Choose the best period of the year to start a beekeeping program from the following for the people of Bihar state:

The correct answer is October to December.

Key Points 

• A honey bee is a flying insect.
• It is well known for its ability to produce honey by collecting nectar from flowers. 
• Hence the name honey bee.

• Explanation:

  About Honey bees:

• Honeybees are attracted to flowers.  
• Honey bees live in a beehive, which is commonly used to describe the nest of any bee colony.
• Honeybees lay their eggs from October to December.
• Honey bees like to feed on sugar syrup.
• Every bee colony consists of three types of bees:
• Queen Bee: 
  • Every beehive has one Queen Bee that lays eggs.
• Male Bee: 
  • There are only a few males in the hive.
  • The male bees have no special role as workers. 
• Worker Bee: 
  • Most of the bees in the hive are worker-bees.
  • These bees work all day.
  • They make the hive and also look after the baby bees. 
  • They fly around flowers in search of nectar. 
  • The worker bees are very important for the hive. 
  • Without worker-bees, there would be neither hive nor any nectar collection.
• When one bee finds flowers with nectar, it does a special kind of dance by which the other bees can know where the nectar is. 
• Honey bees play a very important role in the pollination of flowers like the Litchi, coffee, and cocoa flower.

• Therefore, the best time to start bee-keeping is October to December.

Additional Information

About Beekeeping:

• Beekeeping is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in man-made hives, by humans. 
• A beekeeper keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produces.
• The purpose of beekeeping includes products like beeswax, honey, bee pollen, and royal jelly.
• Beekeeping is also done for pollination of crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers.
• A location where bees are kept is called an apiary or "bee yard".
• An apiarist is a fancy word for a beekeeper.