National Bee Board Department of Agriculture & Cooperation

Pawanexh Kohli

National Beekeeping Development Board

Unorganized Sector SFAC registered National Bee Board under Society Act, 1860.

2000 2006

NBB was reconstituted with Secretary (A&C) as Chairman

1990 1993 2014

Implementing NHM & HMNEH Schemes in Beekeeping.

Pawanexh Kohli

Chairman Secretary (A&C)

Vice Chairman Additional Secretary

Member Secretary Joint Secretary (NHM)

Executive Director & Principal

Executive Officer of the Board

Director (Horticulture)

Regular Members: (i) Addl. Secy. & Financial Advisor

(ii) Horticulture Commissioner

(iii) MD, SFAC

(iv) ADG (PP), ICAR

(v) CEO, KVIC

(vi) Chairman, APEDA

Nominated member Expert in Apiculture

Elected members: 8 amongst prominent beekeepers, honey

societies and industries

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# NLA Focus Area

1 APEDA Coordination for export of Horticulture Crops

2 CDB TSG for coconut related programmes

3 DASD Development of planting material for spices

4 DCCD Development of planting material for cashew and cocoa

5 DMI Market Agency and monitoring of programs

6 FHEL Feasibility studies and DPRs for integrated cold-chain

7 HIL Production of vegetable seeds

8 MANAGE HRD related programmes for field functionaries

9 MFPI Programmes relating to processing of horticulture produce

10 NBB Development of Beekeeping for pollination

11 NCCD Cold-chain capacity building

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Productivity • Through pollination of scientific beekeeping.

• Coordination & Management of good beekeeping practices for all apiary products.

Inclusivity • No land ownership required .

• Support to marginal and small farmers including women.

• Negligible investment.

Sustainability • Self multiplication of colonies.

• Entrepreneurship for unskilled labour.

• Formation of FPOs by involving industry, NGOs and Govt. agencies.

Technology • Transfer through trainings, seminars, and exposure visits.

• Guidelines from scientific community, AICRP, SAUs, etc.

Quality • Registration of beekeepers for traceability.

• Advisories for quality control parameters.

• Coordination with regulatory authorities for fixation of standards.

Marketability • Vertical integration of beekeepers, traders and exporters.

• Horizontal level meetings with different regulatory bodies and exporters.

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Registration of beekeepers and farmers for traceability purpose. 1

Integrating tribal and fringe communities of forest dwellers into beekeeping 2

Coordination for formulating standards for honey and other bee hive products for domestic and international markets. 3

Ensuring hassle free transportation of bee colonies during migration. 4

Advisories on good beekeeping practices. 5

HRD: Training, seminar, exposure visits, etc. 6

Providing bee boxes, bee colonies, etc. to beekeepers. 7

Publication of Magazine “Bee World”. 8

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NHM HMNEH

NBB

Annual subscription

From Member

Organizations

Registration of

Beekeepers Fresh Membership

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KVIB SHM

NBB

SFD SAUs AICRP (ICAR)

NGOs Industries / Members

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Component Cost Norm Assistance Pattern

i) Production of nucleus

stock (Public sector)

Rs. 20.00 lakh 100% of the cost.

ii) Production of bee

colonies by bee breeder

Rs. 10.00 lakh 40% of cost for producing min. of

2000 colonies / year

iii) Honey bee colony Rs.2000/colony of

8 frames

40% of cost limited to 50 colonies /

beneficiary.

iv) Bee Hives Rs 2000/ per hive. 40% of cost limited to 50 colonies /

beneficiary.

v) Equipment including

honey extractor (4 frame),

food grade container (30

kg), net, including

complete set of Bee

keeping equipment.

Rs. 20,000/set

40% of the cost limited to one set

per beneficiary.

Pollination support through beekeeping

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S.N. Item Cost Norms Pattern of Assistance 1. Training of Farmers

i) Within the State Rs. 1000/day per farmer

including transport

100% of the cost.

ii) Outside the state Project based as per actual. 100% of the cost.

2. Exposure visit of

farmers

i) Within the state

ii) Outside the state Project based as per actual. 100% of the cost.

iii) Outside India Rs. 4.00 lakh/participant Project based. 100% of air/rail

travel. Course fee cost to be

funded under Mission

Management.

3. Training/study tour of

technical staff/field

functionaries

i) Within the state Rs.300/day per participant

plus TA/DA, as admissible

100% of the cost.

ii) Study tour to progressive

States/units (group of

minimum 5 participants)

Rs. 800/day per participant

plus TA/DA, as admissible

100% of the cost.

iii) Outside India Rs.6.00 lakh per participant 100% of air/rail travel and course

fee cost to be funded under

Mission Management.

Assistance from NBB to farmers for various capacity building

programmes under NHM / HMNEH

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(a) North - Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab,

Himachal Pradesh- A.mellifera(A.mel.), Uttarakhand &

Jammu & Kashmir –A.cerana (A.cer.)

(b) South – Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil

Nadu, Pondichery, Andman & Nicobar,etc. - A.cerana

(c) East – Bihar & West Bengal -(A.mel), Orissa, All North

Eeastern States (8), Chhattisgarh, & Jharkhand, -

A.cerana

(d) West – Rajasthan- (A.mel), Gujarat, Maharashtra,

Madhya Pradesh, Goa - A.cerana.

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• Increase crop yield through pollination

• Honeybee produces

1. Honey: Nutritious whole food with medicinal

property.

2. Bees wax: More valuable, used in candle,

pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry.

3. Bee venom: Used for treatment of arthritis,

rheumatic and pains (treatment known as

Apitherapy).

4. Royal jelly: Nutritious, increase vigour and

vitality/fertility.

5. Bee Pollen: Rated as Super Food.

6. Propolis: Resinous substance uses as gum.

7. Honey and hive products: source of income to the

farm family, helps employment generation.

BENEFITS FROM HONEY BEE

Bee’s Wax

Pollen

Royal Jelly

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DOs

Selection of good apiary site

Selection of good quality bees

Proper placement of colonies in

apiary

Frequent inspection of colonies

for hygiene

Provision of fresh water in the

apiary

Dearth period management

Care during honey extraction and

migration

Management of colonies from

pests & bee diseases

Store honey in food grade plastic

or stainless steel container

DONTs

Administering antibiotics to bees

Storing honey in tin containers

Spraying of insecticide or

pesticide in bee flora

Fumigation of colonies except

when honey is extracted

Frequent change of hive sites

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Production approximately 65,000 MTs. of Honey, involving about 2.5

lakhs beekeepers.

Year wise and country wise honey export in 2012-13.

Country 2012-13

Qty (in tons) Value (Rs. in crores)

United States 22280 310.00

Saudi Arabia 1384 1.83

UAE 359 0.36

Belgium 228 0.32

EU 376 0.53

Other locations 1153 42.96

Total 25780 356.00

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State wise data on beekeepers and honey production not available.

Beekeepers registered with NBB may be given preference in

assistance.

Training to be imparted to beekeepers/farmers before extending

assistance.

Need to maintain separate record of budget spent on beekeeping

training.

Cluster approach to be adopted for beekeeping.

Involvement of industry and NGOs.

Beekeepers getting benefits to register with NBB.

Registration of beekeepers is for five years.

Registration form available on NHM website (http://nhm.nic.in/NBB/index.html).

Migration of bee colonies to places of more bee friendly flora to be

facilitated without difficulties at state borders and check posts in

respect of all beekeepers.

Pawanexh Kohli

National Bee Board Department of Agriculture & Cooperation

Ministry of Agriculture Government of India