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Q.Rearing of honey bee is called :

(a) Vermiculture
(b) Sericulture
(c) Apiculture
(d) Lac culture
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Apiculture is the branch of economic zoology concerned with rearing honey bees for honey, beeswax and crop pollination.

Economic zoology includes several specialised branches of animal rearing, each named for the organism involved:

  • Vermiculture — rearing of earthworms (e.g., for vermicompost).
  • Sericulture — rearing of silkworms for silk production.
  • Apiculture — rearing/management of honey bee colonies for honey, beeswax, royal jelly and, importantly, for pollination services to crops. …

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