Mee Messa

BEE KEEPING,
is the science & the art of keeping bees, to obtain bee honey & other by products or for the purpose of pollination.

Bee keeping,
Provide valuable food
Provide remunerative employment
Earn much needed foreign exchange
Require no large investment
Contribute to pollination and thus crop production
Require practically no space on the farm

Inventions
American beekeeper, Lorenzo Lansgstroth discovered the “Bee Space” in 1851
He made “Hive Box” with movable frames
Johannes Mehring invented ‘Bee Comb foundation sheet’- (1857, Germany )
In 1870, Mosses Quinby of New York State developed the first ‘Bellows type Smoker’
In 1885, ‘Honey extractor’ was invented by Von Hruschka of Austria.

Benefits of Bee keeping
Bee honey
Bees wax
Pollination
Bee pollen
Royal Jelly
Apitherapy

Bee keeping Equipment
Bee box
Smoker
Bee vail
Honey extractor
Swarm Catcher
Protective cloths

Market & Demand
60 mt of bee honey produced annually in Sri Lanka
30-50 mt bee honey imported annually