Beekeeping Program Distributes Queen Bees in Chitwan

Chitwan. The Beekeeping Development Program Bhandara has started distributing queen bees. A total of 1,260 queen bees are to be distributed this year. The office has started distributing improved breed queen bees produced by the office to beekeepers at subsidized prices.

According to the chief of the office, Sujan Angai, 512 queen bees have been distributed to 95 farmers so far. Of these, 139 queen bees were produced by the office, while 373 queen bees were brought from various bee farms. The office has been producing and distributing improved breed queen bees to farmers every year. He said that distribution has been done accordingly this year.