Question

Differentiate between the following

Beekeeping and Poultry farming

Answer 1

	Bee Keeping	Poultry Farming
(a)	The practice of rearing honey bees for the commercial production of honey and wax is called apiculture or beekeeping.	The practice of raising domestic fowls for commercial production of egg and meat is called poultry farming.
(b)	Varieties of honey bees used for the production of honey are Apis cerana indica, A. dorsata and A. florae.	The common poultry birds are chicken, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea-fowls and pigeons.