Model Scheme on Bee Keeping (10 bee hives)

NATIONA BANK FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

 1. Introduction

After successive losses in traditionally grown crops, farmers are inclining towards
bee farming. In order to maximize agricultural production, honeybee can be used as
an important input agent. About 80 % crop plants are cross-pollinated, as they need
to receive pollen from other plants of the same species with the help of external
agents. Farmers planning for commercial honey bee farming should consider taking
apiculture training. Usually, a bee colony consists of a queen, several thousand
workers and a few hundred drones. Queen is a fertile and functional female where as
a worker is a sterile female and the drone is a male bee insect. Among honeybees ,
there is a division of labour and specialization in the performance of various
functions. Farmers can utilize honeybees for their pollination services or to obtain
products from them. The methods used depend on the type of bees available, and the
skills and resources available to the beekeeper.

Beekeeping with very low investment and skills has the potential to offer direct
employment opportunity to people specially to hill dwellers, tribals and farmers.
Profitability and sustainability of bee farming is very vital therefore may be taken-up
in cluster mode by the small farmers/marginal farmers, Farmers Producers
Organisations (FPOs), members of Joint Liability Groups (JLGs)/ Self Help
Groups(SHGs) etc.

Beekeeping is an additional income generating activity and can be undertaken on

part time basis. In the present scenario when land holding of farmers is decreasing
day by day many people are rendered underemployed, bee keeping in the villages can
be a boon for such persons provided they are trained to start this activity. Economic
model of bee keeping considers the following parameters :
 Generation of additional employment opportunities.
 Additional income to the farmers with least working capital requirement..
 Enhance the yield of flowering crops by 15% to 20%.

2. Status of honey production in India

In India beneficial uses of honey bees has been recorded since ages. There are four
types of honey bees found in India viz; Apis florea (little bee), Apis cerena ( common
bee), Apis dorsata (rock bee) and Apis mellifera (European bees). Apis mellifera bees
were imported to India during late sixties in order to get higher yield of honey. At
present , approximately there are about five million bee colonies are in India which
produces about 90000 tons of honey annually. India is one of the honey exporting
countries. The major market for honey are Germany, USA, UK, Japan, France Italy
and Spain. Honey production in India got momentum since 2005 primarily due to
increased rearing of Apis mellifera. State wise production honey production of honey
in India is given in Table below.
 (Production 000 ton)
Sr.No. State 2014- 2015-16
15
1 West Bengal 15.50 15.60
2 Uttar Pradesh 13.50 15.00
3 Punjab 13.80 14.90
4 Bihar 7.80 8.80
5 Himachal Pradesh 4.80 5.15
6 Rajasthan 2.20 4.60
7 Haryana 4.30 4.50
8 Kerala 2.20 2.50
9 Karnataka 1.95 2.00
10 Andhra Pradesh 1.60 1.65
11 Tamil Nadu 1.45 1.50
12 Maharashtra 1.25 1.30
13 J&K 2.00 1.20
14 Other states 8.18 10.20
Total 80.53 88.90
(Source : India Stat , 2017)

3. Requirements of honey bee farming :

The selected site should be dry without dampness. High relative humidity will affect
bee fight and ripening of nectar. Clean natural or artificial source of water should be
provided. Trees serve as wind belts in cool areas. Hives can be kept under shade of
trees or artificial structures should be constructed to provide shade. Plants that yield
pollen and nectar to bees are called bee pasturage and forage. Such plants should be
plenty around the apiary site.

Honey bee Farming Equipment:- Here are small tools and equipment used in most of
the commercial honey bee farming. However, find out with local beekeepers for
appropriate agriculture equipment needed. Thin & thick beekeeping brushes,
stainless steel knives, stainless steel & iron hive tools of L shaped & curved shaped,
Food graded plastic made queen cage, queen gate, hive gate, honey extractor,
smoker, queen excluder, pollen trap, propolis strip, royal jelly production &
extraction kit, queen rearing kit, bee venom collector. A list of bee equipment’s and
bee hive suppliers are given in Annexure –I.
4. Crops suitable for bee keeping :
Vegetable crops such as Coriander, cucumber, cauliflower, carrot, melon, onion,
pumpkin, radish and turnip; oilseed crops; sunflower, mustard, niger, rape seed;
forage seed crops like lucerne, clover. These crops ensures supply of nectar to the
bees for production of honey in adequate quantities.

