Beekeeping in Himachal Pradesh, India has shifted away from indigenous methods and towards industrial methods to increase productivity. As the region urbanizes and agricultural methods change, beekeepers are facing new and increasing challenges. Beekeepers using more intensive industrial methods and at higher altitudes are also increasingly challenged by climate change. We set out to learn about the effects of climate change on beekeepers over the last 10-20 years. However, beekeepers were primarily concerned with the effects of urbanization and agriculture on their bees’ health and honey production. As conditions in Himachal Pradesh change, industrial methods and migratory beekeeping are crucial for increasing productivity, although indigenous methods are more resilient to climate change.

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Creator

• Corrente, Valerie

Subject

• Food
• Culture
• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 121974
• E-project-042924-073900

Keyword

• Seasonality
• Climate Change
• Beekeeping

Advisor

• Krueger, Robert
• Shockey, Ingrid K.

Year

• 2024

Center

• Mandi, India Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Professor Alex Sphar
• Dr. Scott Bremer
• Professor Ingrid Shockey
• Professor Uma Kumar
• Professor Robert Krueger

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 4/29/2024

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering

Source

• E-project-042924-073900

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2024-06-27