Commercial Beekeeping

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Honey Bees and Beekeeping. 3. Beekeeping: Natural Simple and Ecological. 4. Honey Hunting and Beekeeping. 5.Value added products from beekeeping. 6. Multi Level Marketing of Quality Beekeeping Products. 7. Biodynamic Beekeeping. 8. Beekeeping and Honey Production in the Tigray Region. 9. Mountain Hills Beekeeping and Its Economic Efficiency. 10. Beekeeping, Honey Value Chain Financing Study. 11. Impact of Beekeeping on Forest Conservation, Preservation of forest Ecosystems and Poverty Reduction. 12. Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Locating Beekeeping Zone. 13. Comparative Benefits of Beekeeping Enterprise. 14. The Benefits to the Beekeeping Industry and Society. Bibliography. Index.

Beekeeping or agriculture from bee is the maintenance of honey bee colonies commonly in hives by humans. A beekeeper or apiarist keeps bees in order to collect honey and other products of the hive including beeswax propolis pollen and royal jelly to pollinate or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers. A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or bee yeard. There are more than 20000 species of wild bees. Many species are solitary and many others rear their young in burrows and small colonies like and bumblebees. Beekeeping or apiculture is concened with the practical management of the social species of honey bees which live in large colonies of up to 100000 individuals.