Monday, April 27, 2009

Rock Bee Management


A novel and eco-friendly technique of management of rock bees, the ferrocious wild bees, (Apis dorsata) and safe honey harvesting from their colonies has been disseminated to more than 350 traditional honey hunters in selected tribal areas of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha with the help of local NGOs. A special arrangement has been made for the direct procurement of honey at a higher price to avoid their exploitation at the hands of middlemen. These honey hunters, who have very well adopted the new technique introduced to them, have been organised into ‘Self Help Groups’. A concept of decentralised neighbourhood marketing is being tried wherein the honey is being sold in sub-urban centres in this region by household women through home selling.

A special brand for the processed honey has been developed in the name of ‘NATURO’, which has also received the Agmark licence. A strict quality control is being maintained by analysing the raw as well as processed honey samples in our honey-testing laboratory.

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