Honey production in Kenya's Rift Valley Province has continued to fall in the past three years due to destruction of forests and diminishing land sizes.
He said negative human activity along the forests had contributed to less vegetation where bees drew nectar. He said land demarcation due to increasing population was also affecting bee keeping. Mwangi also said people feared bee stings and were reluctant to accommodate hives especially in densely populated areas.
"So far the leading honey producers in the region are the arid and semi-arid region, because they are sparsely populated and hence have less human impact on the environment," he said.
Mwangi said most bee-keeping in the region was by small scale and peasant farmers who are unable to purchase modern hives.
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