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Mini Project 2 KMBN 252
“ APICULTURE INDUSTRY”
Presented
by
“SHREYA SINGH”
Under the guidance of
“MR. ASAD KAREEM USMANI”
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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INDRODUCTION
• Apiculture, also known as beekeeping, is the practice of raising
and managing bees for the production of honey, beeswax, pollen,
royal jelly, and other bee-related products.
• The apiculture industry encompasses a wide range of activities,
from small-scale hobbyist beekeepers to large commercial
operations.
• Bees are one of the many insects in the world that can produce
something that is beneficial to all of us. We obtain honey from
these bees and as we all know, honey is an important food for
human beings.
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• Another significant aspect of the apiculture industry is the provision
of pollination services. Bees are important pollinators that play a
crucial role in the reproduction of many plant species, including
numerous crops.
• Beekeepers transport their hives to agricultural fields and orchards
during flowering seasons, allowing the bees to pollinate the plants.
This service greatly enhances crop yields and quality, benefiting
farmers and the agricultural sector as a whole.
• The apiculture industry involves a
range of practices and techniques to
ensure the well-being of bee
colonies.
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• This includes hive management, disease prevention, pest control,
and maintaining suitable forage for the bees. Beekeepers may also
engage in breeding programs to develop resilient and productive bee
strains.
• Sustainable beekeeping
practices, research, and public
awareness are crucial for the
long-term viability and
conservation of bees and their
vital role in ecosystems.
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Methodology Adopted
1.)Literature Review: Reviewing of existing literature, research
papers, reports, and relevant publications
2.) Data Analysis: To analyze the secondary data and figure out
meaningful insights out of it as to give proper recommendations
for the particular sector.
Objectives of Research
1. To identify the issues and challenge of the apiculture
industry.
2. To identify emerging technologies in the apiculture industry.
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Industry Overview
The apiculture industry, also known as the beekeeping industry,
involves the cultivation and management of bees for various
purposes, primarily the production of honey and other bee-
related products. Here is an overview of the industry:
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Industry Overview
• The Indian apiculture market size
reached INR 23,060.5 Million in 2022.
Looking forward, IMARC Group expects
the market to reach INR 44,814.7
Million by 2028, exhibiting a growth rate
(CAGR) of 11.65% during 2023-2028.
• Growing demand for honey and other
bee products, the increasing awareness
of the health benefits of honey, and the
surging need for organic food products
represent some of the key factors
driving the market.
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Brief of Companies with Market
Share
• The report gives a detailed analysis of the following key players in
the India honey market, covering their competitive landscape,
capacity, and latest developments like mergers, acquisitions, and
investments, expansions of capacity, and plant turnarounds:
• Dabur India Ltd 8%
8%
• Patanjali Ayurved
52%
• Bharat Honey 10%
• Apis India 22%
• Others
• In this diagram different flavour of honey available in the market
are shown.
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Brief of Companies with Market
Share
• Dabur has a market share of
45% in Honey.
• The leading players in the
market are Dabur India Ltd,
Patanjali Ayurved, Bharat Honey,
and Apis India, among others.
• The India honey market attained
a value of INR 20.92 billion in
2022, driven by the increasing
popularity of online retail stores
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Challenges faced by apiculture
industry
• In the beekeeping practices, the destruction of honey bees
due to dramatic climate changes can sometimes be
challenging.
• Another major challenge facing the apiculture sector is bee-
eater birds which are found in Himalayas. As a result, bees
were affected by Himalayan bee-eaters .
• The increased number of users of Ayurveda leads to an increasing
market for honey, a more natural substitute came leads to
increase the competition for honey products in the market
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Swot analysis
Strengths:
• Its principal product honey is already popular hence market for shall take care.
• Processing of honey is not very difficult which can be done even at cottage scale with
simple equipment’s.
• Bee boxes can easily to prepared at village level with a little training and providing
standard specification.
Opportunities:
• Honey market can be expanded if organized properly.
• Bees wax can be utilized for manufacture of utility and fancy items.
• Bee venum if extracted can be used for various medicinal preparation .
• Beekeeping can bring green revolution due to cross pollination.
• Stinges of dead bees can be used for medicinal preparation.
• There is very good export potential for good quality and original honey obtained from
Bee's comb.
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Swot analysis
Weakness
• Details about honey of various floras are not available.
• Beekeepers are not organized. Hence they are subject to exploitation by middle man.
• Although it can be trained easily for taming the bees and collecting honey, but it is not
easy to train all beekeepers
For prevention or cure bee doctors are not available everywhere, hence epidemic can
destroy entire bee population very fast.
Threats
• Taking advantage of popularity of honey adulterated honey has taken bulk of market
share which threatens honey marketing.
• Indiscriminate spraying of pesticides has not only killed bees but also made honey
harmful.
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Latest Technology Adopted by
Industry
• Since honey bees are so important, bee farming practices need to
be given enough attention and improve them.
• Thankfully, there are some innovative ways by using smart
technologies that can reduce the harmful effects of intensive
farming practices on bee farming and create a more positive
approach to protecting bees.
• Here are some of the smart technologies available right now that
can positively impact bee farming practices:
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Flow Hive
This technology is designed to help honey extraction in a less
harmful way and pours each batch directly into a jar.
The great thing about this flow hive device is that you wouldn’t
need to open the hives to harvest honey, thus making honey
extraction easier and serving as a gentler alternative.
So the intricately-designed bee house extracts fresh honey from
the hive without any mess.
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Beebot
Beebot is a smart sensor gadget that helps beekeepers track the
temperature in hives and humidity and identify the frequency of the
bee buzzing, which could help detect problems inside each hive.
Further, it makes beekeepers’ jobs easy since this device will alert
you through your connected gadgets whenever needed.
It allows timely intervention to
prevent any severe damage or
hive losses because it could
spot early signs of harmful
problems.
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Beehome
Beehome positively impacts bee farming practices by allowing
beekeepers to monitor and watch their hives in real time. It is
designed with a tracker that sees bee activities inside a hive every
day for 24 hours.
Not to mention, the AI technology of this device allows beekeepers
to identify the urgent needs that need to be addressed immediately
in real-time.
Smart technologies such as
Beehome are helping in increasing
the pollination and honey
production of bees so that the bee
population doesn’t go at risk.
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Gobuzzr
Gobuzzr is an IoT-based beehive surveillance device that
monitors statistical information like weight, temperature,
and humidity. It is fixed to the bottom of a beehive and sends
notifications to beekeepers about any change to the
conditions affecting the hive. The collected information will
be aggregated and will be sent to the owner’s device at
regular intervals of time.
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Findings and Conclusions
• In 2019, India ranked eighth in the world in terms of honey
production. The honey market in India was of Rs 17.3 Billion.
• Punjab is the major state in beekeeping.
• The Indian apiculture market was valued at INR 23,060.5 Million in
2022.
• Conclusion
• Production of honey has been the major aim of the industry.
• Modern beekeeping also includes the production of beeswax, bee
collected pollen, bee venom, royal jelly, propolis, as also of package
bees, queen bees, and nucleus colonies,
• About 10,000 tons of forest honey is produced in India annually.
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