Potentials and Prospects of Beekeeping Entrepreneurship in Dinajpur Region: A Participatory Analysis

Honey is the natural sweet substance produced by mutual interactions between bees and nectariferous plants. Beekeeping (apiculture) is the management of colonies of bees to produce honey and other hive products and for the pollination of crops. Beekeeping is the maintenance of honeybee colonies, commonly in hives, by humans. According to [1,2] beekeeping is a profitable enterprise. There is no negative impact of beekeeping on the environment. Many organizations have already undertaken beekeeping programmed as a good weapon for self-employment and poverty reduction for the rural people [3]. To sustain an ever-growing population’s health care and nutrition there is a prime significance of apiculture in our 4.6 billion year old planet. Traditionally, apiculture is seen as a low-tech honey collecting, processing and marketing industry with limited dynamics dominated by a few small family farms, which are mostly focused on making things better rather than doing new things.