5. Increase in crop yield due to pollination :

Yield Increase due to bee pollination in honey bee farming has been noteworthy.
Incremental crop yields upto 44 % in mustard & sunflower, 32-45 % increase in
cotton, 20 % increase in lucerne, 90 % increase in onion and 45 % increase in apple
yield have been reported due to maintenance of beehives in their fields.

6. Management of bees for pollination in honey bee farming:

It is recommended to place hives very near the flied to save bee’s energy and migrate
colonies near the field at 10 % flowering. It is also recommended to place colonies at
3 per ha for Italian bee and 5 per ha for Indian bees. The colonies should have at least
5 to 6 frame strength of bees and with sealed brood and young mated queen. Should
allow sufficient space for pollen and honey storage.

7. Pests and diseases in honey bee farming:

Wax moths, ants, wasps, wax beetles, birds, tracheal mites, parasitic mite, bee mites
and brood mite are the common pests to honey bees. European foul-brood disease,
American foul brood, sac-brood disease (SBV),Thai sac brood virus (TSBV), chalk
brood disease and stone brood disease are the main diseases found in the honey bee
farming. For control of these pests and diseases, contact local Department of
Agriculture.

8. Harvesting of Bee Products in Honey Bee Farming:

Honey, bees wax, royal jelly, bee venom, propolis and pollen are the main bee
products. Honey should be harvested at the end of a flowering season. Honey is
extracted only from super combs using honey extractor equipment. Since honey is
collected by honeybees from the essence of nectar of flowers, it has immense
nutritional and medicinal value. Due to presence of flexible nature of most
concentrated sugar in honey it is easily soluble in blood and provides instant energy
to the body when consumed. Gum and wax are the by-products which are used in
manufacturing of high quality cosmetics, shoe polish, treatment of animals etc.

9. Marketing of honey :
In the Indian market, it is estimated that size of both branded and unbranded
segments of honey, as per industry estimates, is approximately Rs 2,000 crore, with
the share of branded honey being approximately Rs 700-800 crore. The
consumption pattern of honey is not dependent on any season or age group. The
branded honey market is growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10
per cent, with a current market size of Rs 700 crore. India produces more than
88000 tons of honey, out of which about 50 per cent is exported annually. Major
destinations of export included USA, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Morrocco, Bangladesh,
Canada etc.

KVIC and its stores all over India play major role for bulk procurement of honey.
Firms such as Dabur, Patanjali, Himalaya, Emami, Hindustan Uniliver Ltd and
Colgate-Palmolive etc have also procure apiary honey in India.

Average farm gate price of honey in Indian market varied between Rs 100 per kg and
Rs 110 per kg during 2017-18. Govt.of India has now declared MSP @ Rs 150 per kg
for honey procurement. Honey mission has also been launched by KVIC and private
firms playing vital role, procurement price of honey is likely to increase further
resulting additional income to farmers.

10. Training institutes for bee keeping :

The following training institutions offer training on bee keeping :
 Lupin Welfare & Research Foundation, Krishna Nagar, Bharatpur Rajasthan.
 Bee Keeping and Research Institute, Agricultural University, Hisar Haryana.
 Jyoti Gramodhyog Sansthan, Gangoh, Saharanpur UP.
 Bee Keeping Training Center, Janmahadev Road, Khadi Gramodhyog Dehradun,
Uttarkhand.
 Bee Keeping Research and Traing Institute, Gramodhyog Ayog, Ganeshkhind
Road, Pune, Maharashtra.
 Bee Institutional Area, August Kranti Road, Hauz Khas, New Delhi.

