Beekeeping in India

[danbeeman]

Anyone know any beekeepers in West Bengal, India? I'll be going there soon and am trying to find out about beekepers in tha area of Kalimpong and Darjeeling. Yes, that's where the tea comes from. I understand that they have introduced apis melifera, but also keep apis cerana.

[The Honey House]

I don't think you'll find many beekeepers
in India, they are too busy stealing American jobs.

[odfrank]

So that's why our unemployment is so high!!Thanks for figuring it out for us..... all 936 million Indians are here in the US stealing our jobs. That must be why traffic is so bad too...

[dragonfly]

If I wanted to locate a beekeeper in India, I would contact American Bee Journal and see if they could give me any leads. They publish lots of articles on beekeeping around the world, and probably have an author that travels extensively for this purpose. I seem to remember reading an article in one of the mags last year about beekeeping in India, but I don't have the mag anymore. Sorry.

[The Honey House]

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[This message has been edited by The Honey House (edited June 17, 2003).]

[danbeeman]

Thanks for the referral to the Bee Journal, I'll check it out.

[hoosierhiver]

i've traveled thru asia quite a bit and you will be amazed to see large open comb colonies hanging from trees and buildings,they are apis cerana, i presume.also in markets you will find people selling wild comb and sometimes even larvae to eat.i would guess if you go to a market,you will find a local beehunter if not a beekeeper.

[loggermike]

The ABJ sitting on my desk just happened to be opened to Beekeeping In India:an exotic adventure-Part 1.It is the Dec.2001 issue.

[loggermike]

The author is Dr.Wyatt A. Mangum email wmangum@mwc.edu

[danbeeman]

hoosierhiver: Actually, that would be apis dorsata living under cliffs and branches. This is a larger bee that is not domesticated. Apis cerana is quite small and lives well in hives, but does not produce as much honey.

Thanks for the article referral! I knew one of you would know where to go!

[hoosierhiver]

dorsata, thanks for the correction.