In a boost to apiculture in Kerala, a beekeeping equipment manufacturing unit under the Kerala State Horticultural Products Development Corporation (Horticorp) at Kalavamkodam, near Cherthala, is set to begin operations in the coming weeks.
According to Horticorp officials, the plant is the first-of-its-kind in the public sector in the country that will offer high-quality apparatus to bee farmers at reasonable rates. “At present bee farmers in the State buy equipment from private agencies. The unit at Kalavamkodam will ensure the availability of quality materials at fair rates,” says J. Sajeev, Managing Director, Horticorp.
