Some details about Artificial beehive

Artificial beehive

                  An artificial beehive has frame works in which the bees can develop small compartments. Each compartment in the beehive is called a cell. It is also known as honey comb. Laying of eggs by queen bee, rearing of the larvae and up keep of pupae by worker bees apart from storage of honey are the activities taking place in a beehive.

           Honey extraction from these artificial combs is done by honey extractor. It is a box like frame work. It has a central axis that rotates the frames from a central point. The central axis is rotated by means of handle. It is fixed at the upper part of the device. At the bottom of the box, there is a hole through which is collected 

             In our country apiculture is done in small scale and large scale organizations. Agriculture universities have large scale and middle scale apiaries. 12 kg of honey can be extracted from a single hive. A large number of honey extraction village industries are located in Marthandam, Kanyakumari district.