🐝 Beekeeping & Sericulture
తేనె / పట్టు — apiary placement, migratory beekeeping, mulberry-based sericulture.
The workflow
flowchart LR
A[Apiary site<br/>floral abundance] --> B[Hive boxes<br/>Apis cerana / mellifera]
B --> C[Colony build<br/>queen mgmt]
C --> D[Migratory placement<br/>follow blooms]
D --> E[Honey extraction<br/>2-3× per season]
E --> F[Wax + propolis<br/>value-add]
Follow the blooms; the bees do the rest.
Key takeaways
Videos (5)
Extracting and selling honey from 130 bee boxes | Honey Farming | Rythu Badi
A Bapatla beekeeper running 130 hives in subabul groves extracts 400-500 kg of honey a month and sells direct at Rs 200/kg.
Practising sericulture for 30 years
A 4-acre mulberry plot plus a Rs.6 lakh shed lets a single farmer cycle ~300 DFLs every 3 weeks year-round into cocoon sales.
Sericulture for 6 Years: Ex Software Engineer
Sericulture with government subsidy support is a viable career switch from IT for at least 6 years sustained.
Selling Silkworms Is Our Business | Sericulture Chawki Centre
Chawki rearing centres supply disease-free young silkworms to farmers, with Central Silk Board certification and government support.
Successful Silk Farmer Ailaiah — Sericulture Interview
Chawki-stage rearing on shelves, rain-gun irrigation and heavy organic fertilization push silk cocoon yields to 120-140 kg/100 DFLs at premium prices.