The Complete Book on Beekeeping and Honey Processing

Contents: 1. History of beekeeping in India present status and future. 2. World scenario in beekeeping. 3. Beekeeping in India’s role of KVIC. 4. Beekeeping research set-up, achievements and future strategies. 5. Major constraints in beekeeping. 6. Bees and their economic importance. 7. Morphology, anatomy, colony organization and life cycle. 8. Beekeeping equipments. 9. Seasonal activities and social behaviour of honey bees. 10. Food of the honeybees, bee flora and honey flow periods. 11. Seasonal management of honeybee colonies. 12. Migratory beekeeping. 13. Diseases of bees and their enemies. 14. Bee hive products. 15. Bees and agriculture. 16. Non-Apis bee pollinators. 17. Pesticidal poisoning to honeybees. 18. Bee pasturage.9. Queen rearing and artificial queen. 20. Beekeeping and ancillary industries. 21. Handling bees. 22. Marketing of bee products. 23. Honeybees - environmental quality indicators. 24. Honey analysis. 25. Promotion of beekeeping in Kerala. 26. Promotion of beekeeping in Punjab. 27. Beekeeping in Himachal Pradesh. 28. Conclusions and future strategies. 29. Bee forage in India. 30. Plant and machinery photographs. 31. Addresses of plant and machinery suppliers. Beekeeping is the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. Bees are accommodated in artificial lives where they live comfortably within easy reach of the bee keeper for examination and extraction of surplus lovely, after keeping of sufficient lovely in the combs for the bees. Honey is a part of bees, which gather sugar containing nectars from flowers. Honey should be processed as soon as possible after removal from the hive. Honey processing is a sticky operation, in which time and patience are required to achieve the best results. Careful protection against contamination by ants and flying insects is needed at all stages of processing. Bee honey is natural, unrefined food consumed as much in fresh or canned state. It is readily assimilated and is more acceptable to the stomach, particularly in the case of ailing persons, than cane sugar. It is an antiseptic and is applied to wounds and burns with beneficial results. Honey collection and its marketing in India are still not fully organised. The main uses of honey are in cooking, baking, as a spread on breads and as an addition to various beverages such as tea and as a sweetener in commercial beverages. Honey is the main ingredient in the alcoholic beverages mead, which is also known as honey wine or honey bear, honey is also used in medicines. A number of small scale industries depend upon bees and bee products. Honey and bees products finds use in several industries which are under; pharmaceuticals, meat packing, bees wax in industries, bee venom, royal jelly, bee nurseries, bee equipments and hives etc. There is considerable demand for the honey and other products. Outside the thousands of homemade recipes in each cultural tradition, honey is largely used on a small scale as well as at an industrial level. Some of the fundamentals of the book are history of beekeeping in India present, all India co ordinate research project on honey bee research and training, future plan for development, the pattern of beekeeping today, development of beekeeping equipments, beekeeping industry and honeybee species, bee hive products, medicinal properties of honey, bees and agriculture, pesticidal poisoning to honeybees, handling bees, queen rearing and artificial queen, beekeeping and ancillary industries, honey based industries, honey in pharmaceuticals, honey in meat packing, beeswax in industries, bee stings precautions and treatment. The book contains the steps of bee keeping in proper manner and details of honey processing. This book is an invaluable resource for new entrepreneurs, technocrats and also for established enterprises.…