Commercial Beekeeping

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Beekeeping or agriculture, from, bee is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. A beekeeper or apiarist keeps bees in order to collect honey and other products of the hive including beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly, to pollinate, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or “bee-yeard”. There are more than 20,000 species of wild bees. Many species are solitary, and many others rear their young in burrows and small colonies, like and bumblebees. Beekeeping, or apiculture, is concened with the practical management, of the social species of honey bees, which live in large colonies of up to 100,000 individuals.

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Dr. U. K. Prasad is working as assitance professor in the dept of Entomology in Ranchi Agriculture College under Birsa Agricultural University in Ranchi. He has completed Master in Entomology and Ph.D in Entomology. He has written many research papers published in various National and International Journals and attended various seminars & sympsium. Dr. Rajeev Kumar is currently SMS (Plant Protection) at KVK Dumka at Birsa Agricultural University in Ranchi (Jharkhand). He has completed master in Plant Protection and then Ph.D degree in Pathology. He is having 10 years of teaching and research experience. He has written many research papers published in various National and International Journals besides attending various seminars & symposium of National as well as International level. Dr. Deo Kant Prasad is currently working in the dept of Agronomy, Ranchi Agriculture College under Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi (Jharkhand). He has completed master degree in Agronomy and obtained Ph.D in Agronomy from Ranchi Agriculture College, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi (Jharkhand). He is having good 10 years of teaching and research experience. He has written as many as 13 research papers published in various National and International Journals and attended various seminars & symposium. Table of Contents Preface Introduction Honey Bees and Beekeeping Beekeeping: Natural, Simple and Ecological Honey Hunting and Beekeeping Multi-Level Marketing of Quality Beekeeping Products Biodynamic Beekeeping Beekeeping and Honey Production in the Tigray Region Mountain Hills Beekeeping and Its Economic Efficiency Beekeeping, Honey Value Chain Financing Study Impact of Beekeeping on Forest Conservation, Preservation of forest Ecosystems and Poverty Reduction Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Locating Beekeeping Zone Comparative Benefits of Beekeeping Enterprise The Benefits to the Beekeeping Industry and Society Bibliography Index