Improving Productivity with Bees

In our Agriculture for Everybody blog series, we are going to see Improving Productivity with Bees.

Everyone knows that Bees play a major role in cross-pollination.  This will, in fact, improve the productivity to a greater extent in varying levels in different crops.

An acre of land can accommodate a minimum of 4 Beehives.

There are few options with regard to bees.  They are:

• Keeping Beehives on your own in your farm
• Requesting Beehive owners to place their beehives in your farm
• Inducing Bees to come to your farm

Keeping Beehives on your own in your farm

• By this practice, you get both productivity in crops as well different by-product from the Beehives.

Requesting Beehive owners to place to their beehives in your farm

• By this method, you get productivity as well as a share of the by-product of the Beehives and this can be negotiated with the Beehive owners.

Inducing Bees to come to your farm

• The following crops will induce the bees to come to your farm which will in turn help your main crops productivity
• Coconut
• Golden Show Tree (Sara Kondrai)
• Indian Kino Tree (Vengai)
• Indian Almond (Naval)
• East Indian Walnut (Vaagai)
• Cashewnut Tree (Munthiri)
• Manila Tamarind (Kodukapuli)
• Guava
• Sapota
• Moringa
• Onion
• Cotton
• Nila Sampangi
• Broad Beans (Avarai)
• Blackgram (Ulundu)
• Cowpea (Karamani /Thattapariyu)
• Chickpeas (Konda Kadalai)
• Puncture Vine (Nerunji)
• Poosani Varieties
• Karuvel
• Velvel
• Umbrella Thorn (Kudaivel)
• Palmyrah (Male Pannai)
• Arecanut  (Paakku)
• Sunflower
• Coriander
• Thumbai
• Lucerne (Kudirai Masal)
• Soya Beans
• Indian Jubube ((Elanthai)
• Theekuchi Maram
• Eluppai
• Agathi
• Elavam
• Neer Maruthu
• Naval
• Mango
• Neem
• Tamarind
• Pungan
• Chebulic Myrobalan (Kadukkai)
• Banana
• Gingely