Bee-Keeping

These are the CBSE class 9 biology notes on chapter Improvement in food resources Topics covered in this page are

Bee-Keeping

Bee-Keeping

The practice of keeping or rearing, caring and management of honey bee on a large scale for obtaining honey and wax is called apiculture.

The place where bees are raised is called apiary. Besides honey, other products of bee-keeping are bee wax, bee venom, propolis and royal jelly.
Bee-keeping require low investment and generates additional income, hence it is done by farmers along with agriculture.

Honey bee varieties used for bee-keeping:

Indigenous varieties	Exotic varieties
Apis cerana indica (Indian bee) Apis dorsata (Rock bee) Apis florae (Little bee)	Apis mellifera (Italian bee) Apis adamsoni (South African bee)

Colony of honey bee:

Honey bees are social, polymorphic insects which live in colonies in nests (known as bee-hive). The colony of honey bee has bees belonging to three castes.

Queen Bee: she is the supreme bee in a colony.
Drones: They are smaller and shorter than the queen bee.
Workers: They are the most active members of the colony.

Management for high yields of honey:

For the production of honey on the commercial basis, Italian variety of honey bee, Apis mellifera is commonly used for honey production throughout the country. It is preferred because:

It is gentle in nature.
It has high honey collection capacity.
It has more ability to protect itself from enemies.

The value or quality of honey depends upon the pasturage, or the flowers available to the bees for nectar and pollen collection..
In addition to adequate quantity of pasturage, the kind of flowers available will determine the taste of the honey.
So, the more of the abundance of flora and for longer duration, the better will be the quantity and quality of honey.

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Reference Books for class 9 science

Given below are the links of some of the reference books for class 9 science.

These books by S.Chand Publications are detailed in their content and are must have books for class 9 students.

Some other books that might be worth considering are

Oswaal CBSE Question Bank Class 9 Science Chapterwise & Topicwise We all know importance of practicing what we have studied. This book is perfect for practicing what you have learned and studied in the subject.
Pearson Foundation Series (IIT-JEE/NEET) Physics, Chemistry, Maths & Biology for Class 9 (Main Books) | PCMB Combo These Foundation books would be helpful for students who want to prepare for JEE/NEET exams. Only buy them if you are up for some challenge and have time to study extra topics. These might be tough for you and you might need extra help in studying these books.
Foundation Science Physics for Class - 9 by H.C. Verma This is one of my favorite Physics book for class 9. Most of the book is within the limits of CBSE syllabus. It might overwhelm you with its language but I feel if you can understand the content is authentic with plenty of problems to solve.

You can use above books for extra knowledge and practicing different questions.

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Bee-Keeping

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Honey bee varieties used for bee-keeping:

Colony of honey bee:

Management for high yields of honey:

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