التحليل المكاني لإنتاج عسل النحل في محافظة واسط

Abstract

The study found that there is a spatial variation of the distribution of the apiary among the study area. Most of them are concentrated in the northwestern regions of of Essaouira and Taj El-Din district for the largest and central regions in Kut district. Because those regions are characterized by having alot of fields with various kinds of fruit , citrus,lote,eucalyptus trees and having the finest lands cultivated with different types of crops like jet and clover, which is an important source of honey bees as well as as the suitability of human factors And the proximity of the capital Baghdad as it became an important marketing center for the disposal of honey bee products, and then the number of apiaries started dwindling in the north and south and south-west, and is missing in three administrative units north and east .The study area is the two areas of Badra, Zerbatia and Sheikh Saad district. The study showed that the total number of beekeepers reached (315) distributed among the regions of the study area and the amount of honey produced in the province (103898) kg for the year 2017, and the total number of cells (10249).