Commercial Apiary Unit (100 Bee Colonies of Apis cerana)
This project involves setting up a commercial apiary unit with 100 bee colonies of Apis cerana to produce honey, beeswax, queen bees, and bee colonies. Beekeeping serves as an ideal subsidiary occupation providing supplementary income in areas with adequate bee flora.
Project cost & finance
Cost of Project
figures in ₹ Lakhs
| Land | 0 |
| Building & Civil Work | 0 |
| Plant & Machinery | 1.6 |
| Working Capital | 0.11 |
| Total | 1.71 |
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Means of Finance
figures in ₹ Lakhs
Raw materials & machinery
Machinery & equipment13
- Bee hivesBuy on Amazon ↗
Wooden hives for housing bee colonies
- Nucleus boxBuy on Amazon ↗
Small bee hive for starting new colonies
- Hive standBuy on Amazon ↗
Stand to keep hives elevated
- Ant wellBuy on Amazon ↗
Protection against ants
- Queen gateBuy on Amazon ↗
Excluder gate for queen bees
- Feeder frameBuy on Amazon ↗
Frame for feeding sugar syrup
- Hive toolBuy on Amazon ↗
Tool for opening and scraping hives
- Swarm netBuy on Amazon ↗
Net for catching swarms
- Bee veilBuy on Amazon ↗
Protective face veil
- SmokerBuy on Amazon ↗
Device to calm bees with smoke
- Honey extractorBuy on Amazon ↗
Machine to extract honey from combs
- Bee coloniesBuy on Amazon ↗
Live Apis cerana colonies
- Storage drumBuy on Amazon ↗
Drums for storing harvested honey
Raw materials2
- Sugar feedingBuy on Amazon ↗
Feed for bees during lean periods
- Disease controlBuy on Amazon ↗
Medicines and preventive treatments
Manufacturing process
- Establish the apiary site in an area with adequate bee flora for at least 6 months.
- Install bee hives, stands, and introduce Apis cerana colonies.
- Provide routine maintenance including sugar feeding and disease control.
- Manage migration of colonies as required based on seasonal flora availability.
- Extract honey using modern extractors and collect wax and other hive products.
Market
Honey and allied bee products have consistent demand in local and commercial markets as health foods and industrial inputs.