a) (i) State Five benefits of keeping bees (ii) Outline the steps involved in establishing an apiary b) (i) State Five ways of enhancing the productivity of...

(a) (i)  Benefits of keeping bees;

• Honey production/food    
• Employment/job creation     
• Prevention of extinction of bees    
• For research / education   
• Kept for protection/security/defense 
• Kept as hobby/leisure
• Bee sting is medicinal   
• Source of foreign exchange
• Bees are pollinating agents of crops   -   
• Source of raw materials/propolis/wax/royal jelly
• Income generation/high marketability   
• Biodiversity/maintenance of ecosystem  

(ii) Steps involved in establishing an apiary;

• Site selection/identification of a suitable location=      
• Clearing of the site/create a stand
• Installation of beehive/set up a beehive  
• Bait the beehive/stock the beehive with bees
• Inspection for colonization/rebaiting/restocking
• Set up warning signs

(b)  (i)  Ways of enhancing the productivity of a pig farm;

• Ensure proper sanitation   
• Minimize food wastage
• Give good quality feed/balanced  
• Pest control
• Ensure proper record keeping      
• Rear good quality breeds
• Provision of adequate water     
• Brooding of piglets
• Regular deworming     
• Provision of good housing
• Provision of wallowing facility    
• Vaccination
• Training of farm workers    
• Control of pests
• Good breeding programme/control of inbreeding
• Culling of diseased/unproductive/aggressive animals
• Sell at an appropriate age/adopt good marketing strategy
• Control disease/prevent disease outbreak/biosecurity/isolation of sick 
• animals
• Administration of drugs

(ii) Management practices carried out on piglets from birth to weaning;       

• Isolation of sick piglets      
• Giving of iron injection
• Clipping of needle teeth      
• Use of guard rails
• Allowing access to plenty of water    
• Ensuring good sanitation     
• Prevention of crushing/creep feeding  
• Provision of veterinary care
• Provision of nutritious/balanced diet   
• Fostering of orphaned piglets
• Proper identification of animals    
• Provision of straw as bedding at early age
• Cutting of umbilical cord and apply a tincture of iodine
• Castration of males not required for breeding
• Clearing of mucous from the nostril
• Allowing access to colostrum/regular breastfeeding