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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who flagged off “Apiary on Wheels-A concept for Bee Keeping”?
A
Amit Shah
B
Rajnath Singh
C
Nitin Gadkari
D
Piyush Goyal
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’Apiary on Wheels’, a unique concept designed by KVIC for the easy upkeep and migration of Bee Boxes having live Bee colonies, was flagged off today by the Union Minister of MSME Shri Nitin Gadkari in Delhi, in the presence of Shri V.K.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stefano Della Rocca, was a Greek Catholic priest from the island of Syros. He is called ‘father’ of beekeeping as he invented the first wooden hive with movable comb, in Syros back in 1780 (Fig. 1, 2) .

Detailed explanation-3: -The first successful attempt was made by Reverend Newton in Kerala when he developed a specifically designed hive and started training rural people during 1911–17 to harvest honey from beekeeping.

Detailed explanation-4: -: a place where bees are kept. especially : a collection of hives or colonies of bees kept for their honey.

Detailed explanation-5: -In India first attempt to keep bees in movable frame hives was made in 1882 in Bengal and then in 1883-84 in Punjab.

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