honey Tag

06 Jun

Posted at 10:22h in Animal husbandry

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...

30 Jul

Posted at 07:06h in Animal husbandry

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...

19 May

Posted at 06:11h in Miscellaneous

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...