Question

What is the name given to the domestication of bees?
A. Sericulture
B. Apiculture
C. Tissue culture
D. Pisciculture

Answer 1

Hint: Domestication of animals is the process to take care of the animals for human use. It is a mutual relationship between animals and humans. Rearing silk from silkworms can be done by sericulture. Honeybees are of great advantage for humans. To obtain useful products from bees can be done by the process of apiculture.

Complete answer:
> Animal breeding and rearing is a very important practice for the commercial purpose. Animals and their products can be used by humans. Fish, sheep, hen, honey bees, silkworm, cattle, etc are the animals which give many useful products for human use.
> Sericulture is the process of breeding silkworms and obtains silk from them. It is also called silk farming.
> The maintenance of honeybee’s colonies, commonly in hives by humans, is called beekeeping or apiculture. This practice is done in order to obtain honey and other products obtained from honeybees. > Products such as beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly are of great use. Honeybees also have the advantage of pollinating crops. Humans also protect them in order to sell them to other beekeepers.
> Tissue culture is the process of protected tissues of various animals in order to breed them and use them for various purposes. Breeding of animals and also plants can be done by this technique.
> Pisciculture is the process of breeding, rearing, and transplantation of fish by artificial means. It is also called fish farming.
> From the above information we have found that apiculture is the name given to the domestication of bees.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: Animal breeding can also do artificially by the method of inbreeding, and out breeding. To get best results artificial insemination is also used. It has a high success rate. Breeding is known for the rearing of cow and buffalo. Animal husbandry can also be used for farming of animal livestock.