The beekeeping industry is built on the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly kept in artificial beehives in an apiary or bee yard, most often colonies of honey bees of the genus Apis. Beekeepers in the industry collect honey and other hive products such as beeswax, propolis, bee pollen and royal jelly, and also earn income from pollination services for crops, raising queen bees, and producing package bees for sale. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Why does the beekeeping industry matter to farming and not only to honey production?
Managed colonies add at least 18 billion dollars a year to United States agriculture through pollination.
Managed honey bee colonies are a working part of crop production. The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service describes honey bees as a critical link in United States agricultural production and says that pollination by managed colonies adds at least 18 billion dollars a year to the value of United States agriculture through increased yields and superior-quality harvests. That is why beekeepers earn income from pollination services as well as from honey and other hive products.
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Global Industry Classification StandardGICS: Agricultural Products
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Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin: apis + culture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives.
Wikipedia: Global Industry Classification Standard
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