Talk:Beekeeping in India

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Did you know... that a Honey and Bee Museum has been established at Ooty to promote beekeeping in India?

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Links that might be useful[edit]

@Shyamal and Rsrikanth05: I have found some link which could be useful. feel free to add more stuff... §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 08:17, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/more-than-just-honey/
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/After-exams-get-set-to-count-Jaipurs-honey-bees/articleshow/51066022.cms
http://www.thehindu.com/business/the-business-of-beekeeping/article7417266.ece
http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/sweet-success-punjab-tops-in-honey-production-106071801066_1.html

I would suggest that you completely avoid newspaper sources for an article of this nature and use apiculture guidebooks as well as journals such as the Indian Bee Journal. There are also numerous compendiums for agriculture in India that are reliable. Shyamal (talk) 08:43, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What about Govt sources? --Rsrikanth05 (talk) 09:23, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Would be fine if it is either peer-reviewed or produced by top-notch institutions (and not plagiarised from elsewhere). Shyamal (talk) 12:05, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I will skip using newspapers for all statistical data. But I might use them to write about some newer techniques or such. Not sure yet.... Will check the journals which Shyamal mentioned. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 11:50, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a list of journal sources that could be useful. (here not properly formatted and not all open access) Shyamal (talk) 12:05, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Abrol, D.P. 1997. Bees and Beekeeping in India (1st edition). Kalyani Publishers, Ludhiana, Punjab,: 450p
Bansal, K., Singh, Y. and Singh, P. 2013. Constraints of apiculture in India. Int. J. Life Sci. Res., 1(1): 1-4.
Shinde, S.G. and Phadke, R.P. 1995. Beekeeping in India: history, present status and future. Indian Bee J. 57: 31-37.
Singh, D. 2000. A focus on honeybees in the tropics. Curr. Sci., 79:1155-1157.
Smith, F.G. (2015). Beekeeping in the Tropics. doi:10.1080/0005772x.1953.11094829
W. A. Stephen (1968) Mites: A beekeeping problem in Vietnam and India. Bee World Vol. 49, Iss. 3,
Free, John B. (1981) Biology and Behaviour of the Honeybee Apis Florea, and Possibilities for Beekeeping. Bee World Vol. 62, Iss. 2, 1981
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/13867/1/IJTK%2011(2)%20342-345.pdf?trk=right_banner&id=1398062775&ref=45c2cd1e9203aa97806fbd1f09fb2e84
an old textbook - https://archive.org/details/BeekeepingInIndia
Rahman, K. A.; Singh, S. (1940) Beekeeping in India. Indian Farming 1:10-17.

Bar Chart vs Line chart[edit]

I was trying this line chart using Template:Line chart. But something is going wrong. @Rsrikanth05: See code in text below

Beeswax

Natural Honey

@Dharmadhyaksha: I fixed your chart and added a new option. See which one you like. Both the charts have the same problem over existing that you cannot see the value. You need to hover over bar to see it. - Vivvt (Talk) 17:51, 7 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Vivvt: Yeah! These two are better. Thanks! I prefer the second vertical bar charts and have tried fiddling to add caption to it. Is that not possible? Also, can the whole bar chart be collapsed? As it occupies lot of screen space, lets make it visible only to the interested people who will click "show" and then see it. §§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 04:53, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Annual production of Beeswax and Natural Honey Source: UN Food & Agriculture Organization, FAOSTAT^[1]
10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2002 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Beeswax (in tonnes) Natural Honey (in tonnes)

Check now. - Vivvt (Talk) 06:54, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Honey production: Browse data - FAOSTAT Domains /Production/Livestock Primary; Item: Honey, natural; Beeswax; Area: India; Year: as needed"". United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT). 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

Yeah! This looks better. Thanks!

§§Dharmadhyaksha§§ {Talk / Edits} 07:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Honey production: Browse data - FAOSTAT Domains /Production/Livestock Primary; Item: Honey, natural; Beeswax; Area: India; Year: as needed"". United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division (FAOSTAT). 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2016.

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