Ncert Exercises & Solutions

Q.52 A farmer was facing the problem of low yield from his farm. He was advised to keep a

beehive in the vicinity. Why? How would the beehive help in enhancing yield?

Bee keeping or apiculture is an important enterprise of agriculture concerned with the

maintenance of hives of honeybees for the commercial production of honey and wax. Bee

keeping is a low investment, lose problomatic and highly profitable cottage industry.

The beehives when kopt in the ficlds of sunflower, Brassica, apple and pear, increase the

pollination efficiency of flowering plants and improve the yields.