Question

Visit an apiculture centre and gather information about it

Answer 1

Apiculture is the culturing and maintenance of honey bees, beehives, and bee colonies using man-made methods. These honey bees are grown for extracting honey, beeswax, royal jelly, pollen to pollinate other crops etc.

The most common type of honey bees that were used in the apiculture center was Apis Indica, also known as the common Indian bee. They are known to produce around 6 - 7 pounds of honey per honeycomb.

A few combs of Apis Mellifera were also found at the center, which is also known as the European bee. It was the best used commercial type of honey bee.

From the information given by the center, the lifecycle of the honey bee starts with the queen bee laying the eggs. The eggs hatch into the larvae inside the cells which are fed by the worker bees. The worker bees then seal the cells with wax and the larvae form a cocoon and grow into a pupa. This pupa then grows into an adult bee and leaves the cells.

Two types of beehives were present - Fixed hive and moveable hives. There are wax sheets which attract the bees for preparing the combs. The honey extractor uses centrifugal force to extract the honey from the combs without causing damage to the combs.

Answer 2

The agricultural importance of apiculture while apiculturists usually run a bussiness to collect and sell bee products.there r also numerous benefits to simple beekeeping .one of the most important contribution by apiarists is providing colonies of bees a safe place to live and produce honey