Five Day Vocational Training programme on “Honeybee Farming (Apiculture) for entrepreneurship development”
Start Date: 11 February 2020
End Date: 15 February 2020
Venue: Conference Hall, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat
- Insect pests and diseases of honey bees and its management
- Social organization of the honey bees
- Seasonal management of honey bee hives
- Capturing of the wild hives and its care
- Products & byproducts of Apiculture
- Honey bee as a pollinator
- Various species of honey bee and its castes
- Stingless bee- A new era in apiculture
About the training
This training have been planned in recognition of the importance of honey bees for sustainable agriculture and entrepreneurship development among undergraduate students, which plays an important role in enhancing the productivity of field crops. This training is exclusively for the undergraduate students of agriculture. The programme is designed to update the skill and knowledge of these students in the field of agriculture with the development of entrepreneurship among them.
Themes for technical session
- Insect pests and diseases of honey bees and its management
- Social organization of the honey bees
- Seasonal management of honey bee hives
- Capturing of the wild hives and its care
- Products & byproducts of Apiculture
- Honey bee as a pollinator
- Various species of honey bee and its castes
- Stingless bee- A new era in apiculture