Coringa mangroves to emulate Sundarbans in bee keeping

About 1.1 lakh kg of honey is produced every year, by the largest mangrove Sunderbans. The third largest mangrove Bhitarkanika extract 30,000 kg. Coringa, the second largest mangrove in the country, is seeing an alarming decrease in the honeybee population. While Sundarbans and Bhitarkanika are away from the farm fields, Coringa is amidst agriculture fields and fish tanks, where the honeybees are getting affected by pesticides use. Bee keeping has been highly successful in the Sundarban mangroves and has increased livelihood options for the locals.  Since the activity requires minimum efforts after establishment and it can go alongside other livelihood activities, we are encouraging women from the villages to take up the activity,” said Ananth Shankar, DFO (Wildlife), and additional CEO of EGREE Foundation.

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