National Workshop on Role of Agri Start-ups in Honey Value Chain held in Varanasi

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National Bee Board (NBB), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, in collaboration with National Seed Research and Training Centre (NSRTC) Varanasi, organised a National Workshop on Role of Agri Start-ups in Honey Value Chain at NSRTC Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on 22 September. 

IMPORTANT FACTS -

• Beekeepers, honey startups and FPOs, stakeholders in beekeeping, officials from various ministries, government organisations, institutions, state horticulture departments, agricultural universities, etc. participated in the workshop.

Sweet Revolution :

• It is an ambitious initiative of the Government of India for promoting 'beekeeping'.

• It aims to accelerate the production of quality honey and other related products.

• In order to give a boost to the sweet revolution, the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission was launched by the government in 2020.

• There are about 20,000 different species of bees in the world.

• Bees live in colonies and each colony has three types of bees, the queen bee, the worker bee, and the drone bee.