Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Munazah Yaqoob, Umer Bin Farook, Faizan Ahmad and Ghulam Mehdi

Abstract:
The bee keeping is cost effective, eco-friendly, gender friendly enterprise that requires minimum land ownership to operate. It has the potential to alleviate the socio-economic conditions of the people via full time or part time hobby besides providing ecological services like pollination. The robust evidence that beekeeping can have on people of Ladakh (Kargil) is missing as the area is known for its harsh winter and dry conditions. This study reports the utilisation of the potential of beekeeping as a subsidiary mode of income and a possibility to develop apicultural activity in Ladakh as alfalfa a chief source of nectar and pollen.