WORLD BEE DAY

About:

• World Bee Day is celebrated on May 20.
• On this day Anton Janša, the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734.
• The purpose of the international day is to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem.
• The UN Member States approved Slovenia’s proposal to proclaim 20 May as World Bee Day in December 2017. 

Beekeeping in India

• The centrally funded scheme, ‘National Beekeeping and Honey Mission’ aims to establish 5 big regional and 100 small honey and other Bee Products testing laboratories, out of which 3 world class state-of-the-art laboratories have been setup.
• The Government of India is also providing assistance for setting up of Processing Units.
• More than 1.25 lakh metric tonnes of honey is being produced in the country, out of which more than 60 thousand metric tonnes of natural honey is exported.