Mr. X wants to start Bee-keeping. Important points for successful bee-keeping are ___________

A. Selection of suitable location for keeping beehives

B. Beehives can be kept in fruit orchards

C. Catching and hiving of swarms

D. Management of beehives during rainy season

E .Regular visit by veterinary doctor is mandatory

Choose the correct answer form the options given below:   

A, B, &C

The correct answer is Option (2)-A, B, & C

Bee-keeping or apiculture is the maintenance of hives of honeybees for the production of honey. It has been an age-old cottage industry. Honey is a food of high nutritive value and also finds use in the indigenous systems of medicine. Honeybee also produces beeswax, which finds many uses in industry, such as in the preparation of cosmetics and polishes of various kinds.

Bee-keeping can be practiced in any area where there are sufficient bee pastures of some wild shrubs, fruit orchards and cultivated crops. Bee-keeping though relatively easy does require some specialised knowledge and there are several organisations that teach bee-keeping.

The following points are important for successful bee-keeping:

(i) Knowledge of the nature and habits of bees,

(ii) Selection of suitable location for keeping the beehives,

(iii) Catching and hiving of swarms (group of bees),

(iv) Management of beehives during different seasons, and

(v) Handling and collection of honey and of beeswax.

Bees are the pollinators of many of our crop species such as sunflower, Brassica, apple, and pear.