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Beekeeping in Pakistan (History, Potential, and Current Status)

Khalid Khan
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Version 1 : Received: 20 July 2020 / Approved: 22 July 2020 / Online: 22 July 2020 (06:26:48 CEST)

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Khan, K.A.; Ghramh, H.A. Beekeeping in Pakistan: History, Potential, and Current Status. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 2023, 56, doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20230419090432. Khan, K.A.; Ghramh, H.A. Beekeeping in Pakistan: History, Potential, and Current Status. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 2023, 56, doi:10.17582/journal.pjz/20230419090432.

Abstract

Pakistan is an important country located in South Asia and ranks the world's sixth most populous country. It has diverse landscapes with their own specific vegetation. The country specific vegetative diversity has a great ecological and economic impact on the conservation of local fauna. It has huge potential for sustainable beekeeping industry if properly exploited. Beekeeping in Pakistan is mainly focused in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and central and north regions of Punjab provinces but nowadays it is growing rapidly across the country. Honey produced in Pakistan enjoys good repute in the Middle East due to its unique taste and quality. Pakistan exports around 4000 tons of the honey with the worth of about $ 23.00 million to Arab countries every year.

Keywords

beekeeping; honey bees; honey production; bee forage plants; honey producing capacity

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Insect Science

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Comment 1
Received: 8 August 2020
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Sergey Pushkin
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Comment: This study focuses on important issues in beekeeping. It will undoubtedly be in demand by a wide range of specialists in the field of biology, beekeeping, and specialist entomologists. I hope that we will soon see the final version of this brochure.
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