Question

The rearing of bees is
A. Sericulture
B. Apiculture
C. Silviculture
D. Horticulture

Answer 1

Hint: Rearing of a honey bee is its proper maintenance and preservation. Rearing also involves monitoring its products such as honey, wax, and royal jelly, etc. It is a completely man-made system and harvests lots of bees.

Complete Answer:
- Apiculture is the rearing of the honey bee to obtain honey, honey wax, royal jelly, and bee venom, etc. The ‘apiculture’ is the Latin word that means ‘apis’ called a bee. It is a type of science for the preservation or maintenance of bee colonies. It is commonly man-made stores (hives), by humans. For the apiculture also we can call it beekeeping. A beekeeper gathers bees for their products and honey that the hive produces.
- Now we will discuss its classification. Honey bees belong to the kingdom Animalia, phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, order Hymenoptera, and the genus is apis. The honey bee is a commercially very useful insect, which is beneficial to all of us by secreting various products like a honey bee, honey wax, and jelly; all of these have significant medicinal properties. The area wherein a large number of beehives can be placed is called apiary.
- In the apiary the honey bees are the upkeep of and managed to produce wax, royal jelly, and honey. Apiaries usually provide areas also for the flowering plants. A traditional apiculture strategy of beekeeping is a fixed comb hive, it is a hive in which the combs cannot be detached or manipulated for harvesting without permanently damaging the comb. Top Bar hives are the modern strategy of beekeeping which is being followed in Africa. This technique keeps the bees in a less stressful condition.

So, according to this explanation, we can say that the correct answer to this question is option B ‘Apiculture’.

Note: The preservation and maintenance of honey bees in a particular area are called apiculture. Here, the bees are taken care of and accomplished to produce wax and honey. It is also known as beekeeping.