Bee Keeping Urban Area If you want start bee keeping in city or Urban Area it’s good idea but you need to know something before taking decision. In urban area many peoples afraid to see the bees because they can stung them. It’s true but it’s not much harmful for them. You need to say them it’s benefits of bees and stinging then they don’t afraid. In the field while they going out side the hive to collect nectar and water they are not much defensive. Selection of Right Location First of all you need to select proper place where bees are invisible to other people. “Out of sight out of mind” is a famous quote if people don’t see the bee colonies they never…

The Beekeeping is an ancient art that has fascinated its devotees since earliest times. Honey robbed from wild colonies in trees & caves was early people’s main source of sweet food. Dominance of honey  the major sweetener continued until cane and beet sugar became generally available in comparatively recent times. Honey with its unique flavors and aromas and natural origin still has wide appeal. World production was estimated at 1,446 million pounds in 1976 and more than 1,415 million pounds in 1977. In the United States about 200,000 people keep almost 5 million colonies and produce 200 million to 250 million pounds of honey annually. Beekeepers can be classified as full-time, sideline, or hobbyist, with the number of colonies operated by individual owners varying from one…

वाणिज्यिक मधुमक्खी पालन का आर्थिक मूल्य संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका में कृषि एक प्रमुख उद्योग है जिसका हर बारह नौकरियों में से एक से सीधा संबंध है। बीसवीं सदी की शुरुआत से, ‘प्रवासी’ मधुमक्खी पालकों ने यू.एस. फसलों की एक विस्तृत विविधता को परागित करने के लिए मौसमी रूप से अपने छत्तों को स्थानांतरित करके कृषि। वाणिज्यिक मधुमक्खी पालन प्रत्येक वर्ष कृषि के लिए $15 और $20 बिलियन का आर्थिक मूल्य जोड़ता है। उपज के बिना वाणिज्यिक परागण सेवाओं से संभव हुई वृद्धि, खाद्य कीमतों में वृद्धि होगी, हमारे कृषि क्षेत्र विश्व स्तर पर तेजी से कम प्रतिस्पर्धी बनते हैं, और हमारी खाद्य आपूर्ति की सुरक्षा और विविधता होगी कम करना। जंगली कीट परागणकों की आबादी पहले से ही गंभीर गिरावट में है । मधुमक्खी पालन…

Among different insect orders, only 8 have been recognized by insect taxonomists which have some communal life. Out of these 8 orders only two orders viz. Isoptera and Hymenoptera have well developed social organization. Even in Hymenoptera, only two families namely Halictidae and Apidae of superfamily Apoidea contain fully social species. Most of other bees live solitary life. Social behaviour Honey bees are among the fully social insects having overlap of many generations in the same nest. The colony is a well organized social group having division of labour in terms of laying of eggs, nursing, comb building, guarding, food collection and its storage. They have well developed communication system through different types of dances as well as trophallaxis. Biological communication can be defined as…