Shimla, Oct. 17 -- Growing recognition of honey's health benefits has led to the rise in the number of bee colonies globally stressing on the importance of ensuring traceability of honey to maintain its credibility and consumer trust.

This was said by horticulture commissioner, department of agriculture and farmers welfare and mission director, National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM), Government of India, Prabhat Kumar while speaking at the two-day state-level seminar on beekeeping, funded by the National Bee Board (NBB). The seminar was organised by the Department of Entomology, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry (UHF), Nauni, and witnessed participation of around 250 farmers and beekeepers representing all distri...