centrifuge e.t.c.) in making the business of honey harvesting easier and more attractive, less laborious and less risky in order to encourage more local people, particularly women, to participate in honey production.

Record source

Information about the record source: scientific_pub

Date of publication/issue/production: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+0000

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Date of record entry: 2022-11-11