Abstract

Aim of the current research is to know degree of commitment of bee keepers with modern methods in storing and marketing bee products in Nineveh governorate / Iraq in general, know the correlation between level of following modern methods in storing and marketing bee products and independent variables of research (academic achievement, years spent in bee breeding, percentage of contribution of bee keeping in annual revenue its owner , environment of bee hive, number of bee hives , status of property of bee hive and purpose of breeding bees), To collect data, researcher adopted a survey of two parts: first number of personal variables of bee keepers. Second a scale to measure degree of commitment of bee keepers with modern methods in storing and marketing bee products with (30) items. Surface validity was verified. Stability reached (0,93). Society of research was all (113) licensed bee breeders come from these regions: (Al-Gweer 24) (Bartillah 18) (Sinjar 30) (Talaafar 19) (Al-Namrood 23). A percentage representing (40%) of society was chosen . Thus sample was (45) researchees. Results showed that level of commitment of bee keepers with modern methods in storing and marketing bee products in general is moderate tends to increase. There was a morally significant relation between level of commitment of bee keepers with modern methods in storing and marketing bee products and the following independent variables (percentage of contribution of bee keeping in annual revenue of its owner, number of bee hives). The first three items were (I always sterilize tools of purifying honey, make sure that jars are tightly closed, keep main dates to harvest honey ) respectively. Researcher recommends adopt technique of extracting bees poison by electric shock outside hive, extract gemogenes from bees, inject bees poison to treat diseases.