Dec 5 declared as Honey Bee Day

 Kohima, August 17 (MExN): The Government of Nagaland has declared December 5 as the Nagaland Honey Bee Day. The Agriculture Production Commissioner informed this in a notification today. This is in order to “create community awareness on the role of the Honeybees as a contributing factor in the conservation of biodiversity as an agent of food chain and to promote and create a platform for beekeeping technology to the farmers in the field as an important system of organic farming and sustainability by establishing a vibrant cottage industry in the State.”