Saturday, August 18, 2007

Introduction to Bees

Bees are social insects with a unique biology, development and behaviour. They have been kept by humans from the early days of civilization for the production of honey. Bee keeping can be profitable and may even support industrial enterprises. Despite this, developing countries do not keep bes for honey production. Other than honey, bees are pollinators of many flowers. They are thus very importance to many ecosystems. Other than their economic importance, they have ecological importance which may have beneficial effects on rural communities. They may be integrated into natural resource management programmes.

Beekeeping or apiculture is really applied bee biology in a way.

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