
Study Material
English / General
Skill Enhancement Course (SEC)

APICULTURE
►Apis and Non-Apis Bee species and their identification.
►General Morphology of Apis Honey Bees
►Social Organization of Bee Colony
►Artificial Bee rearing (Apiary)
►Beehives – Newton and Langstroth box
►Selection of Bee Species for Apiculture
►Modern Bee Keeping Equipment
►Methods of Extraction of Honey (Indigenous and Modern)

SERICULTURE
►Sericulture:
►Definition
►History and present status
►Silk route
►Types of silkworms
►Distribution and Races
►Exotic and indigenous races
►Mulberry and non-mulberry Sericulture
►Selection of mulberry variety and establishment of mulberry garden
►Rearing house and rearing appliances.
►Disinfectants: Formalin, bleaching powder, RKO
►Silkworm rearing technology: Early age and Late age rearing
►Types of mountages
►Spinning
►Harvesting and storage of cocoons
