Farmepreneur - Honey Bee rearing & Honey extraction training at Thiruvannamalai District

வயல் தொழில்  முதலாளி 
Farmepreneur 

Treepurasun made it a reality to conduct a training for farmers at their place in a remote village in Thiruvannamalai district almost the border between Thiruvannamalai & Dharmapuri districts, in a village called Melpachchar on the banks of river thenpennai, where it enters the Thiruvannamalai district.

Melpachchar has only about 1000 households housing about 3000 people who are mainly in to agriculture , goat rearing & fishing. In agriculture except a few people, 99% are in to inorganic farming. Already about 20 odd persons have died due to cancer in this village. So we thought this may be right place start the campaign.

பயிற்சியாளர்  திரு, ஆனந்த்
Trainer Mr Anand  

 So what way Honey bee training & natural way farming are connected ?

In Natural way farming or organic farming initially there will be reduction in harvest of produce comparing to inorganic farming method. Hence most of the farmers are reluctant to switch to natural way farming.  To overcome this problem we organised a training for 15 farmers on Honey bee rearing & honey extraction. Due to presence of Honey bees, the cross pollination between male & female part of flowers will happen more easily & it will increase the yield per crop & there by we can get organic produce for healthy living & also additional income through sales of natural honey, wax etc....

பயில  வந்த  சில விவசாயிகளுடன்
some of the farmers during training

Treepurasun CEO Mr. Krishnakumar explained the need for farmers to switch over to Organic / Natural way farming & prevent diseases due to use of pesticides & synthetic fertlisers.

He welcomed the gathering & introduced Mr. Anand from Maduram Natural Honey Farm , Coimbatore gave a detailed inputs of Honey making & why he chose a product to a have longest shelf life on earth. He said if we remove the moisture present in the honey, the honey collected can be there for any number of years.

தேன் பெட்டியிலிருந்து தேன் கூடு
bee  hive  taken out for checking 

Mr. Anand practically demonstrated on how to rear the bees & how to identify queen bee, male bee & labour bee & explained their role in honey bees' life ,

•  honey comb making , 
• Nectar collection, 
• conversion of nectar to honey in labour bees mouth
• queen bee making
• bees dance to give directions to nectar source
• royal jelly preparation for queen bee
• royal jelly for longevity of queen bee's life
• Types of maintenance of bee hive
• wax & nectar collection
• usage of smoke screen
• usage of honey extraction machine

were explained in detail in the continuous marathon discussion & practical demonstration training for five hours in a natural environment inside a earthen house.

Farmers helped themselves with inquisitive questions & clarified many of their doubts & gave full cheers & felt excited to start a new dimension in their farming profession.

தேனீக்களின் வகை விளக்கம்
types of bees 

தேன் மெழுகு நீக்குதல்
removing  wax  from hive 

சுழற்சி மூலம் தேன் எடுத்தல்
extracting honey by rotation 

தேனை பிரித்து தரும்  இயந்திரம்
honey extracting machine 

Treepurasun will conduct more such programmes in the coming days to make each farmer , an entrepreneur rather a Farmepreneur.

This training programme was conducted at Farmer Sathiyawageeswaran Natural Life sciences Farm in Melpachchar https://goo.gl/maps/FMAyFyRmW7R2
village where Bhagavan Rural Incubation Centre https://www.facebook.com/BhRuInC/ Bhagavan Rural Incubation Centreis coming Up.