kpsingh1446
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Hello,
I want to know about bee honey keeing in up for commercial purpose.
I want to know about bee honey keeing in up for commercial purpose.
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Bee honey keeping
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Hello Sir
In India beekeeping has been mainly forest based. Several natural plant species provide nectar and pollen to honey bees. Thus, the raw material for production of honey is available free from nature. Bee hives neither demand additional land space nor do they compete with agriculture or animal husbandry for any input.
The raw materials for the beekeeping industry are mainly pollen and nectar that come from flowering plants.
Both the natural and cultivated vegetation in India constitute an immense potential for development of beekeeping.
About 500 flowering plant species, both wild and cultivated, are useful as major or minor sources of nectar and pollen.
There are at least four species of true honey bees and three species of the stingless bees. Several sub-species and races of these are known to exist.
In recent years the exotic honey bee has been introduced.
Together these represent a wide variety of bee fauna that can be utilized for the development of honey industry in the country.
There are several types of indigenous and traditional hives including logs, clay pots, wall niches, baskets and boxes of different sizes and shapes.
In modern beekeeping, the combs are built on wooden frames that are moveable.
Three types of moveable frame hive are in common use :
the Newton type along with its standardized version ISI Type A
the Jeolikote Villager, and its counterpart ISI Type B, and the Langstroth type.
Besides the hives, the beekeepers need equipment and implements like the hive stand, nucleus box and smoker.
The industry also needs equipment and machinery for handling and processing of honey, beeswax, for manufacture of comb foundation sheets, and for other operations.
Organized collection of forest honey and beeswax using improved methods can result in an additional production of at least 120,000 tons of honey and 10,000 tons of beeswax.
There are special management techniques like queen rearing, migration for honey production or for colony multiplication, which the beekeeper takes up after he gains sufficient knowledge and experience in handling bee colonies.
Beekeeping with Apis mellifera is now popular in several regions in India, including Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Management of mellifera bee colonies involves their migration to locations with rich forage potential.
Though beekeepers are undertaking migration for production, there is a great scope to increase the efficiency and improve honey production.
This can be facilitated with a knowledge of floral resources and evolving appropriate migration schedules for different beekeeping regions.
U may contact
Central Bee Research and Training Institute
Khadi and Village Industries Commission,1153,
Ganesh Khind Road, Pune - 411 016
Telefax: 020-25655351
Phone no.:020-25675865
Contact
K. Lakshmi Rao and K. Subba Rao,
researchers at the Central Bee Research and Training Institute, Pune
In India beekeeping has been mainly forest based. Several natural plant species provide nectar and pollen to honey bees. Thus, the raw material for production of honey is available free from nature. Bee hives neither demand additional land space nor do they compete with agriculture or animal husbandry for any input.
The raw materials for the beekeeping industry are mainly pollen and nectar that come from flowering plants.
Both the natural and cultivated vegetation in India constitute an immense potential for development of beekeeping.
About 500 flowering plant species, both wild and cultivated, are useful as major or minor sources of nectar and pollen.
There are at least four species of true honey bees and three species of the stingless bees. Several sub-species and races of these are known to exist.
In recent years the exotic honey bee has been introduced.
Together these represent a wide variety of bee fauna that can be utilized for the development of honey industry in the country.
There are several types of indigenous and traditional hives including logs, clay pots, wall niches, baskets and boxes of different sizes and shapes.
In modern beekeeping, the combs are built on wooden frames that are moveable.
Three types of moveable frame hive are in common use :
the Newton type along with its standardized version ISI Type A
the Jeolikote Villager, and its counterpart ISI Type B, and the Langstroth type.
Besides the hives, the beekeepers need equipment and implements like the hive stand, nucleus box and smoker.
The industry also needs equipment and machinery for handling and processing of honey, beeswax, for manufacture of comb foundation sheets, and for other operations.
Organized collection of forest honey and beeswax using improved methods can result in an additional production of at least 120,000 tons of honey and 10,000 tons of beeswax.
There are special management techniques like queen rearing, migration for honey production or for colony multiplication, which the beekeeper takes up after he gains sufficient knowledge and experience in handling bee colonies.
Beekeeping with Apis mellifera is now popular in several regions in India, including Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
Management of mellifera bee colonies involves their migration to locations with rich forage potential.
Though beekeepers are undertaking migration for production, there is a great scope to increase the efficiency and improve honey production.
This can be facilitated with a knowledge of floral resources and evolving appropriate migration schedules for different beekeeping regions.
U may contact
Central Bee Research and Training Institute
Khadi and Village Industries Commission,1153,
Ganesh Khind Road, Pune - 411 016
Telefax: 020-25655351
Phone no.:020-25675865
Contact
K. Lakshmi Rao and K. Subba Rao,
researchers at the Central Bee Research and Training Institute, Pune