HONEY BEE FARMING

Introduction:  Agriculture has been the backbone of the Indian economy. Unfortunately, even after several attempts and decades of planning, agriculture sector has remained far from achieving its due share of accolades. Our farmers remain poor primarily due to lack of access to modern technology, implements, inputs and credit. Government schemes are available, but the poor farmers lack the intellect and the knowledge to access such schemes. Product Description: Maintaining Bee colonies in man-made hives is called Honey Bee Farming or Bee-Keeping. The practice of Honey Bee farming is termed technically as ‘Apiculture’ and the location where these man-made hives are maintained is called an ‘apiary’. Bees are generally farmed for their honey and other products like Bee wax, Propolis, flower pollen, royal jelly, Bee pollen, etc. This practice also produces Bees which are sold by the Beekeepers for income generation. Bee farming was believed to have begun thousands of centuries ago in North Africa. It is estimated that there are more than 20,000 species of wild Bee species around the world. Bee farming is practiced with the social species of Honey Bee variety, which live in colonies. Two widely known varieties of Bees from the Apis genus are Apis Mellifera and Apis cerana. The mellifera species are mostly managed by Bee keepers of Europe and America and hence this species is also known as a Western Honey Bee. The cerana is managed by the Bee keepers of the tropics and is also known as Asiatic Honey Bee. There are two major ways in which these Bees are farmed, they are: the traditional Bee keeping way like the fixed comb hives and the modern Bee keeping techniques like the top-bar hives, horizontal frame hives and the vertical stackable frame hives. This Honey Bee farming project report describes the activities of Bee Keeping and at the end it discusses about the cost involved to maintain a small farm of Bees and the profits linked to it.   This is where farm entrepreneurs can play a major role. What you will learn from this vocational education module? Remember, CREDO Charitable Trust inspired IC-SURE Projects Marketing Private Limited is not a company looking at reaping profits. One of our many objectives is to spread knowledge amongst the masses in order to integrate the youth, the able bodies into a network that is committed to earn for the society while generating self wealth. We believe that the way forward is in creating social infrastructure where the educated, the skilled, the intellectuals integrate with the abilities, labour and experience of the farmers, the unskilled and the marginalised to create a new society which is woven into a circular economy where one is dependent on the efforts of the other. This module aims to educate you to become a Farm Start up: This is where you come in. Equipped with knowledge, resources, hand held by CREDO, you become the cementing factor to deploy modern scientific methods and technology in farming while integrating the best of inputs, government grants and schemes to achieve:

• Higher yield per acre using scientific farming practices
• Standardized produce
• Reduction in farm wastage during harvesting
• Creating a network of value-added micro food processors within the rural set up like dry spice packaging, dehydrated fruits and vegetables, allied rural processing like mat making, bags, etc.
• Setting up market linkage with small micro-food processors, chain stores, super markets and exporters.

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• ENLIST WITH OUR CLIENTS post completion of your course and work on projects with stipend
• ENLIST AS A TUTOR post completion of your course and earn from our projects
• START UP YOUR BUSINESS and let us help you grow, promoting & marketing your business