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Honey being exported after
attaining self-sufficiency
ISLAMABAD-Pakistan has attained self-sufficiency in honey
production and has started export of the commodity to Gulf and
other countries.
Honey produced from plants is of prime quality and can be sold
at good price in the markets abroad.
This was stated by Dr. Nasreen Muzaffar, Chief Scientific
Officer, Honeybee Research Institute (HRI), Pakistan
Agriculture Research Centre (PARC) in an interview with the
news agency here on Monday.
Beekeeping has become a profession of income generating and
existence of 240,000 colonies of introduced honey bee in all
the four provinces and Azad Kashmir proves its advancement and
success, she added.
She urged the adoption of modern techniques to get good
quality honey. The beekeepers should encourage bees to get
their food from natural sources like flowers and plants
instead of using sugar in rainy or cold season.
Dr. Nasreen said, Honeybee Research Institute trains people in
beekeeping through different courses arranged by the institute
because inexperienced people squeeze the unripe beehives and
extract honey mixed with bee parts which could be hazardous
for consumption.
The Institute has organised 16 training courses at national
level, 67 courses at regional level for farmers, professionals
of agriculture and forest departments, workers of
social-welfare departments, women organisations, students and
boy scouts leaders from across the country.
Honey Bee Research Institutes has emerged as a leading and
well respected institute at national level, she said.
It has organised, strengthened and coordinated Honeybee
research and management in the country and is a well
recognised institutes of its kind in the SAARC region, she
concluded
November 2, 2001
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