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14 Dec

Posted at 06:48h in Miscellaneous
कंवर कुमार* और अमित कुमार 14 views

शहद उत्पादन इकाई (मधुशाला) का मौसमी प्रबंधन Bees can be affected by diseases and before any control measures can be taken, the actual cause of any abnormality in the brood or any disease must be ascertained. After accurate diagnosis of the causative agent of a particular bee disease, the guidelinesgiven by the expert should be followed. However, below is general advice for managing common diseases of bees: शहद उत्पादन इकाई (मधुशाला) का मौसमी प्रबंधन ग्रीष्मकालीन प्रबंधन (i) कॉलोनियों को घनी छाया में रखें (ii) मध्याह्न के समय मधुशाला में ऊपरी आवरण पर गीली बोरियों का उपयोग करके और कालोनियों के चारों ओर पानी का छिड़काव करके मधुमक्खी पालन गृह के माइक्रॉक्लाइमेट को नियंत्रित करें। (iii) कॉलोनी के प्रवेश द्वार को चौड़ा करके कॉलोनी में उचित वेंटिलेशन प्रदान करें, मल्टी चैंबर कॉलोनियों को अतिरिक्त गेट प्रदान करें, ताजी हवा के पारित होने के लिए दो आसन्न कक्षों के बीच पतली छोटी छड़ी के टुकड़े रखें, फ्रेम की संख्या को 1 से कम करें और कक्ष में 9 की अनुमति दें (iv) मधुशाला में/ के पास ताजा पानी उपलब्ध कराएं मानसून प्रबंधन (i) मधुमक्खी पालन स्थल में नमी से बचें और उचित जल निकासी प्रदान करें (ii) नीचे के बोर्ड पर पड़े मलबे को साफ और गहरा गाड़ दें (iii) अवांछित वनस्पतियों को काटकर कॉलोनी के आसपास के वातावरण को साफ रखें जिससे...

06 Jun

Posted at 10:22h in Animal husbandry
Harjindra Singh 12 views

मधुमक्‍खी उत्‍पाद तथा उनकी उपयोगि‍ता Beekeeping in India is mainly reared for honey. However, with the progress research and development in apiculture, the other valuable bee-hive products such as royal jelly,beeswax, bee venom, pollen and propolis have become known to apiculturist . Royal jelly Royal jelly is milky or light pale edible item. It is composed of proteins 15-18 %, lipids 2-6%, carbohydrates 9 -`10% and minerals 0.7-1.2%. It contains 65-70 % moistures. The proteins are mainly amino acids and essential amino acids. Alanine, arginine, aspartic acids, glutamic acids, glysine, isoleusine, lysine, mehteonine, phenyl alanine , tryptophan, tyrosine and serine are present in royal jelly. Carbohydrates in royal jelly are glucose, fructose, melibiose, trehalose, maltose and sucrose. It also contains vitamin A, B and C . Mineral elements present in jelly are iron, copper, silicon and sulphur. Royal jelly also contains some other chemical stimulants which are responsible for queen determination.  Royal jelly is secreted in hypopharyngeal glands by nurse-bees of 1 to 2 week age. It is very nutritious food and is fed to young workers and queen larva. Uses: Royal jelly is very nutritious for humans’ beings, as it increases vigour and vitality. Beeswax Beeswax is complex substance having complex esters of monoatomic alcohols and fatty acids from 70.4 to 74.7% of wax. Other compounds are free...

30 Jul

Posted at 07:06h in Animal husbandry
Sunita Yadav 40 views

मधुमक्‍खि‍यों की 9 प्रमुख बीमारि‍यॉं तथा उनसे बचाव के तरीके  Beekeeping is an interesting hobby, an ideal agro-based subsidiary enterprise, providing supplementary and sometimes major income to the people in the rural areas. The diverse fauna of honeybees occurring in India further enhances its practical utility. Although seven species of Apis have been described but India is a unique country where the four Apis species of major importance are now present. These include two wild species viz. Apis dorsata (Giant / Rock honey bee or dumna) & A. florea (small honey bee) and two domesticated species viz. A. cerana (oriental honey bee) and A. mellifera (occidental or European honey bee). The first three species are indigenous, while the fourth one is an exotic introduction in the country. Like all other living creatures, honey bees also suffer from several diseases and are attacked by different enemies.. The diseases in brood and adult honey bees are caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, rickettsiae and protozoa. In India, brood diseases such as American foul brood, European foul brood, Thai sac brood and adult bee diseases viz. acarine, nosema and clustering disease have been reported in Asiatic hive bee, Apis cerana Feb.  European honey bee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus have been reported to suffer from European foul...

19 May

Posted at 06:11h in Miscellaneous
Prof. Sevak A. Dhenge 10 views

मधुमक्खी छत्ते के उत्पाद Beekeeping in India was mainly meant for production of honey. However, with the progress research and development in apiculture, the other valuable bee hive products such as beeswax, royal jelly, bee venom, pollen and propolis have become known to apiculturist .Commercialization of these products is a new boon to becoming industry. Honey It is sweet viscous fluid produced by honeybees mainly from the nectar of the flowers. The quality of honey varies from plant to plant depending upon the physicochemical properties of the nectar. On this basis, the honey can be classified as a floral honey or honeydew honey. Though monofloral honey is not common in India, yet honey can be categorized on the basis of floral sources such as mustard honey, litchi honey, berseem honey eucalyptus honey etc. Honey is extracted and prepared for market by different methods. The honey from Apis dorsata comb is squeezed manually, and it contains pollen-grains and even juice of some brood and is a crude honey, known as squeezed honey. The honey from bee –hive extracted from combs with the help of honey extractor is known as hive-honey. This honey may remain in liquid or crystallize, and hence can presented to consume as liquid honey or granulated honey.   Honey is whole food , containing sugar,...