National Bee Board Department of Agriculture & Cooperation Pawanexh Kohli

Implementing NHM & HMNEH Schemes in .

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

1990 1993 2000 2006 2014

National Beekeeping Development Board NBB was reconstituted with Secretary (A&C) as Chairman Pawanexh Kohli

Secretary (A&C) Chairman Additional Secretary Vice Chairman Joint Secretary (NHM) Member Secretary Executive Director & Principal Director (Horticulture) Executive Officer of the Board 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 , societies and industries Pawanexh Kohli

# 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 Pawanexh Kohli

• Through pollination of scientific beekeeping. Productivity • Coordination & Management of good beekeeping practices for all products.

• No land ownership required . Inclusivity • Support to marginal and small farmers including women. • Negligible investment.

• Self multiplication of colonies. Sustainability • Entrepreneurship for unskilled labour. • Formation of FPOs by involving industry, NGOs and Govt. agencies.

• Transfer through trainings, seminars, and exposure visits. Technology • Guidelines from scientific community, AICRP, SAUs, etc.

• Registration of beekeepers for traceability. Quality • Advisories for quality control parameters. • Coordination with regulatory authorities for fixation of standards.

• Vertical integration of beekeepers, traders and exporters. Marketability • Horizontal level meetings with different regulatory bodies and exporters. Pawanexh Kohli

1 Registration of beekeepers and farmers for traceability purpose.

Integrating tribal and fringe communities of forest dwellers into 2 beekeeping

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

4 Ensuring hassle free transportation of bee colonies during migration.

5 Advisories on good beekeeping practices.

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

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

8 Publication of Magazine “Bee World”. Pawanexh Kohli

Pawanexh Kohli

NHM HMNEH

NBB

Annual subscription From Member Registration of Fresh Membership Organizations Beekeepers Pawanexh Kohli

KVIB SHM

Industries / Members NBB NGOs

SFD SAUs AICRP (ICAR) Pawanexh Kohli

Pollination support through beekeeping Component Cost Norm Assistance Pattern i) Production of nucleus Rs. 20.00 lakh 100% of the cost. stock (Public sector) ii) Production of bee Rs . 10.00 lakh 40% of cost for producing min. of colonies by bee breeder 2000 colonies / year iii) colony Rs.2000/colony of 40% of cost limited to 50 colonies / 8 frames beneficiary. iv) Bee Hives Rs 2000/ per hive. 40% of cost limited to 50 colonies / beneficiary. v) Equipment including Rs. 20,000/set 40% of the cost limited to one set (4 frame), per beneficiary. food grade container (30 kg), net, including complete set of Bee keeping equipment. Assistance from NBB to farmers for various capacity building programmes under NHM / HMNEH Pawanexh Kohli

S.N. Item Cost Norms Pattern of Assistance 1. Training of Farmers i) Within the State Rs. 1000/day per farmer 100% of the cost. including transport 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 100% of the cost. plus TA/DA, as admissible ii) Study tour to progressive Rs. 800/day per participant 100% of the cost. States/units (group of plus TA/DA, as admissible minimum 5 participants) iii) Outside India Rs.6.00 lakh per participant 100% of air/rail travel and course fee cost to be funded under Mission Management. Pawanexh Kohli

(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.

BENEFITS FROM HONEY BEE Pawanexh Kohli

• Increase crop yield through pollination Bee’s Wax • Honeybee produces 1. Honey: Nutritious whole food with medicinal property. 2. Bees wax: More valuable, used in candle, Pollen pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry. 3. Bee venom: Used for treatment of arthritis, rheumatic and pains (treatment known as Apitherapy). 4. : Nutritious, increase vigour and vitality/fertility. Royal Jelly 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. Pawanexh Kohli

DOs DONTs

. Selection of good apiary site . Administering antibiotics to bees . Selection of good quality bees . Storing honey in tin containers . Proper placement of colonies in . Spraying of insecticide or apiary pesticide in bee flora . Frequent inspection of colonies . Fumigation of colonies except for hygiene when honey is extracted . Provision of fresh water in the . Frequent change of hive sites apiary . Dearth period management . Care during and migration . Management of colonies from pests & bee diseases . Store honey in food grade plastic or stainless steel container Pawanexh Kohli

. 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 Pawanexh Kohli

 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