11. Economics of scheme with 10 bee hives :

Unit cost, average cash flow and repayment schedule has been worked. The
economics have been worked out for a 10 bee boxes model. The economics relates to
Apies mellifera species of honey bee. The scheme has been found economically viable
and details of the same is given below.
 Economics of 10 bee hives model
I. Unit Cost
A Fixed Cost Qty. Amt. (Rs)
1 Cost of 10 Boxes with Super Queen 10 25000
@ Rs 2500
2 Cost of Frames @ Rs. 250 80 20000
3 Gloves, nets, drums, tray, knife, 5000
honey machine & other equipments
SUB-TOTAL 50000
B Variable Cost
1 Sugar @ 2 kg per hives and @ Rs 35/ 700
kg
2 Medicine @ Rs. 30 per hive 300
3 Cloth to cover boxes (@2 m per box 500
and Rs 25 per m)
4 Transport for migration 6000
5 Honorarium to master bee keeper 5000
6 Other 1000
SUB -TOTAL 13500
GRAND TOTAL 63500
Unit Cost (A+B) / Total Cost Rs 63500.00
Margin 10% Rs 6400.00
Bank Loan Rs 57,100.00
II. Cash Flow Statement :
( Amt.Rs)
S.No. Particulars I Year II Year III IV V Year VI
Year Year Year
1 Honey collection per hive
10 30 35 40 40 40
(kg)
2 Wax produced per hive
0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
(kg)
3 Income from sale of honey
@ Rs. 100 per kg from 10 10000 30000 35000 40000 40000 40000
hives
4 Wax @ 400 per kg from 10
1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200
hives
5 Sale of extra colony 0 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000
6 Gross Income 11200 36200 41200 46200 46200 46200
7 Recurring expenses (first
-13500 -13500 -13500 -13500 -13500 -13500
year capitalized)
8 Gross profit -2300 22700 27700 32700 32700 32700
9 Depreciation (@ 10% SLM) 8333 8333 8333 8333 8333 8333
10 Interest @12% 0 13704 6612 5532 3852 1992
11 Net Income -10633 663 12755 18835 20515 22375
III. Repayment Schedule:
( Amt.Rs)
Year Loan O/S at Interest Repaym Repayment Total Gross Loan O/S
beginning of @ 12% ent of of principal repayment Profit at end of
year Interest year
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 57100 0 0 0 0 -2300 57100
2 57100 13704 13704 2000 15704 22700 55100
3 55100 6612 6612 9000 15612 27700 46100
4 46100 5532 5532 14000 19532 32700 32100
5 32100 3852 3852 15500 19352 32700 16600
6 16600 1992 1992 16600 18592 32700 0
Total 31692 57100 88792
Repayment = Six Years including one year moratorium IRR = > 50 %
 Annexure -I
List of bee keeping equipment’s manufacturers and bee hives suppliers
Sr.No. Address Tel.No.
1. Andhra Pradesh
1 Shri S K Khaja Vali M/s JK Wooden Furnishers, D 9912872740
No.8-123 Islampeta, Chebrole (Po&M), Guntur 9705487866
Dist., - Pin -522212
2 SK Subani Near Tukaram Rice Mill, Sharab Bazar 9966629965
Ponnur (Po&M) Guntur(Dist.)Pin 522124
3 Sri S K Habeeb Basha National Welding works, K K 9666810093
Road Ponnur (Po&M) Guntur (Dist)522124
4 Sri Nandam Prakash Rao Near Papa Rao Hospital 9030284177
Charukupally (PO&M) Guntur Dist. 9299801204
5 Shri Sita Maha Lakhsmi Timber Depot Kuchipudi, 0867125227
(Post)Movva (Mandal Krishna Dist. 521136
6 Economic Penal Doos 040-
Fact 23-107 Opp. Fruit Market Kothaper X Road, 24045767,
Hyderabad 24045260
7 Ashok Furniture Works 1-9-17 040-26538617
Ramangar Hyderabad-20
8 Shri K V Moham Rao Sri Sai Enterprises, 08676-275196
Kondapally(PO) Dis-Krishna
9 Sri Naga Raju, Naga Raju Carpenter Works 9000629122
Yedlapally (po) Chunder (M) Guntur Dist.
10 Sri I Subba Rao 9160341141
Padmavati Welding Woks YMHA Hall Road, Main
Bazar Eluru-1 West Godavvari Dist.
