Beekeeping: How to start the business? Where to get training? How much will it cost?

Bee keeping Beekeeping is such a business, from which good earnings can be made, as well as it is also useful for environmental protection and other crops. Bees are also very important for human life. Honey and wax are obtained from beekeeping. ⚫ Other crops, flowers and horticulture also have the potential to increase production. ⚫ Bees suck the juice of the flowers of the crop. This leads to pollination, which increases the production of crops by about a quarter. When and where to do beekeeping November to March is the best time for beekeeping. Where flo i8wers are cultivated, the business of beekeeping can run as much as possible, because the more bees go to the flowers and get nectar, the better honey we get. How to do beekeeping? Beekeeping requires open and flat space, where you can keep boxes for rearing bees. If you want to plant 100 to 200 boxes, then 2000 to 3000 square feet of land is required. You can buy belts and bees online or from your nearest agriculture department. Apart from this, knife, removing machine and drum for collecting honey, machine for extracting honey is required for this business. necessary equipment ⚫ Silent box - is made of wood. Talpatta, baby room, honey room, inside and outside lid, each room has wooden frames. ⚫ Stand - is made of iron frame, box is placed on top of it. Keep the feet of the stand in water to avoid ant-insects. ⚫ Waxy sheet - worker bees make hive on it. ⚫ Mouth guard mesh - bee stings are saved by applying it on the head. ⚫ Box tool (hive tool) - is made of iron. Do the work of cleaning and repairing the box. ⚫ Knife - used to remove wax. ⚫ Smoker - used at the time of honey extraction and inspection. ⚫ Honey extractor - It is used to extract honey from the hive. ⚫ Bruce - made of nylon, it is used to remove flies. ⚫ Queen gate, Buckchut bag, Feeder, Pollen tray etc. equipments are necessary. major varieties ⚫ Indian Half Bee ⚫ Rock B ⚫ Little Bee ⚫European Bee ⚫ Apis dorseta (whirlwind bee) ⚫ Apis florea (urambi bee) ⚫ Apis cerana indica (Indian honey bee) ⚫ Apis mellifera (Italian honey bee) What to feed the bees? How is the diet? bee diet by month ⚫January: Mustard, zucchini, safflower, gram, peas, kidney beans, pomegranate, guava, jackfruit, eucalyptus etc. ⚫ February: Mustard, zucchini, safflower, gram, peas, kidney beans, pomegranate, guava, jackfruit, eucalyptus, onion, coriander, rosewood etc. ⚫ March: Safflower, sunflower, linseed, barseem, pigeon pea, fenugreek, peas, okra, coriander, amla, lemon, wild jalebi, rosewood, eucalyptus, neem etc. ⚫April: Sunflower, Berseem, Castor, Ramtil, Ladyfinger, Chilli, Beans, Watermelon, Melon, Bitter gourd, Lauki, Jamun, Neem, Amaltas etc. ⚫ May: Sesame, Maize, Sunflower, Berseem, Watermelon, Melon, Cucumber, Bitter Gourd, Loki, Tamarind, Pumpkin, Karanj, Arjun, Amaltas etc. ⚫June: Sesame, Maize, Sunflower, Berseem, Watermelon, Melon, Cucumber, Bitter gourd, Loki, Tamarind, Pumpkin, Babul, Arjun, Amaltas etc. ⚫July: Jowar, Maize, Bajra, Bitter Gourd, Cucumber, Lauki, Bhindi, Papaya etc. ⚫ August: Jowar, Maize, Soybean, Moong, Paddy, Tomato, Acacia, Amla, Kachnar, Cucumber, Lady finger, Papaya etc. ⚫ September: Bajra, Sanai, Arhar, Soybean, Moong, Paddy, Ramtil, Tomato, Barbati, Bhindi, Kachnar, Ber etc. ⚫ October: Sanai, Arhar, Paddy, Castor, Ramtil, Eucalyptus, Kachnar, Ber, Acacia etc. ⚫ November: Mustard, Zucchini, Peas, Guava, Shajhan, Ber, Eucalyptus, Bottlebrush etc. ⚫ December; Mustard, zucchini, mustard, gram, eucalyptus, guava etc. Water ⚫ There should be plenty of natural and artificial water source for bees. If there is no natural source, prepare an artificial source, like keeping clean water in a bucket or drum. bee care Where bees are reared, the land around it should be clean. Big ants, waxworms, lizards, rats, chameleons and bears are enemies of bees, there should be complete arrangements for protection from them. Bees should be protected from wax m

oth and bees can be kept in bowls filled with water under the silent box stand to prevent ants. Wax moths can be saved from these by removing empty wax frames inside the box and exposing them to separate sunlight. Keep cleaning the grass etc. around. caring for bees in the rain If you ensure the cleanliness of the ground, then there is no fear of any kind of damage, still keeping in mind the rains, some things should be taken extra care of. ⚫ It should be kept in mind while choosing a place that rain water does not collect there, because if this happens, bees and bees can be harmed. ⚫ Boiling sugar water to bees, adding medicines like capsules of B complex to it improves immunity. ⚫ In the rainy season, take out the frame from the box, clean it and keep it in the sun sometimes, so that it can be cleaned properly. summer bee care ⚫ Arrange fresh water, air and flowers for the bee. Keep the box near the place where flowers like mango, litchi, jamun, sunflower, barseem etc. grow. 

