Research on beekeepers income estimation based on honey production.
The paper aimed to optimize beekeepers income based on marketed honey production. In this purpose, a sample of 37 apiaries was studied in the year 2011. The average honey production was 1.76 tons per apiary and beekeepers income coming from commercialized honey counted for Lei thousand 13.78. The correlation coefficient between the two indicators was a positive and strong one (r xy =0.885). The production function y=0.459+7.568 x has been calculated based on linear regression and least square method. It has been used in order to estimate beekeepers income for the period 2012-2016. As conclusion, an increase of honey production by 10% annually will assure 2.82 production tons in 2016 as well as Lei thousand 21.87 income per apiary in the year 2016, meaning by 58% more than in 2011. In this purpose, beekeepers have to raise more bee families, to assure them a corresponding feeding and maintenance, to increase honey production and sell it at a higher price.