Apiculture, #Bee keeping

Introduction

It is also known as bee keeping, it's deal with artificial rearing of honey bees to obtain bee product like most nutrative honey, wax, pollen, bee venom and Royal jelly

Honey is a food of high nutrative value and also finds uses in the indigenous system of medicine

Species of Honey bees

There are so many species of honey bees but main species are

1) Apis dorsata(rock bee/wild bee) 

2) Apis florea   (little bee) 

3) Apis mellifera(Europeans bee) 

4) Apis indica    (Indian bee)

These are the four main species for a successful bee keeping Apis mellifera and Apis indica are suitable species. 

Requirements and management

Bee keeping require equipment like bee hive boxes with comb foundation sheets, bee veil, smoker, bee brush, gloves, gym shoes, uncapping knife, swarm net, queen excluder, overall hive tool etc. 

For successful bee keeping we want to manage selection of suitable location, catching and hiving of swarms, management of hives during different season, Handeling and collection of honey, bee wax and other products

Periodic inspection of hive boxes for cleanliness, activities of bees and queen, condition of brood, provision of water is necessary. 

Lac culture, sericulture. 

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