Question

Apiculture is associated with groups of plants _____
A) Grapes, Maize, Potato
B) Sugarcane, Paddy, Banna
C) Guava, Sunflower, Strawberry
D) Pineapple, Sugarcane, Strawberry

Answer 1

Agriculture refers to the science of cultivating soil, growing crops, raising livestock for earning a livelihood.It is the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in cities.

Complete answer:
Let us analyse the options to find the correct answer.
Option A: Cultivation of grapes comes under viticulture and not apiculture.Cultivation of both maize and potato comes under agriculture. Therefore, this is the incorrect option.
Option B: Cultivation of sugarcane and paddy comes under agriculture.Cultivation of bananas comes under horticulture. therefore, this is the incorrect option.
Option C: Cultivation of Guava, Sunflower, Strawberry come under apiculture. Apiculture is basically associated with beekeeping and also includes cultivation of flowers for bees collection. The word apiculture is derived from a latin word “apis'' which means bee. Under it, production of honey and wax and management of bees is included.Therefore, this is the correct option.
Apiaries are generally set up around places where there are sufficient bee pastures, i.e. enough flowering plants are available.
Option D: Cultivation of pineapple and strawberry comes under apiculture.Cultivation of sugarcane comes under agriculture, therefore, this is the incorrect option.

Thus, the correct answer is option (C) Guava, Sunflower, Strawberry.

Note: Importance of apiculture is as follows,
i) It helps in production of honey which is a good source of nutrition.
ii) It has an important role in pollination as honey bees are excellent pollinators.
iii) Bees venom can be used for treating diseases like AIDS.