Albert Einstein Says
“If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more
than four years left to live.” So can you imagine the importance of honeybee
for our existence!!
The subject that deals with the
management technique of honeybee rearing, collection of honey , making honey
products is generally called Apiculture . Apiculture is a vast scientific
subject, related to agriculture, food, nutrition, medicine, industrial products and environment.
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| BSMRAU Apiculture Project |
However this is my first blog. So I think to create
my blog on such an exceptional topic. Thats why I choose –
‘Apiculture in
Bangladesh’. I specially thanks to
J.
CH. SAHA,
Project Director, Beekeeping Project, BSCIC
139(5th floor), Motijheel C/A, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh, from which I collect my
desirable information. I also graceful to my teacher Md. Mamunur Rahman, Assistant
Professor, department of Entomology (BSMRAU) who gave me first teaching about
Apiculture.
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| Bee hive |
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| Artificial bee hive |
In the context of
agriculture based major employment and economy
of Bangladesh, beekeeping as substantial
and/or fulltime income generating source. In a family based activity it is very
easy, acceptable and less expensive than any
other income generating activity. Because beekeeping as a family based activity
having 1-5 colonies does not require any specific
land. Most of the time of a year there will be
no need to purchase raw materials as honey
bees collect nectar and pollen from the available source of existing natural
bee plants.
The best known honey in Bangladesh is Mustard honey. Mustard is grown in many
districts of Bangladesh as an oilseed crop. Drum Stick, Zizyphus jujuba, mango,
and various other vegetables, fruits, forest and crop plants are also good
nectar-producing sources. In Bangladesh the most important honeybee species
from the commercial standpoint is Apis cerana indica. In addition, one
wild species, Apis dorsata makes hive in forests, on large trees around
dwelling houses, and even attached to the cornice. Many professional honey
collectors of Bangladesh hunt Apis dorsata colonies as a source of
honey. These professional honey collectors live mostly in areas close to
forests, particularly thesundarban,madhupur and other forest enriched areas of
Bangladesh.
In this blog I mainly emphasize on the full
management technique of honey bee cultivation such as bee classification, rearing
of them, harvesting of honey, some common diseases of bees. If anyhow, my this blog
can help you, I will be satisfied. So let’s start………...
