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TAXONOMIC POSITION OF HONEYBEE
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4-·3 DAYS : SECRETION OF ROYAL
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SECRETE WAX
COMB CONSTRUCTION
REPAIRING COMB
MAINTAINING TEMP. OF HIVE
RIPPENING OF HONEY
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BEE STATE
SPECIES
Y Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
Karnataka, Bihar
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Kerala, Tamilnadu,
Karnataka,Maharastra North East
Y Punjab, Haryana, Jammu &
Kashmir, Bihar
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Gujarat (Kutchh)
Kerala, Karnataka, North East
MIndia will have to produce more and more farm products from
less and less land and water. The higher production will have to
come from technologies that are eco-friendly and
environmentally sustainable. Bee keeping is one of such
technologies that generates income from multiple channels.
MThis enterprise is capable of enhancing national production by
utilizing natures gift which until going waste and that too
without any suffering the nature or damaging the environment.
MBee keeping does not have any specific land requirement; bee
colonies can be placed in waste lands, uncultivated areas,,
forests, on the margin of field, along side the road, canals and
railway tract etc
MBee keeping can profitably integrated with agriculture/
intensive farming system without any competition for input
resources and can proved to boon for uplift of unemployed,
underemployed, landless rural people and labour class
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HIGHLY PROFITABLE AND EMPLOYMENT
GENERATING ENTERPRISE
MULTIPRONGED EMPLOYMENT GENERATING
FIVE TIRE ACTIVITY:
a DIRECT PRODUCTION OF BEE PRODUCTS FROM BEE
COLONIES
a MULTIPLICATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS QUEEN BEE
BREEDING, PRODUCTION OF NUCLEUS COLONIES
AND PACKAGE
a FABRICATION OF BEE KEEPING EQUIPMENT
a PROCESSING, PACKAGING OF BEE PRODUCTS AND
TRADE ACTIVITIES
a CUSTOM SERVICE / CONSULTANCY FOR CROP
POLLINATION AND BEE MANAGEMENT ASPECTS
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economic modeling with
profitability with ·0,0 and ·00 bee
colony apiaries. He estimated cost
of honey production to be Rs./-
4.0, 2.2 and ·4.60 per kg.(later
two units as migratory bee
keeping). If we consider 3 Rs. As
the minimum rate of honey, the net
profit from ·00 bee colony unit
after first year was estimated Rs.
·,600 per annum.
Table 6. Estimated annual contribution of bee keeping
towards economy of the Punjab(200·-02)
COMMODITY MONETORY
CONTRIBUTION (Rs.in
million§
Sale of honey 200
Sale of colony 20
Sale of equipments 0
Estimated pollination 2000
benefits
Total 200
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bee keeping
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It is a true wax secreted by four
pairs of wax glands on ventral sides
of the abdomen of the worker bee
of about two weeks of age.
To produce one kg of wax average
.40 kg of honey is consumed by
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Plant breeding programme
Fruit pollination
Studying and treating allergic
conditions such as hay fever
Producing pollen supplement
for feeding to the bees
Feeding human being and
domestic animals alone or with
honey or royal jelly
n curing hypertension,
normalize the activity of
intestine, improving appetite,
curing anemia, pollen of date
palm useful in curing sterility
It is a sticky, gummy,
resinous material gathered
by bees from trees and
other vegetation either from
bud or a bark.
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collects
propolis Y
do not
collect it.
A special plates with holes
are used, the worker try to
seal those holes and fill the
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trays with propolis.
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A special plastic net are
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placed at the top in place of
inner cover.
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from hypogeal gland of young worker
bee .
a It is fed to the queen through out
her grub and adult life and also to
the grub of worker and drone.
aA single queen cell of Y
produces20-300 mg of royal jelly
aIt has reputation of being panacea(
! aphrodisiacs and
rejuvenator.
aIt is a tonic, restoring energy,
getting rid of the feelings of in
deposition and improper appetite.
aIt is useful in treating disorders of
cardiovascular system and
gastrointestinal tract
ROYAL JELLY
PRODUCTION
ROYAL JELLY
PRODUCTION
> The venom is stored in
the poison sac
A bee can produce 0.3
mg of bee venom
Bee venom is useful
for the desensitization
of hypersensitive
individuals
Useful for the
treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis,
disease of iris,
reducing blood
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and deposition in
blood vessels
HIVE BEES ARE BETTER AGENTS FOR
POLLINATION BECAUSE:
Manageable in any number, season and at
any place
Show behaviour of floral fedality/constancy
Purposely collect pollen for the brood and
adult bees.
Body is profusely hairy thereby collecting
higher pollen load than other pollinators do.
Pollen collected by bees also utilized for
pollination of crop.
Because of being active foragers, the hive
bees can also be utilized as pollen dispenser
for increased crop pollination.
Table ··. CROPS KNOWN TO REQUIRE AND/OR ARE
BENEFITED FROM INSECT POLLINATION
FRUIT CROPS SEED CROPS
FOR FOOD, FOR PROPAGATION
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Table ·2. INCREASE IN YEILD(%) BY BEE POLLINATION OVER SELF POLLINATION
ORCHARD CROPS VEGETABLES
APPLE ·0-60 ASPARAGUS ·240
PEARS 240-60·4 CABBAGE ·00-300
PLUMS -2 3 CARROT -·3
CHERRY 6-·000 ONION 34-
RASPBERRY ··-463 RADISH 22-·00
LITCHI 43-·0246 TURNIP ·00-·2
CITRUS 2·-4·· OILSEEDS
ORANGE 4 ·-00 BROWN MUSTARD ·3-222
STRAWBERRY 3-6 LINSEED 2-40
GUAVA 0-·40 RAI ·
RAPE ·2-·3
LEGUME SEEDS SUNFLOWER 2-2
TORIA 66-220
ALFA ALFA 23-· 33 WHITE MUSTARD ·2-·2
BERSEEM & 23-33 MISCELIANEOUS CROPS
OTHERS
CLOVERS ·0 BUCK WHEAT 63
BROAD BEANS -0 COFFEE · -3
KIDNEY BEANS 00-600 EGYPTIAN COTTON ·6-24
RUNNER BEANS 2·-··00 FENNEL ·00
NIGER 24-· 3
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Table ·6. Effect of different pollination treatments
on the yield of Sesamum and Niger
Total 3·.6
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Table ·.Occurrence of bee diseases in India (brood
diseases)
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