Apiculture - importance of apiculture and uses of honey

Albert Einstein said, “If honey bees are destroyed in this world human beings are also destroyed after four years”.

If honey bees are 80% pollination, if pollination is interrupted in the world, there are no plants and oxygen and nothing in this world so people are also destroyed. So we should keep nature as nature.

Apiculture is the rearing of honey bees for honey. Natural honey sources are not enough for a huge population, so need artificial rearing honey bees for honey. It is a profitable rural based industry and it is developed as an agro-based cottage industry.

Honey bees are used in the production of honey and bee wax.

Honey has an antiseptic and antibacterial property. It is used to purify blood.

Honey builds up haemoglobin content in the blood.

It is used as natural medicine.

Honey prevents many common diseases like cough, cold, and fever and relieves sore throat.

It is a remedy for ulcers of the tongue, stomach and intestine.

It enhances digestion and appetite.

Bee wax is the natural byproduct secreted by the wax glands of worker bees to construct the combs of bee hives. It is widely used in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.

Usually, the honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip. Honey bees possess some signal itself, it make different dances like round dance and waggle dance. This dance indicated the directions of honey flowers.