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Role of honey Bees/Beekeeping in enhancing productivity of pulses (A3P/NFSM) 08 th May, 2010.

Role of honey Bees/Beekeeping in enhancing productivity of pulses (A3P/NFSM) 08 th May, 2010. Dr. B. L. Sarswat Executive Director National Bee Board. Beekeeping / Apiculture as fifth important input for overall development of Agriculture in a sustainable manner.

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Role of honey Bees/Beekeeping in enhancing productivity of pulses (A3P/NFSM) 08 th May, 2010.

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  1. Role of honey Bees/Beekeeping in enhancing productivity of pulses (A3P/NFSM)08th May, 2010. Dr. B. L. Sarswat Executive Director National Bee Board

  2. Beekeeping / Apiculture as fifth important input for overall development of Agriculture in a sustainable manner. • The main Inputs required for Agriculture are: • Land • Labour • Capital and • Management • Adoption of Apiculture is also required as fifth (5th) Input to get higher yields and quality production in cross pollinated Agricultural and Horticultural crops. • The efficacy of other four inputs used in Agriculture, in some crops, is directly related to this input.

  3. Potential of Yield increase in various legume crops due to bee pollination

  4. Area under insect-pollinated major crops in the country( average of 6 years- 2001-02 to 2006-07)

  5. Constraints in Beekeeping 1). Lack of the following: • Awareness about yield increase in crops by BK through pollination; • Adequate laboratories for disease prevention, control & analysis and quality testing of products; • Institutional support for beekeeping in terms of bank loans, etc; • Indiscriminate use of insecticides, pesticides, weedicides etc.; 3. A non-traditional newly introduced industry; 4.Tribals and illiterates from forests and remote rural areas are generally involved; • Flowering of plants and secretion of nectar and production of pollen – sole food of honeybees, is influenced by climatic conditions; • The behaviour and life cycle of honeybees depend completely on climatic and floristic conditions, which vary from place to place; and • Poor quality control for production of honey.

  6. Thanks.

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