The socio-economic profile of the pollination services providers apiarian exploitations

Abstract

The pollination of entomophilous plants represents a production factor which determines an important increase in production, its quality, profit and the rentability of entomophilous cultures. The aim of this paper is to realize the socio-economic profile of the pollination services providers’ apiarian exploitations taking into consideration beekeepers particularities, the herd size of the bees` families, the maintenance system adopted and the economic performances. Following the socio-economic field research, it has been determined that the beekeepers – pollination services providers have an average age of 48 years, an experience of 16 years, have a herd of 59 bees families and register a profit rate of 22%.