MAHATMA PHULE KRISHI VIDYAPEETH ,

RAHURI
KARMAYOGI D.S. PATIL COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE,NASHIK
COURSE NO. – SRP-EL-ENTO-406
COURSE TITLE – COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPING

PRESENTED BY – PANKAJ RAMCHANDRA AHER

REG NO. AN-02/2018
PRESENTATION TOPIC – EQUIPMENTS OF BEEKEEPING
MODULE INCHARGE – DR. D.S.SHINDE
 THE BEE VEIL
• A veil or netting is worn over the head to protect the face from the
attacks of bees while removing honey from a hive or working about it.
• It is worn over the hat and tucked under the coat, or drawn over a light
metal frame which covers the head and rests on the shoulders.
 THE BEE SMOKER
• A bee smoker is a device used in beekeeping to calm honey bees. It is
designed to generate smoke from the smoldering of various fuels, hence
the name.
• It is commonly designed as a stainless steel cylinder with a lid that
narrows to a gap with a half inch diameter.
 GLOVES
•  They are made of leather and other tough but flexible materials. The
gloves extend to the elbows, where they are tied.
• Many experienced beekeepers do not use gloves as bees will generally not
sting unless provoked.
•  Bee gloves protect the hand and forearm area.
 QUEEN EXCLUDER
•  A queen excluder is a perforated barrier placed between the brood
chamber and the honey super that prevents the queen from entering the
honey super and laying eggs.
 QUEEN GATE
• It is a piece of queen excluder sheet.
• It is fitted on the slot of entrance gate.
• It confines the queen inside the hive.
• It is useful to prevent swarming and absconding.
• It also prevents the entry of bee enemies like wasps into the hive.
 HIVE TOOL
• It is a piece of flattened iron with flattened down edge at one end.
• It is useful to separate hive parts and frames glued together with propolis.
• It is also useful in scrapping excess propolis or wax and superfluous
combs or wax from various parts of the hive.
 EMBEDDER
• It is a small tool with a spur or round wheel on the top.
• It is used to fix the comb foundation sheet on the wires of the frame.
• Electric wire is also used for this purpose which is useful to reinforce the
comb and give extra strength to the comb.
 SWARM TRAP
• It is a rectangular box used to trap and carry the swarm.
• It is fixed near the hive entrance with one (or) two combs inside during
the swarming period.
• This box traps and retains the queen only. But the swarm coming out from
the hive reenter the hive and settles on the comb, since the queen is
trapped.
 DUMMY DIVISION BOARD
• It is a wooden board slightly larger than the brood frame. It is placed
inside the brood chamber.
• It can be used as a movable wall there by limiting the volume of brood
chamber which will help the bees to maintain the hive temperature and to
protect them from enemies. It is useful in managing small colonies
 DECAPPING KNIFE
• Single or Double edged steel knife is used for removing wax cappings
from the honey comb.
 HONEY EXTRACTOR
• A honey extractor is a mechanical device used in the extraction of honey
from honeycombs.
• A honey extractor extracts the honey from the honey comb without
destroying the comb.
 BEE BRUSH
• A soft-camel-hair brush is used to brush the bees off the  honeycomb
before it is taken for extraction.
 POLLEN TRAP
• Pollen trapping screen inside this trap scrapes pellets from the legs of the
returning foragers.
• It is set at the hive entrance. The collected pollen pellets fall into a drawer
type of receving tray.
 COMB FOUNDATION SHEET
• The sheet is fixed to the frames on fine wires threaded through holes in
the side bars and stretched tight.
• A spur or an electrical heating device is used to embed wires into the
comb foundation sheets which are prepared in a comb foundation mill.
• The bees construct superstructure of comb cells over the sheet.
Regular Inspecting Honeybee Hives
Testing The Purity Of Honey
Visit to eminent Apiculture unit in Nashik
‘Suprakruti Madhushala’
 Business networking skills acquired
What is Business Networking Skill ?
Business networking is the process of establishing a mutually beneficial relationship with other
business people and potential clients or customers
A) Marketing strategies for reaching new clints :
•Smart advertisement
•Promotional videos
•Free samples
•Facebook pages
•Training classes
B) Implementation of marketing strategies
•Lower your price
•Create brand loyality
•Rise your profile
•Quality assurance
•Online selling and home delivery
C) Initiative for uninterrupted flow of raw material from supplier
•1)Advanced booking of raw material to Suppliest.
•2 Advanced a Strong relationship with suppliers of the raw materials
needed in marketing the product the company delivers.
•3) Marking frequents injury about product is manufactured, tested, packing
& Scheduled from delivery.
 Personal Characteristics of Successful
Entrepreneurs
•Persistent
•Creative
•Responsible
•Inquisitive
•Goal-oriented
•Independent
•Self-confident
•Risk taker
 Steps of the Entrepreneurial Process

•1. Discovery
•2. Concept Development
•3. Resourcing
•4. Actualization
•5. Harvesting
 Skills Needed by Successful Entrepreneurs

•Communication skills
• Human relations skills
• Mathematics skills
• Problem-solving & Decision-making skills
• Technical skills
• Basic Business skills