Stingless Honey Bee Farming(Dwarf Honey Bee)

  Stingless Honey Bees or Dwarf Bees are one of the native breeds of Honey Bees found in India and many other countries.The main speciality of these bees are they are small and stingless which makes it  very easy to  handle.Lots of people fear the aggressive nature of Honey bees so they don't want to keep Bees even if they are interested in applications of Honey.For such farmers,Dwarf honey bee farming is a suitable option.The main drawback of these bees are low Honey production rate.From one colony,we can get only 1Kg of honey per year.By increasing number of colonies and reducing operating costs we can overcome this issue.

  Stingless bee keeping enables great opportunities to ladies who can utilize their free time at home.As Dwarf honey bee don't have stings,this farming is fearless and easy job,ladies can replace the requirement of skilled labour which may be required with other type of Bees.Thus we can reduce the running cost considerably.This type of Honey has great medicinal properties and is used in various Ayurveda medicines.As the availability is less,we can get high price for our Honey.These factors also promote Stingless honey Bee farming and help the success of the farmer.

How to capture Stingless Honey Bees from Surroundings

  Stingless Honey bees are found in nature.For utilizing them in our farm,we need to keep them in specialized boxes.This is a big task as they won't come so easily.This require special techniques and patience.One common technique is to provide a box at the entrance of the bee nest and allow them to pass through the box.Over time,they will start to build combs inside the Box.After 6 months,you can separate the box and keep it as a separate honey bee nest.Below video of 'Kissan krishideepam' describes the strategies to be used by the stingless Honey Bee farmer for getting great benefits from this farm.


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