Vocational training programme on Bee Keeping for Self employment

5 Dariya News

Fatehgarh Sahib 18-Feb-2019

A five day training programme on Bee Keeping was organized at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Fatehgarh Sahib and a total of 22 participants from different villages of the district attended the training programme. Dr. Vipan Kumar Rampal, Deputy Director (Trg.) of KVK, Fatehgarh Sahib said that Bee Keeping has empowered the rural youth by imparting the knowledge and skill regarding bee keeping Venture. This would also help for regular income and make them economically independent.Dr. Reet Verma Assistant Professor (Plant Protection) has acquainted the trainees regarding identification of different stages of honey bees, life cycle of different cast of honey bees, seasonal management, bee flora , bee enemies, diseases and their management, starting bee keeping, migration of bee boxes, honey extraction and processing. She also imparted the practical skills on examination of honey bee colonies providing artificial feed to honey bees, management of mites and wax moths, how to divide a strong honey bee colony and method of uniting 2 week colonies, etc. Dr. Manisha Bhatia, Assistant Professor (Home science) acquainted the participants with packing, labeling and marketing of honey for retail.On the concluding day of the training Mr. Surinder Bansal, Nodal Officer, Lead bank, Sirhind was also invited to give the information regarding different loan facilities provided by bank. While Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, DDM, NABARD gave a very informative lecture on facilities provided by NABARD and formation of FPOs by farmers. Also, a progressive Beekeeper, S. Balwant Singh  interacted with the trainees. He shared his experiences and gave his valuable suggestions regarding this entrepreneur.