BEE KEEPING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

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BEE KEEPING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

• NATIONAL BEE BOARD

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Present Status of Bee Keeping in India

• National Commission on Agriculture (1976)
  Projections
• By 2000 AD
• Requirement 150 million bee colonies for 50.7
  m.ha.ento. crops
• Target 6 million bee colonies to
  cover an area of 2 million ha. for
  pollination
• Honey production 60,000 MTs (from Apis cerana)
• Estimates of present status
• 1.4 million bee colonies (over 1.5 lakh of Apis
  mellifera)
• 52,000 MTs honey production
• 15, 000 MTs exports
• Domestic consumption average only 5 gm per capita

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Benefits in Horticultural Crops Due to Bee
Pollination
This increase is in addition to honey
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Benefits in Agricultural Crops Due to Bee
Pollination
Overall benefit of beekeeping is over 14 times of
the cost of honey and bees wax
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Employment and Income Generation Potential
Calculated on 10,000 bee colonies of Apis
mellifera
Total
4,88,900
Means full time employment to 1630 persons and
14,00,000 bee colonies 2,28,000 persons
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Income generation PotentialCost and Benefit
Estimates of Beekeeping (A. mellifera)
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Strategy for the Development of Beekeeping

• Developing modalities for effective use of honey
  bees in pollination of crops
• Adopting to the International Pollination
  Initiative
• Promoting multiplication of bee colonies and
• Good Management Practices
• To reach 3 m. bee colony level and
• to increase productivity by 2009-10
• A. mellifera from present average of 30 kg to 60
  kg per hive
• A. cerana and from present average of 10 kg to 20
  kg per hive
• To produce contamination free quality honey for
  export and domestic market
• To increase profitability of hive by diversifying
  hive produce to pollen, propolis, royal jelly and
  bee venom.
• Creating strong quality control monitoring
  facility
• Launching effective promotion awareness
  campaign
• Developing adequate capacity building and
  training programme

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Sequence of Steps for Apiaries Development

• Identification of Bee-breeders in each State to
  developed as the centers of training, improved
  bee breeding and service providers to the new
  units.
• Selection and practical training of beekeepers at
  the apiaries of the bee breeders.
• Providing the new trained beekeepers with bee
  colonies, boxes and other equipment by bee
  breeders.
• Providing them with loan and financial support
  through banks and institutions.
• Utilizing the bee colonies and apiaries developed
  for effective pollination of Horticultural and
  Agricultural crops.
• Establishment of Honey Processing Plants and
  promoting the National Brand of Honey.
• Developing Cooperatives for various activities

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Action Plan 2006-07

• Programme to run under the NHM and Technology
  Mission for Horticulture Development in NE region
• BEE BREEDERS to be developed in every Beekeeping
  State 2 in each state
• Capacity building training of beneficiaries
  before providing them with NUCLEUS BEE COLONIES
  and equipment - 1900 in 2006-07
• Bee Breeders from the States where the programme
  is new will be trained outside the state -
  26 in 2006-07
• Distribution of Bee colonies and equipment to
  beneficiaries after training through bee
  breeders- 20 bee colonies in each state - 38000
  in 2006-07
• Registration of Beee keepers and building
  database
• Development of infrastructure for honey
  processing and marketing
• 16 units in 2006-07
• Promotion of honey for domestic consumption and
  bees for pollination on media
• Establishment of one Apex Honey Laboratory to
  strengthen quality control of honey
• Support to the HQ (National Bee Board)

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Physical Financial Outlay Proposed for Annual
Action Plan 2006-07
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State wise Breakup of Action Plan 2006-07 Targets
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State wise Breakup of Action Plan 2006-07 Targets
(Contd.)
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Fund Flow
Central Steering Committee of NHM/TMNE
NATIONAL BEE BOARD (NBB)
State Hort Mission Society/ SFAC for TMNE
(Director- Hort.)
SDA
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
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Monitoring
Central Steering Committee
National Bee Board (NBB)
T S G
Director (Hort.)
T S G
SDA
Beneficiary
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Thank You