At a smoke-free beekeeping training camp held at the Pongalur Institute of Agricultural Sciences, the students of Agriculture University imparted training to over 50 farmers on how to extract honey from a smoke-free honeycomb.
Tirupur: A smoke-free beekeeping training camp was held at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences at Pongalur in Tirupur district on Tuesday.
More than 50 farmers who participated in the camp were trained on smoke-free beekeeping methods by Ilayaraja, Project Coordinator, Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Dr. Kalaiyarasan, Assistant Professor of Nematode.
The farmers were also briefed on the honey extraction machine, the honey harvester and the equipment to be used to extract honey. Generally, in beekeeping, the bees are more likely to die or leave the nest when smoke is used to extract honey by making the bees unconscious.
Thus, training was also imparted on how to extract honey without smoke, using water or sugar solution. In addition, an exhibition on ethnographic trap nets, microbial fertilizers and coconut tonic use was also organized by the students of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University under the Village Dhampi programme for the farmers who came to this training camp.
More than 50 farmers who participated in the camp were trained on smoke-free beekeeping methods by Ilayaraja, Project Coordinator, Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Dr. Kalaiyarasan, Assistant Professor of Nematode.
The farmers were also briefed on the honey extraction machine, the honey harvester and the equipment to be used to extract honey. Generally, in beekeeping, the bees are more likely to die or leave the nest when smoke is used to extract honey by making the bees unconscious.
Thus, training was also imparted on how to extract honey without smoke, using water or sugar solution. In addition, an exhibition on ethnographic trap nets, microbial fertilizers and coconut tonic use was also organized by the students of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University under the Village Dhampi programme for the farmers who came to this training camp.