11 Sri Chintha Krindhi Sudakar Timbering Works 08584-130116
Santha Bazar Cherala Prakasham Dist. Pin 523155
2. Assam
1 Assam Khadi & Villae Industries Board 0361 2664544
Dist. Hengrabari, Guwahati
2 Shri Arun Mitra Oujari Khetri DIst. Kamrup 8752950353
3 Shri Chandi Deka Maharipara Duni Shipajhar, Dist 9859586729
- Darrang
4 Shri Deepak Deka Haldha Dist Kamrup 9854494271
5 Mr. Sadnur Ali, Bhehbari Rangiya Dist Kamrup ® 9954971367
6 Mahendra Baishya, Khoirabari Dist. Udalguri 9859418996
3. Bihar
1 Muzaffarpur Zilla Khadi Gramodyog Sangh 0621-2228562
Sarvodaygram Khadibhandar Chowk Kanhauli
Muzaffarpur
2 Rajiv Wooden Box, Khamaipatti Meenapur 9955658639
Muzaffarpur
3 Deo Narayan Sharma ViII – Dardha PO aikathpur 09939448797
Dist. Muzaffarpur
4 Rajesh Shani Malinagar Samastipur 09939454002
5 Kamlesh Sharma Shivnagar Samastipur 09931929063
6 Mushan M Madhubatika R K Ashram Bela 0957055432
 Muzaffarpur 1
7 Anchal Madhumakhi Box Udyog Pro Suresh 08292356969
Sharma Vill – Madanpur P O Karua Dist
Samastipur
8 Ripeeka Interprises Pro-Ramesh Mahto Vill – 09934630113
Simri P O Malinagar Dist Samastipur
4. Gujarat
1 Ashokbhai B Patel 09574021233
Suldhara Chikli Dist Navsari
2 Manmohanbahi 09925678898
A/P Phanaswada Dist Valsad
3 Arpith Sewa Sangh Surat Rajesh Dankhara 09558826624
4 Sandip Patel Vadal, Junagadh Dist 09998473743
5. Haryana
1 SANGAM Engineering work 01732-201335
1007/9 Sector 19 / 6 New Jain nagar Jangadhri – MNo. 094160-
135 003 (Haryana) 2201
6. Jharkhand
1 Ashok Kumar Adalhati Ranchi 9931355239
Md. Shamim 9934393062
Chandlaso Kuru Lohardaga
2 Khusboo Madhuvatika 9934393062
Village Chandlasoo
P O Henjala O S Kuru
Dist Henjala P S Kuru Dist. Lohardaga Jharkhand
3 Rural Beekeeping Research Center Kuru 9973722349
Lohardaga
7. Kerala
1 Kozikode Saovodya Sangh S M Street Kozhikode 04951-
Dist 2721962
2 Melifera Beekeeping Society Chittarikkal 09447692071
Kasargod
3 Mahatma Gandhi Samaraka Society, (Golden 09995901607
Valley Honey) Mariappurram
Neyyattinkara, Thiruvanathapuram
4 Matha Honey & Bee Farm Industries 09446697129
Panathedy P O Kasargode Dist
5 Malabar Beekeepers Society 09447550566
Mazappilangad P O Kannur Dist
6 R S G Beekeeping & Training Center Chanappara P 09447585258
O Kadakkal Kollam Dist.
7 Kannur Rural Development Society 09447548444
Malabar Honey and Food Park complex
Nedumunda Kannur Dist. E-mail
malabarhoneyandfoodpar4@gmail.com
8 Kasargode Rural Development Society Kolichal, P 0467-2228572
O Kasargode Dist.
9 Center for Youth Development Wayand 9400707109
Madakkinmala P O Kalpetta Wayanad Dist.
10 Horticrop Amrutha Honey Beekeeping Consortium 0479-2356695
 & Training Center Mavelikkara 9447398085
Kallimel P O Kochalumoodu Jn. Mavelikkara
8. Maharashtra
1 Sahyadri Honey Corporation 09822548849
W – 48 T Block MIDC Bhosari – 411026
E-mail sahyadrihoneycorporation@gmail.com
Website-www.honeyprocessingplant.com
2 Purohit Compressor Engineering 0212-2469407
100876 Maharshinagar, Pune -411037
3 J J Honey 022-28802930
R No. 14 Dattamandir Rd Bondongri
Malad east Mumbai 400 097
4 The Director, Carpentry and Blacksmith workshop 02525-222626
Khadi V I Commission Agar Rd., P O Dahanu Dist
Thane - 401601
5 Director Carpentry and Blacksmity Workshop 91-231-372176
Khadi & V I Board W 3 MIDC Gokul
Shirgaon Kolhapur Dist. Kolhapur
6 Director Apculture Institute 02168-260264
Maharashtra Sate Khadi & V I Board 09011091524
Govt. Bunglow No. 054, Mahabaleshwar
Dist Satara Maharashtra
7 Director 07152-243801
Center of Science for village
