1 Solving National Problems  Less yield of pulses and oil-seeds Importing 33%  Bee-keeping & enhanced yield of crops

2 India – Agrarian Society Observation Developed nations have 3-5% population working in agriculture  self-sufficient We have 70% population working in agriculture  still we have to import 33% pulses and oil- seeds  not self-sufficient  We don’t have efficient agriculture techniques  We don’t have skilled labor

3 Solution Solutions are 1.Increasing the production of pulses, oil-seeds, milk with the help of bee keeping  an increase in 35% to 100% in the pulses and oil-seeds  reason: bees help in pollination 2.Removing chemicals from farming  1 lakh crore is spent annually on chemical fertilizers  replace by organic khaad  vermi-composting

4 Bee Keeping In 1995, 10 kg honey per box Today kg honey per box 1 frame has 2000 bees = Rs. 200 cost 1 box has 10 such frames = Rs cost Cost of box = Rs. 500 Total cost of one full box = Rs = Investment  output kg honey per year Rs. 50 per kg = one box gives Rs of honey per year  Cost recovered

5 Bee Keeping  More output Honey bee multiplies to about 3 times in 1 year = 20 more frames of bees = one frame = Rs frames = Rs per year  Net income = Rs  Net profit = Rs per year

6 Bee Keeping If a beginner starts with 10 boxes  investment = Rs Does bee keeping for one year  net profit = Rs and 30 boxes Second year  net profit from 30 boxes = Rs and 90 boxes (If 60 boxes sold = Rs * 60 = Rs ) Third year  profit from 90 boxes = Rs and 270 boxes (One person can manage about 30 boxes – The above profit excludes the cost of supporting extra man-power) Fourth year  profit from 270 boxes = Rs This income is Tax Free

7 Bee Keeping Current Status More than 100 bee-keepers in the country have more than 2000 boxes each Since these bee-keepers are experienced, they earn about Rs to Rs per box (and not just Rs per box) They have been working since 1995, i.e. since last 14 years They are earning Rs crore per year  Perseverance, hard work and experience can lead to good earning in this business

8 Bee Keeping Current Status More than 5000 bee-keepers in the country have more than 250 boxes each In 1995 the work started with 2500 boxes In 2009 there are about 2.5 lakh boxes

9 Bee Keeping Requirements 1.It is a 100% full time job 2.It is migratory in nature – if the flower dries at one place, the bee-keeper has to migrate to some other place where there are flowers – this can be migration of km Example: Bharatpur, Alwar, Jaipur have mustard crop from November to January – many bee-keepers migrate there with their boxes Once the crop is over, the bee-keepers move to Dehradun for Lichi crop  The bee-keeper has to be strong and courageous Even MBA’s are doing bee-keeping

10 Bee Keeping Man-power requirement As of now, about people are needed right away  Contact un-employed youth  Contact mislead youth Training requirement One day introduction One week preliminary training One month field training After this the person can start the business One year training Understand how bee behaves with season

11 Bee Keeping Training Method A large bee-keeper, who has more than 500 boxes and a staff of about 20 people can keep a trainee with free boarding and lodging (and some stipend like Rs per month) The trainee works with the trainer in the field The trainee can save Rs in a few months and buy 2 boxes The bees keep multiplying, and by the end of one year, training is complete, as well as the trainee acquires about 10 boxes

12 Bee Keeping Market From the bee-keepers could produce enough honey for the Indian market The cost of this honey was Rs. 14 per kg and later Rs. 18 per kg Therefore, in 1997 they went to the exporters 267 ton honey was exported Total consumption of honey in the world – 10 lakh ton 3 lakh ton is produced by China India has reached 1 lakh ton annual production And is exporting ton per year To Germany (6.5 kg per capita consumption) and USA (honey is an energy food in the world)

13 Honey is connected to mal-nutrition also Major application near Saharanpur