19 May Products of Bee hive
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,...