Give economic importance of apiculture.

Explanation

(i) Apiculture or bee keeping is old age industry.
It has economic importance as:
1) It produces honey, was, pollen,bee, venom and royal jelly.
2) Honey is used in medicines especilaly indigenous sysem and has nutrivitive values.
3) Beekeeping is associated with agriculture and requires low cost investment.
4) It helps ini improving crops production like sunflower, mustard, chilly, legumes, apple, mango as honeybee acts as pollinators.