Bee houses, production and management, economics of bee keeping.

1. BEE FARMING FOR PLEASURE Dr. Alok bharti Ranchi Veterinary College Ranchi

5. 3. Anatomy of Honey bee

8. Life span and periods of development castes Eggs (days) Larva (days) Pupa (days) Adult (total days) Queen 2 - 3 yrs 3 5 - 6 7 15 -16 Worker 6 - 8 weeks 3 5 - 6 10 -11 19 -20 Drone 6- 8 weeks 3 6 13 -14 23 -24

11. A two-story Langstroth ten-frame hive.

12. Inspecting appliances

14. 6. Catching, Hiving, Transferring and Inspection of bee colony An Indian honeybees’ swarm being hived

15. Hive Inspection Left-Taking out the frame Right-Inspecting a frame.

16. Hive Inspection Left-Removing the super Right-Inspecting Brood chanber.

24. 11. Honey extraction, processing and packing for marketing. Indigenous method of squeezing out honey Frame with honey comb and bees

26. Honey processing plant.

27. Bottling of honey in wide mouth transparent glass.

28. Characteristics of honey Sl. No. characteristics special Grade-A Standard 1 Specific gravity at 270c min. 1.41 1.39 1.37 2 Moisture% by wt.-max. 20 22 25 3 Total reducing sugar % min. 70 65 60 4 Sucrose % by wt.-max. 5 8 10 5 Fructose : glucose ratio 1 1 1 6 Ash %by wt.-max. 0.5 0.5 0.5 7 Acidity as formic acid % max. 0.2 0.2 0.2 8 Hydroxy methyl furfural ppm-max. 30 40 40

38. Drone Queen Worker THANKS