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Karmayogi Dulaji Sitaram Patil,

College Of Agriculture, Nashik
(Affiliated Mahatma Phule
Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri)

Experimental Learning Module

Course No .- SRP -EL ENTO-407
Course Title - Commercial Beekeeping
Name of Department - Department Of Agriculture
Entomology
Topic Name:- Scope And Importance Of
Apiculture
Presented By :– Mr.Birpan Sanee Pravin
Reg No :- AN-15-2017
Under The Guidence Of – Dr. Dipak S. Shinde
 INTRODUCTION

Honeybees belong to the order Hymenoptera

 and to one of the species.

Beekeeping Is also known as Apiculture is

the Rearing of the Insect bee.

The main reason for beekeeping is to

produce Honey
Scope Of Beekeeping
Beekeeping can be a
profitable occupation in
areas with good floral
pasturage Beekeeping can
be a profitable .
According to recent statistics, about 50 million
hectares of land is under the cultivation of oilseeds,
pulses, orchards and other crops useful to bees and
benefitted by bee pollination.
In addition, there is about 60 million hectares of
forest area with beekeeping potential. 

This vast area of agriculture and forest may

easily sustain at least one crore bee colonies.
Bee keeping can profitably be pursued by men,
women and children, by farmers, orchardists, and
by those who are landless or underemployed.

 A farmercan get higher income from bee keeping

than from other avocations.
 Importance Of apiculture
Importance Beekeeping

 It can provide the under employed

agriculturalist with full employment and
with extra income.

  It is involved with the collection valuable

products such as honey , wax , royal jelly
etc.
• Apiculture provides
products such as
honey and wax that
are used
commercially.
• Honeybees are
responsible for
pollination and thus
help in increasing
the yield of the
several plants.
 Advantages of honey

1)Provide honey – A valuable nutritinal food.

2)Provide bee wax- Which has many uses in

industry.

3)Honey bees are Excellent pollinating agents,

thus increasing agricultural yields.
4) It is provide Honey.

5) It provide bees wax.

6) It increase agriculture crop

production. And More than
40% of crop Production in
depends on honeybee
pollination.

7) It provide Excellent source of

Income.
8) Apiculture is important because it provides bees
with a safe place to work and live.

9) bees pollinate many of

our food sources, it's
important to keep the
bee population healthy.

10) Apiculture provides an environment in which

to study bee habitat and behavior.
Actual Work Done

Extraction of bee wax

Purity taste of Honey
Survey of Local market of honey & byproduct
Daily Obesevation
Visit to organic bee farm YCM Nashik
Thank You….