Beekeeping Current Affairs, GK & News
CSIR Technologies for Rural Development launched
On October 1, 2020, the Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan launched CSIR Technologies for rural development. CSIR is Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Highlights It is a joint initiative of CSIR, IIT-Delhi, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan and Vijnana Bharti (VIBHA). The initiative was launched during the celebrations of 40th foundation day ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Beekeeping • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) • CSIR • Food Processing Industry • Rural Development • Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
KVIC’s Honey Mission: Bee boxes distributed to migrant workers
Minister of State for MSME, Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi handed over 700 bee boxes to 70 migrant workers of two districts of the state of Uttar Pradesh which provided them the livelihood opportunity through the “Honey Mission” program. What is KVIC’s Honey Mission? The Honey Mission was launched by Khadi and Village Industries Commission in ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Atmanirbhar Bharat • Beekeeping • Honey Mission • Khadi and Village Industries Commission • KVIC • Uttar Pradesh
Plan Bee wins Indian Railways ‘s Best Innovation Award
The Plan Bee initiative of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has won the Best Innovation Award in Indian Railways for the 2018-19 fiscal. The initiative helps in preventing trains from hitting elephants crossing tracks. The Plan Bee is an amplifying system imitating the buzz of a swarm of honey bees to keep wild elephants away ..
Topics: Animal migration • Animals • Apis • Beekeeping • Behavior • Branches of biology • Crowds • Honey bee • Organisms • Swarm behaviour
2019 edition of World Bee Day (WBD)
The World Bee Day (WBD) is celebrated every year on May 20 to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem. It provides an opportunity for governments, organizations, civil society and concerned citizens everywhere to promote actions that will protect and enhance pollinators and their habitats, improve their abundance and diversity, and ..
Topics: Agriculture • Bee • Beekeeping • Hexapoda • Nature • Pollination • Pollination management • Pollinator • Pollinator decline • World Bee Day