Abstract
Honey and beekeeping have a long history in Pakistan. Bee hives neither demand additional land space nor do compete with agriculture or animal husbandry for any input. The beekeepers need only to spare a few hours in a week to look after their bee colonies. Therefore, there is a great scope for expansion of bee keeping industry in the country. Pakistan currently has around 16000 beekeepers with 0.5 million honeybee colonies. Beekeeping does not compete with other enterprises for resources as the bees use nectar and pollen grains of plants. Therefore, this enterprise can be taken up both at the household and commercial levels to generate substantially more profits.

Muhammad Asif Aziz. (2015) CHALLENGES TO BEEKEEPING IN PAKISTAN DUE TO CHANGING PATTERN OF RAINS, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume 3, Issue 2.
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