Question

The practice of been keeping is called as
A.Sericulture
B.Horticulture
C.Apiculture
D.Lac culture

Answer 1

Hint: The word ‘apis’ means bee. So, the term that includes the word apis will deal with the culturing or keeping of bees.

Complete step by step answer:
-The word apiculture came from the Latin word.
-The study, practice and management of honey bee keeping or honey bee culture is called an apiculture.
-A large amount of honey and beeswax is obtained from apiculture.
-It is the scientific method of nurturing honeybees.
-Beekeeping or apiculture can be described as the maintenance of bee colonies in the man-made hives.
-The honey bees are from the genus Apis. Some other honey-producing bees are Melipona stingless bees which are also cultured in apiculture.
-A beekeeper, known as apiarist keeps the bees in order to collect the honey and other products that are produced in the hives by the bees. The products include beeswax, propolis, flower pollen, bee pollen, and royal jelly etc.
- Some other aims of apiculture are – the bees help to pollinate crops; bees help to produce more bees that can be used for sale to other beekeepers.
-A place where the apiculture is done is called an apiary or bee yard.

So, the correct answer is option C. Apiculture.

Note:
-Sericulture is silk farming. It can be described as the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Commercial species of silkworms that is used for culture is Bombyx mori.
-Horticulture can be described as the science and art of the development, sustainable production, marketing, and use of high-value, intensively cultivated food and ornamental plants that include annual and perennial species of plants, delicious fruits and vegetables, and decorative indoor and landscape plants.
-Lac culture can be defined as the scientific management of lac insects to obtain a high amount of high-quality lac.