● `color{Brown}"Bee-keeping or apiculture"` is the maintenance of hives of `color{Violet}"honeybees"` for the production of `color{Violet}"honey"`.
● It has been an age-old `color{Violet}"cottage industry"`.
● `color{Violet}"Honey"` is a food of `color{Violet}"high nutritive value"` and also finds use in the `color{Violet}"indigenous systems"` `color{Violet}"of medicine"`.
● `color{Violet}"Honeybee"` also produces `color{Violet}"beeswax"`, which finds many uses in industry, such as in the preparation of cosmetics and polishes of various kinds.
● The increased demand of honey has led to `color{Violet}"large-scale"` `color{Violet}"beekeeping practices"`; it has become an established income generating industry, whether practiced on a small or on a large scale.
● Bee-keeping can be practiced in any area where there are `color{Violet}"sufficient bee pastures"` of some wild shrubs, fruit orchards and cultivated crops.
● There are several `color{Violet}"species of honeybees"` which can be reared.
● Of these, the most common species is `color{Violet}"𝘈𝘱𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢"`.
● Beehives can be kept in `color{Violet}"one’s courtyard"`, on the `color{Violet}"verandah"` of the house or even on the roof.
● Bee-keeping is `color{Violet}"not labour-intensive"`.
● Bee-keeping though `color{Violet}"relatively easy"` does require some `color{Violet}"specialized knowledge"` and there are several organisations that teach bee-keeping.
● `color{Brown}"The following points are"` `color{Brown}"important for"` `color{Brown}"successful bee-keeping"`:
(i) Knowledge of the `color{Violet}"nature and habits"` of bees,
(ii) Selection of `color{Violet}"suitable location"` for keeping the beehives,
(iii) Catching and `color{Violet}"hiving of swarms"` (group of bees),
(iv) `color{Violet}"Management of beehives"` during different seasons, and
(v) Handling and collection of `color{Violet}"honey and of beeswax"`.
● Bees are the `color{Violet}"pollinators"` of many of our crop species such as `color{Violet}"sunflower"`, `color{Violet}"Brassica"`, `color{Violet}"apple"` and `color{Violet}"pear"`.
● Keeping beehives in crop fields during `color{Violet}"flowering period"` increases `color{Violet}"pollination efficiency"` and improves the `color{Violet}"yield"`–beneficial both from the point of view of crop yield and honey yield.
● `color{Brown}"Bee-keeping or apiculture"` is the maintenance of hives of `color{Violet}"honeybees"` for the production of `color{Violet}"honey"`.
● It has been an age-old `color{Violet}"cottage industry"`.
● `color{Violet}"Honey"` is a food of `color{Violet}"high nutritive value"` and also finds use in the `color{Violet}"indigenous systems"` `color{Violet}"of medicine"`.
● `color{Violet}"Honeybee"` also produces `color{Violet}"beeswax"`, which finds many uses in industry, such as in the preparation of cosmetics and polishes of various kinds.
● The increased demand of honey has led to `color{Violet}"large-scale"` `color{Violet}"beekeeping practices"`; it has become an established income generating industry, whether practiced on a small or on a large scale.
● Bee-keeping can be practiced in any area where there are `color{Violet}"sufficient bee pastures"` of some wild shrubs, fruit orchards and cultivated crops.
● There are several `color{Violet}"species of honeybees"` which can be reared.
● Of these, the most common species is `color{Violet}"𝘈𝘱𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢"`.
● Beehives can be kept in `color{Violet}"one’s courtyard"`, on the `color{Violet}"verandah"` of the house or even on the roof.
● Bee-keeping is `color{Violet}"not labour-intensive"`.
● Bee-keeping though `color{Violet}"relatively easy"` does require some `color{Violet}"specialized knowledge"` and there are several organisations that teach bee-keeping.
● `color{Brown}"The following points are"` `color{Brown}"important for"` `color{Brown}"successful bee-keeping"`:
(i) Knowledge of the `color{Violet}"nature and habits"` of bees,
(ii) Selection of `color{Violet}"suitable location"` for keeping the beehives,
(iii) Catching and `color{Violet}"hiving of swarms"` (group of bees),
(iv) `color{Violet}"Management of beehives"` during different seasons, and
(v) Handling and collection of `color{Violet}"honey and of beeswax"`.
● Bees are the `color{Violet}"pollinators"` of many of our crop species such as `color{Violet}"sunflower"`, `color{Violet}"Brassica"`, `color{Violet}"apple"` and `color{Violet}"pear"`.
● Keeping beehives in crop fields during `color{Violet}"flowering period"` increases `color{Violet}"pollination efficiency"` and improves the `color{Violet}"yield"`–beneficial both from the point of view of crop yield and honey yield.