Abstract

OLIVER CORTEZ, Jonhy Cesar. Research, social interaction and production at Centro Experimental Cota Cota's Apiary. Apthapi [online]. 2021, vol.7, n.2, pp. 2182-2189. ISSN 0102-0304.

ABSTRACT: In September 2013, the Cota Cota Experimental Center began reconditioning the hives of its apiary, which was then gradually and progressively equipped with protective suits and the necessary tools and utensils for apiary management. In this apiary, honey harvesting and post-harvesting, wax purification, hive restoration, queen rearing and replacement, diagnosis and control of varroa (V. destructor) and evaluation of pollen production have been carried out. As partof the Social Interaction, sixversions oftheoretical and practical beekeeping courses have been organized and executed, which won 1st place in the category of service providers in the 2019 Departmental contest for agricultural, aquacultureandforestry innovation, organized by the National Institutefor Agricultural, Livestock and Forestry Innovation of La Paz. A graduate of the Agricultural Engineering Career (CIA) and a graduate of the Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics Program (MVZ), concluded their research workthat concluded with the respective defensetoobtain their academic degree. Students of the Apiculture course of a Career and a Program of the Faculty of Agronomy, complemented their training with practices in this apiary. The research carried out and the experience in beehive management have made it possible to formulate a beekeeping calendar, which will make it possible to organize the work in the apiary in order to obtain better results in honey production.

Keywords : Beekeeping; research; social interaction; production.