Question

Which of the following terms is associated with the production of honey?
1. Apiculture
2. Sericulture
3. Horticulture
4. Silviculture

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Apiculture

• Apiculture is the technique of scientific rearing of honey bees in a specially designed wooden box.
• The essential elements for beekeeping are smoker, safety dress, moveable hive, honey extractor and hive tool.
• Sericulture is the process of rearing of silkworms to produce raw silk.
• Sericulture is the production of raw silk by means of raising caterpillars (larvae), those of the domesticated silkworm.
• Silk is a continuous filament within each cocoon.

Apiculture	The science and art of raising honey bees
Pisciculture	Fish farming
Agriculture	Farming
Silviculture	Cultivating forest trees
Vermiculture	Earthworms
Pomology	Fruit