Farmers given guidance in beekeeping

RPUR, MARCH 7

A five-day special training camp to hone skills of farmers in remunerative beekeeping concluded at the state Horticulture Department’s Progeny-cum-Demonstration Orchard at Jachh near here last evening. As many as 40 progressive farmers from Nurpur, Indora and Fatehpur horticulture blocks participated in the camp.

The state Horticulture Department organised this camp to give technical guidance to farmers in honey beekeeping. They were also apprised of the central and state governments’ schemes for promoting beekeeping. The Subject Matter Specialist, Hatinder Patial, said farmers were educated about the role of honeybees in pollination and fruit setting in orchards and scientific honey processing techniques.

Dr Vishav Gourav, a scientist of the Regional Horticulture Research Station, Jachh, apprised the farmers of four honeybee species found in Himachal. Kamal Sheel Negi, Deputy Director, Horticulture, Kangra, advised farmers to work in clusters in the beekeeping avocation. — OC