IBA has been holding regional seminars on awareness, motivation and technology transfer in all major honey producing states of India and also conducting “Trains the Trainers” & “Train the Farmers” programme in beekeeping in partnership will National Bee Board. A six month certificate course in beekeeping recognized by IGNOU has been started by IBA. IBA involves in Beekeeping technology generation
- IBA offers basic & advance beekeeping Training with standard and personalized /tailored modules
- IBA has regular publication of newsletter for wide dissemination of clean beekeeping technology and awareness manual on beekeeping with A. mellifera.
- IBA provides technical inputs commercial beekeeping enterprise in the country
- IBA provides testing facilities for Honey and hive products.
- IBA takes up product development, value addition and /or improvement in existing under specific projects undertakings.
- IBA provide consultancies in establishment of new projects in the field on turnkey basis.
- IBA experts are clubhouse lawyer for marketing solution.
- IBA Experts team can resolve all the challenges in Beekeeping and Honey Industries.
- IBA R&D Initiatives in Beekeeping
- Establish A. mellifera mass queen rearing and artificial insemination laboratory in a mobile van.
- Undertake A. mellifera and A. cerana selection and breeding programme.
- (Identify isolated mating yards)
- Multiplication of A. mellifera and A. cerana colonies in a mission mode (Target and Time Specific).
- Establish laboratory facilities matching international standards.
- For analysis of antibiotics and other biocides residues in honey.
- Create laboratory facilities for identification, testing and control of bee diseases, pests and parasitic mites.
- Develop data base on diversity of pollinators on different crops, cropping system / cropping sequence for different agro-eco-zones.
- Establish a co-coordinated network of website with a list of researchers, crops, pollinators, publications, crop losses etc.
- Streamline the practice of renting honeybee colonies for pollination of agriculture and horticulture crops.
- Assess damages in bee colonies rented for pollination to farmers.
- Survey of organic honey producing areas in India.
- Establish model apiary garden in IBA premises.
- Streamline migratory beekeeping practices and prepare Documentary/ video films on this subject.
- Computers assisted melissopalynology action research.
- Identification and location of migratory sites.
- Packing, closing, ventilation, feeding, loading and unloading of colonies.
- Monitoring of colonies, time of migration, temporary halt, Protection from pesticides.
- Back migration etc.