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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (14): 177-182.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.2012-1145

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Peasant's Cognition on the Value of Bee Pollination: Based on the Empirical Study of Fujian 194 Family’s Dates of 6 Cities

  

  • Received:2012-03-27 Revised:2012-03-31 Online:2012-05-15 Published:2012-05-15

Abstract:

Abstract:Chinese bee pollination service value of¥304.22 billion, and peasant household is the main service object of bee pollination. In order to comprehensively and thoroughly understand peasant's cognition on the value of bees and bee pollination, the authors had signed relevant questionnaires for investigating 194 peasant households of 6 cities in Fujian province. According to the survey data, the paper analyzed in detail the cognition status of peasant about bees, the value of bee pollination, renting bees and bee protection. The result showed that 78.87 percent of households had recognized the yield-increase effect caused by bee pollination, 62.37 percent of peasants had recognized bee pollination as an absolutely essential agricultural input, along with other conventional input such as fertilizers and pesticides, and thought government departments should carry out the bees resource protection projects and would to pay a fee accounted for 68.04%. However, only 16.49% of peasants intended to rent honeybees to pollinated crops and to pay some costs in agricultural production. The government should play a significant and leading role in development of bee pollination services, this paper provided 5 suggestions about supporting the beekeeping cooperative organizations, centralization management of renting honeybees, and so on.