EARN BENEFITS THROUGH THE BEEKEEPING

Ankit Kumar1 and Abhinav Kumar2,

Department of Entomology
C.C.S.P.G. College Henora Etawah1
Department of Horticulture,
Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology Kumarganj, Faizabad2

Abstract -

Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in man-made
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." There are more than 20,000 species of wild bees. Many species are solitary
(e.g., mason bees, leafcutter bees (Megachilidae), carpenter bees and other ground-nesting bees).
Many others rear their young in burrows and small colonies (e.g., bumblebees and stingless
bees). Some honey bees are wild e.g. the little honeybee (Apis florea), giant honeybee (Apis
dorsata) and rock bee (Apis laboriosa). Beekeeping, or apiculture, is concerned with the practical
management of the social species of honey bees.

It was not until the 18th century that European natural philosophers undertook the
scientific study of bee colonies and began to understand the complex and hidden world of bee
biology. Preeminent among these scientific pioneers were Swammerdam, René Antoine
Ferchault de Réaumur, Charles Bonnet, and François Huber. Swammerdam and Réaumur were
among the first to use a microscope and dissection to understand the internal biology of honey
bees. There are two types of beekeeping methods are used in India Traditional beekeeping and
Modern beekeeping. Fixed comb hives are comes under In Traditional method and top-bar,
Horizontal frame hives, Vertical stackable frame hives are comes in Modern methods.