Dr Devendra Kumar Campus
P B No 21 Dattapur Dist. – Wardha -442001
8 Secretary Pragati Bahhuddesshiya Sanstha 9373663426
Weekly Market At. Po. Pulgaon 9404050512
Tal. Deoli Dist. Wardha (MS)
9 Shri Vijay Mahajan, Shiv Sagar 09226458820
Beekeepers 44 Shivthir th Kadolkar
Colony Talegaon Dabhade Dist Pune Pin 410506
10 Secretary Bhartiya Samj Probodhan Sanstha 09850365055
Anandwan Chowk 11 Vidyanagari A P Warora Tal
Warora Dist Chandrapur
11 Shri Raju Kanwade Beekeeper At. Post – Ambad 09552127478
Tal – Akole Dist Ahemadnagar
12 Shri Dattartrya Bapusaheb Satardekar 09225229167
712/36 A – Ward Sahaji Colony Timbar
Market
Kolhapur Dist - Kolhapur
13 Shri Vivek Khalokar Khalokar Beekeeping 09561133311
Enterprises 09970866270
At. Po-Shingnapur Tal Daryapur Dist Amravati
14 Shri Gadekar At post – Patsul Tal Akot Dist Akola ( 09096746159
M S)
15 Pratik Enterprises 08291773777
Mr Grisih Ghela New Modella Industrial Estate
Wagle Industrial Estate Thane Maharashtra
info@oilfillingmachine.com
16 Dream Weavers D 103 Ridhi Siddhi Complex 022-28718585
Kamraj Nagar Unnat Nagar Road No.2 Goregaon 022-28718434
West Mumbai 62
E mail – dreamweavers@hotmailcom
9. Punjab
1 TIWANA BEE FARM 01628-258008
G T Road Doraha Dist Ludhiana 098140-32440
2 M/s Chet Singh & Sons Bansal Complex 12321 Gt. 09872623772
Rd Dholewal Ludhiana -141003
10 Tamil Nadu
1 M/s C J Prakash Cottage Industries 04651-287393
Panicha Vilai Arumanal – 629151
Dist Kanyakumari Pro C Joseph Prakash
2 M/S C T N Cottage Industries Panicha Vilai 09443391068
Pazhavar P O Kuzhithurai Dist Kanyakumari
629151
3 S Selvam Furniture 04651 287403
Vatta Vilai, Main Rd. Anumanai – 620151
Prop. S Selvam
4 M/s Kumaraswamy Furniture 04651 -287384
Panicha Vilai Main Rd. Arumanai-629151
5 The Marthandam Beekeepers Co-Op Society 04651-270288
Veduvilai, Marthanadam., Dist - Kanyakumari
6 Y M C A Marthandam Dist. Kanyakumari 04651-270206
7 M/s King Wood Works 9843130800
33 Distillery Road
Nagercoil – 629001. Dist. Kanyakumar Prop. K
Robin
8 The Marthandam Honey Traders Gramodyog 09443002545
Beekeepers Society Kuzhithurai Dist Kanyakumari
9 M/s Eliza Saw Mill 04651-286545
Arumanai-629 151 Prop Joseph Kamalam
10 M/s Kanyakumari Dist Sarvodaya Sangh 04652-241862
Vagaiadi South Steet Kotta Nagercoil-629002
Kanyakumari Dis.
11 M S A Wood works Neduvilai Mulankuzhi 09442711142
Irenipuram P O Dist Kanyakumari
12 Marthandam Malar Agmark Honey 9894702449
Kuzhithurai
11. Uttarkhand
1 Chaitanya Maounpalan & Krishi Seva Samiti 09412134920
Durgapuram Colony Devalchoud Haldwani
Prp. Sanjay Joshi
2 Aditya Sharswat Ramnagar Dist. Nainital 9837095302
3 Adul Latif Udyog Bhavaniganj Ramnagar Dist. 7500979564
Nanital
4 Rashid Huset Bhavaniganjk Ramnaga Dist. 9927041933
Nainital
5 Adhunik Maungrih Nirman Kendra 05946-253833
Ramlia Mohalla Haldwani Dist Nainital
 6 Parvatiya Gramodyog Vikash Sansthan Vill 05945-251512
Shivlapur Ramnagar 244715 Nainital
7 Kumaun Apiary Ramanagar - 244715 05947-251486
8 Nainital Apiaries, H O Leela Bhavan Mukhani 05946-224047
Haldwani 263139 Nanital
9 The Rawat Mounalaya Karnal Ward Sismahal 09760468412
Haldwani
10 Rajkiya Mounpalan Kendra Jolikot Dist. Nainital 9410381943
12. West Bengal
1 24 Parganas Beekeepers Co-op Society 033-24338551
Vill.- Sgasab P O Baruipur
Dist. 24 Parganas (South) 700144
2 West Bengal Beekeepers’Association 21, Maa 09933572477
Sarada Road 033-25241846
Napara P O Barasat
Dist. 24 Parganas (North 700124

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