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Proizvodnja, praksa i stavovi pÄelara u Hrvatskoj
We conducted a survey on the beekeeping production, practices and attitudes of 117 beekeepers in Croatia, via a questionnaire. The beekeepers were divided into three groups: full-time (professionals), part-time (side-liners) and hobby (hobbyists) beekeepers. The questions covered the purpose and size of their beekeeping production, the production interests of the beekeepers, treatment of the economically most important honeybee diseases, and the possibilities of the growth of their operation. Professional beekeepers were the youngest (39 years of age on average), with the largest average number of beehives per beekeeper (135 beehives), the largest proportion of LR hives and migratory apiaries, and the largest yearly per hive production of 17.04 kg of honey. The results show that the most marketable beekeeping product was honey, and that professional beekeepers also value propolis as equally interesting for production. They all inherited their beekeeping operations from their predecessors. Varroosis is perceived as the largest cause of honeybee colony death, followed by bad beekeeping practices. About 56% of the beekeepers are prepared to switch to organic/ecological beekeeping. Almost all the beekeepers (96.46%) support the introduction of the early diagnostics of American foulbrood. We found that professional beekeepers prefer the conservative economic model of growth based on their own equity, while hobbyists prefer a more expansive but riskier model of growth based on financial leverage (debt). Professional beekeepers are not inclined to create a mutual beekeepersā fund to cover losses. On the other hand, they strongly support the idea of creating an alliance for the purpose of joint market penetration.Upitnikom smo proveli istraživanje o pÄelarskoj proizvodnji, praksi i stavovima 117 pÄelara u Hrvatskoj. PÄelari su bili podijeljeni u tri skupine: profesionalci, pÄelari iz dopunske djelatnosti i hobisti. Pitanja su obuhvatila svrhu i veliÄinu pÄelarske proizvodnje, proizvodne interese pÄelara, lijeÄenje ekonomski najvažnijih bolesti pÄela i moguÄnosti za rast djelatnosti. Profesionalni pÄelari bili su najmlaÄi (u prosjeku 39 godina), imali su najveÄi prosjeÄan broj koÅ”nica po pÄelaru (135 koÅ”nica), imali su najveÄi udio LR koÅ”nica i pokretnih pÄelinjaka te su imali i najveÄu proizvodnju meda po koÅ”nici od 17,04 kg. Rezultati pokazuju da je najprodavaniji pÄelarski proizvod med, dok profesionalni pÄelari i propolis smatraju jednako zanimljivim za proizvodnju. Za razliku od drugih skupina, svi su pÄelarstvo naslijedili od svojih predaka. Varooza se smatra najveÄim uzrokom uginuÄa zajednica, a slijedi je loÅ”a pÄelarska praksa. Oko 56 % pÄelara spremno je prijeÄi na ekoloÅ”ko (organsko) pÄelarstvo. Gotovo svi pÄelari (96,46 %) podržavaju uvoÄenje rane dijagnostike ameriÄke gnjiloÄe pÄelinjeg legla. Utvrdili smo da profesionalni pÄelari preferiraju konzervativni ekonomski model rasta temeljen na vlastitom kapitalu, dok hobisti preferiraju ekspanzivniji, ali i riziÄniji model rasta koji se temelji na financijskoj poluzi (dugu). Profesionalni pÄelari nisu skloni stvaranju zajedniÄkoga pÄelarskog fonda za pokrivanje gubitaka. S druge strane, snažno podupiru ideju udruživanja sa svrhom zajedniÄkog prodora na tržiÅ”te