Beekeeping in Uttarakhand is one of the oldest traditional practices followed both for the
commercial purpose as well as the domestic use. It is an important supplementary income
generating activity in the state. According to the experts, there is a need to adopt modern
beekeeping practices by the traditional beekeepers in the state, especially in the areas like
bee management, better extraction, honey storage and quality control. Honey bee farming is
now a days becoming more popular due to its market demand in national as well as the …

India ranks first in terms of number of beehive stocks and eighth in terms of honey
production. The major reason for this difference may be the farmers not aware about various
modern day beehive management and production technologies. Nainital district of
Uttarakhand was purposively selected for the study as it accounts for the maximum number
of beekeepers among all the districts in the Kumaon Hills. Nainital district has eight blocks,
out of which Bhimtal block was selected purposively for the study as it has maximum honey …