Apiculture is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper (or apiarist) keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produces (including beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly), to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or "bee yard".
# This could be for collecting honey and beeswax, or for pollinating crops, or for the purpose of selling bees to other beekeepers. About 85 per cent crops plants are cross-pollinated, and colonies of honeybees, placed in the field when the crop is in flowering stage, can set about the needed pollination; abundance of pollinators helps in early setting of seeds, resulting in early and a more uniform crop yield.
Apiculture is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper (or apiarist) keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produces (including beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly), to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or "bee yard".
# This could be for collecting honey and beeswax, or for pollinating crops, or for the purpose of selling bees to other beekeepers. About 85 per cent crops plants are cross-pollinated, and colonies of honeybees, placed in the field when the crop is in flowering stage, can set about the needed pollination; abundance of pollinators helps in early setting of seeds, resulting in early and a more uniform crop yield.