HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Currently, the Punjab is the leading state in the country in beekeeping producing 16, 500 metric tons of honey from 4.0 lakh colonies which constitutes 13.75 per cent of the apiary honey production of the country. In Punjab, mostly multiflora honey is available.

Detailed explanation-2: -Punjab Agricultural University is a pioneer institute in the introduction of European honey bee, Apis mellifera L.

Detailed explanation-3: -The leading five worldwide producers alone, China, Turkey, Argentina, Ukraine and the United States, harvest annually a combined 1.2 million metric tons of natural honey.