Guest Talk on Sharing the Success Story of Bee Keepers Farm

On 31.5.2022 a guest talk was organised by the Entrepreneurship Development Cell and Institution lnnovation Council in association with the Department of Computer Applications on the topic "Sharing the Success Story of Bee Keepers Farm”. The Session was handled by Mr.X.Aasir Dasan, Aasir Enterprises, Tirunelveli from 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm. The resource person introduction was given by Mr. R. Albert Paulin Michael, AP/MCA. The resource person explained why we need to encourage apiculture and the importance of beekeeping. The speaker said that the apiculture provides products such as honey and wax that are used commercially. Moreover, honeybees are responsible for pollination and thus help in increasing the yield of the several plants. He also highlighted important information regarding High-Yielding Bees, Nucleus Colony. He listed the following advantages of Bee Keeping.

• Bee keeping requires less time, money and infrastructure investments.
• Honey and beeswax can be produced from an area of little agricultural value.
• The Honey bee does not compete for resources with any other agricultural enterprise.

The resource person explained the investment needed for developing the bee colonies and the modern equipment available for beekeeping, managing the bees and collection honey. He presented the investment needed for developing the beehives and managing the same. He said that income can be generated regularly through beekeeping in the form of sale of honey and wax.

50 students participated in the session. All the students were benefited by the sharing of beekeeping success story. The resource person clarified all the questions raised by the students. The session went on well and all the students were very much impressed about the session. Queries taken place between the students and the resource person was highly inspired for all the students.