Question

What is apiculture? How it is important in our lives?

Answer 1

Honey bees are of great importance in the environment and for humans in some ways. There are different types of species of honey bees like-
1. Apis dorsata (The rock bee)
2. Apis ceranaindica (The Indian bee)
3. Apis florea (The little bee) etc. so from here the word apiculture came.

Complete answer: Apiculture (beekeeping): It is the rearing of honeybees for honey and wax. Honey is used as a home remedy for various infections as well as a food source; the wax is used in polishing and cosmetic products. Bee pollens are used as a supplement in the form of capsules and have medicinal use. With the help of apiculture, it has served as an earning source for many people. Bee yard or apiary is a place where bee colonies are kept is called an apiary or bee yard. Products of apiculture are very useful to humans like- a. Honey: Bees produce honey from the nectar of plants through enzymatic activity, regurgitation, and water evaporation. b. Beeswax: It is secreted by the wax glands located on the underside of the last four abdominal segments 4th to 7th
c. Royal jelly: The glandular secretion of young worker bees (4 to 10 days old) produced by hypopharyngeal glands in the head.

Note: The practice of beekeeping dates back at least 4,500 years. It is believed that one-third of the food we eat is the result of honey bee pollination. In their 6-8 week of lifespan, a worker bee will fly the equivalent distance of 1 ½ time the circumference of the Earth. A productive queen can lay up to 2,500 eggs per day.