 ⚫ Can keep fresh water in a pitcher for bees. After one month, the bee box can be shifted at a distance of 5 km, which prevents diseases etc. ⚫ Keep the box in the shade of the tree in high heat. restPut a straw on it, soak a sack of gunny on top of the straw. Can keep sugar solution for diet in summer. bee care in winter ⚫ It is necessary to protect the bee from cold in extreme cold. To protect from cold, make two layers of gunny bags and lay them under the inner cover. This keeps the temperature uniform. If possible, cover the entire box with polythene except the entrance. ⚫You can also cover the box by making a thatch or sackcloth. In winter, keep the box in a dry place and in a sunny place throughout the day. ⚫If there is a shortage of honey, make a solution of half sugar and half water. Boil it, cool it and keep it in a box. ⚫ Keep a bee box at a place with more flowers. Do not open the box in extreme cold, can be opened in the sun. How to extract honey? First of all, you see whether the honeycomb is full of honey or not. When honey accumulates in the hives, take them out carefully. After that separate the frozen places with a knife. You put the separated material in the molds in the machine. After this you will start the machine and you will see that the honey will separate from the machine and come out in front of you. Store honey systematically. You can store honey according to demand. The process of extracting honey by machine is very simple. cost and profit ⚫ Average cost of 1 box is Rs 6000, which will have 9 frames. 40 to 50 kg of honey will be produced annually from 1 box. Suppose you want to start this business with 100 boxes, then the cost of boxes will be Rs 6 lakh. Apart from this, some equipment will cost 5 to 6 thousand rupees and the honey extracting machine will cost an additional 15000 rupees. ⚫The land can be your own, but if you want to take land on lease, then 2 to 3 thousand square feet of land will be sufficient for 100 boxes, which you will get in 5 to 15 thousand per year. ⚫ In addition to this, 1 laborer whose salary will be 5 to 8 thousand per month. ⚫ The price of honey in the market ranges from Rs. 200 per kg to Rs. 600 per kg. If you sell to a wholesaler or dealer, you can earn an average of Rs 150 per kg. ⚫ Belts and equipment have an efficient life span of at least 10 years. Thus, the total cost in 1 year ⚫Box and equipment – ​​600000 + 20000 = 6 lakh 20 thousand ⚫Labor = 70000, Land - 10000 ⚫Honey preservation and packaging cost 50000, some artificial if needed ⚫Food and some retail expenses - 10000 Total cost – 7 lakh 60 thousand Average cost of honey – Rs 300 Production per year from 100 boxes = 5000 kg 5000 kg * 300 rupees = 15 lakhs profit more than 7 lakhs Note: Only estimates of cost and profit are given here. You can also earn more profit by increasing the number of boxes. Where to get training? ⚫ You can take the training of beekeeping business in your nearest Krishi Vigyan Kendra. The government gives free training to the farmers. For this training, the minimum educational qualification of male or female is class-08 pass. Training Center ⚫Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Pusa Road, New Delhi ⚫National Bee Board, Bee Institutional Area, August Kranti Marg, Hauz Khas, New Delhi ⚫Central Beekeeping Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra ⚫National Horticulture Board, Lal Kothi, Jaipur, Rajasthan ⚫Lupine Hiupin Welfare and Research Foundation, Krishnanagar Bharatpur, Rajasthan Grant ⚫ Government gives up to 50% subsidy for bee keeping. To get the grant, the District Horticulture Officer can contact the website or office of the National Bee Board. Where to sell products? In addition to honey, beekeeping also produces wax products, which have good demand in the market. You can sell honey in nearby villages and cities. There are many companies who buy both honey and beeswax, which they process and label and sell in the market under their own brands. If you want to do this business on a large scale, then it would be better to talk to some companies and buyers beforehand, because companies also have their own standards. You can interact with the following buyers to understand their requirements and also explore export possibilities with foreign companies. ⚫Organic Honey ⚫Dabur Honey ⚫Patanjali Honey ⚫Zhandu Honey ⚫Apis Himalaya Honey ⚫India Honey Agmark