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Differentiate between the following
Beekeeping and Poultry farming
Distinguish Between
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Solution
| 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. |
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