A two-day training on scientific beekeeping with stingless bees and Apis cerana for better honey production and pollination was conducted at Punglwa village in Peren district on February 17 and 18.
Altogether, 64 beekeepers from six nearby villages attended the intensive training, which included practical demonstration by resource persons apart from discussion hours, stated an update from All India Coordinated Research Project on Honey Bees & Pollinators AICRP (HB&P), SASRD, NU, Medziphema.
Specified topics on scientific stingless beekeeping, basics on apiary establishment, scientific hives and maintenance, bee diseases and pests, importance of bees and insects on pollination and scientific honey harvesting were delineated by the resource speakers. The participants were also given scientific boxes for rearing stingless bees after the training.
The inaugural session was attended by head GB of Punglwa village as special guest, while Dr. Avinash Chauhan, principal investigator and training coordinator of AICRP (HB&P), delivered the introductory speech.
