HONEY BEE FARMING BUSINESS...
In the last blog we learn about sericulture business plan....in this blog I am giving information to you about Apiculture.
Apiculture: Apiculture is the process of keeping bees on commercial basis and extraction of honey .one can start this business on low investment previously, after practicing you can expand your business. Before starting this business take guidance from training center,as it is necessary to handle bees. The most important point in honey bee keeping is the relationship between honey bees and beekeepers or labours must be strong. Healthy relationship between man and bees directly impact on production of honey.
*There are different types of hives, you can choose any one of the following:
*Lists of machinary used in honey bee farming business:
Byproducts of honey bee farming business:
* Selection of site for honey bee farming business:
*Packaging of honey:
*Raw material used in honey bee farming business see:
1)Beginners kit
2) Apiary armour
3)Hive tools
4)Smoker fuel
5)Food for bees etc.
*There are some types of honey bees used in honey farming:
1)Epis Serena
2)Epis meliphera
3)Epis dorsata
4)Epis Floria
5) Trigona
*There are different types of hives, you can choose any one of the following:
1)Top bar Hive
2)Langstroth Hive
3)Water hives
4) Horizontal frame hives; Rose hive.
*Lists of machinary used in honey bee farming business:
1)Bee venom collector
2)Draining trays.
3) Queen cage
4)Hive gate
5)Honey extractar
6)Honey filtering tanks
7)Queen rearing kit
8) Queen gate
9)Pollen trap
10)Smoker
11)Queen excluder...etc
If you visit nearest training center they will provide you proper guidance about this equipments.
*Process of Honey formation:
In starting of business you have to order some bees, government association or local beekeeper can provide you packaged bees. This package is filled with a queen, multiple workers and a feeder filled with sugar syrup. This bee supplier helps you to introduce with new family members and guide to install them in their new home.
Queen bee mate with drone gave birth to thousands of new bees. These bees forms colony, by extracting nector from nearest pollen grains they produce honey.
In the previous time people extract honey filtering from cloth,which consist of lot of impurities, but nowdays beekeepers are using wooden boxes for rearing bees. It is beneficial as it do not provide any harm to eggs and easy to handle. This wooden box consist of frames where honey bees collect honey.
Byproducts of honey bee farming business:
Honey bees are one of the insect which provides such a huge benifits to human..Along with honey they also provide us wax, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, venom . This byproducts also has huge demand in market.
Estimated cost:
Previously start your business on small scale, increase no. of boxes slowly slowly. You can start from 50 boxes ,each box costs about 3 thousand rs.
1 Box=3000rs
Total box=50
50×3000=150000rs.
Other expenses=labour and travel cost =1lack.
Total cost=150000+1lack=250000lack.
Total yeild=40kg of honey per box×50boxes=2000kg of honey
;Total income=350rs per kg×2000kg=7 lack rs
Net profit =4.5lack.
At starting you can earn about 4 to 5 lack profit some months.
* Selection of site for honey bee farming business:
Selection of site is very important as it directly affects on your productivity. It is best to locate your boxes in your own farm if you have or put in any greenery place as it provide good source of pollen grains.
*Marketing of honey bee farming business:
Honey is such a sweeting item has large demand in domestic as well as foreign market. Many food industry use honey to make jam, jellies in bakery and home kitchens it offtenly use.
It also has a great medicinal value from ancient time. Honey is also used in cosmetic industry. Sell your product on wholesale or ratail basis by contracting mall or any industry.
Along with honey ,bees also give you byproducts like wax, venom, pollen, propolis, royal jelly this things also has large demand in market....you can earn enough money from it.
*Packaging of honey:
Packaging is very important process. You can buy packaging machine or package in bottles or pouch at starting. It will be better if you make your special brand.
*Registration:
*Register your firm under ROC.
*SSI Registration.
*GST Registration.
*IEC Code- If you want to export your honey.
*Pests and diseases and preventive measures:
Honey bee pests are common problem throughout the world. The pests are, varroa mites, wax moth, American foulbrood, nosema disease, European foulbrood, tropilaelaps , ants, birds, bee mites etc
By proper caring ,using proper controlling measure by consulting to local horticulture center we can beat this problem. There are various medicines available in market.
*Benefits of honey:
*Precautions
*1) Selection of site for bee farming should be spacious to locate essential equipments.
*2) Availability of water is must in bee farming.
*3)Site you select should be filled with greenery and plants.
*4)After harvesting refine honey to remove impurities. It is essential to sell quality products in market.
*Benefits of honey:
1)Honey is used in various food items,like jam ,jellies and bakery products.
2)It is used in cosmetic products also.
3) Honey occupied medicle field vastly, as it is useful in curing many disorders.
4) It is used for sharpen childrens memory.
5)Honey provide instant energy to sports persons.
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