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    Apiculture is the practice of beekeeping and honey harvesting. It has a history of over 10,000 years and was originally used mainly for honey production. There are different species of bees kept in various hive designs. Beehives are managed through understanding bee hierarchy and performing tasks like smoke, removing frames, and extracting honey. Apiculture provides benefits like being a major honey source in nature, producing beeswax, offering an inexpensive and profitable industry, and conserving biodiversity, making it an important practice.

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    Apiculture is the practice of beekeeping and honey harvesting. It has a history of over 10,000 years and was originally used mainly for honey production. There are different species of bees kept in various hive designs. Beehives are managed through understanding bee hierarchy and performing tasks like smoke, removing frames, and extracting honey. Apiculture provides benefits like being a major honey source in nature, producing beeswax, offering an inexpensive and profitable industry, and conserving biodiversity, making it an important practice.

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    Apiculture is the practice of beekeeping and honey harvesting. It has a history of over 10,000 years and was originally used mainly for honey production. There are different species of bees kept in various hive designs. Beehives are managed through understanding bee hierarchy and performing tasks like smoke, removing frames, and extracting honey. Apiculture provides benefits like being a major honey source in nature, producing beeswax, offering an inexpensive and profitable industry, and conserving biodiversity, making it an important practice.

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    Apiculture

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    What is Apiculture?

    History of Apiculture.

    How is it performed?

    Benefits of Apiculture.

    Why is it needed?

    Summary
    What is Apiculture?

    APIS + CULTURE
    History of Apiculture:

    Started over 10,000 years ago.

    Not much developed but widely practised.

    Mostly used for production of honey.


    Different types of hives in ancient times:

    Hollow Logs Pottery Vessels Wooden Boxes


    How is it performed?
    Different species of bees:

    Rock Bee Asian Bee (Apis Little Bee European Bee


    (Apis Dorsata) Cerena Indica) (Apis Florea) (Apis Mellifera)
    Different hive designs:

    Examples: Langstroth hive, Warre, Top Bar hive, Beehaus hive, Flow hives, etc.
    Bee hierarchy in the hive:
    Management of the hive:

    Many more…..
    Extraction Process:

    Smoke Remove the frames Isolate all the bees Extract honey
    Major source of Honey in nature.

    Production of Beeswax

    Benefits of Rearing them is inexpensive.


    Apiculture:
    One can earn large amounts of profit in this industry.

    Many things to learn from them.

    Conservation of Biodiversity
    Why is it needed?

    NEED
    OF
    THE
    HOUR
    Summary:

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