Country's first honey beekeeping centre to be upgraded as museum
Kottayam: The country's first honey beekeeping centre in Thazhakkara panchayat in Mavelikkara, Alappuzha, will be upgraded to a museum soon. Local MLA M S Arun Kumar will submit a detailed project report before the state govt next week.
The centre was inaugurated in 2018. Around 50,000kg of honey was procured from bee farmers and marketed under the name 'Amruth Honey'. This is also the first centre in the state where honey is made and sold after refining.
The centre is on a three-acre plot and functions under the State Horticulture Products Corporation (Horticorp). Apart from rearing bees for honey, honey is also procured from bee farmers and treated scientifically before selling.
Bee farmers are also given training.
The centre has around 200 beehives and around two tonnes of honey is made yearly from these hives. The honey brought by the farmers is procured directly at rates fixed by the govt.
Speaking to TOI, Kumar said the centre being turned into a museum will attract tourists as well. "Already, the centre is visited by bee lovers from across the country for studies and research about bees and different types of honey.
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We are also planning to build a hostel for such people," he said.
He added that around Rs 50 lakh is estimated to be the cost of the upgradation and will utilise the MLA fund for this project. "The proposed museum will have all the information about honey bees and bee-keeping as well as different types of honey," the MLA said.
The work in connection with implementing a quality testing lab for honey will also begin in two months, Kumar said.
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