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Why do farmers use bee-keeping as an additional income generating activity ?

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Farmers use bee-keeping as an additional income generating activity, because :
(i) It requires low investment and provides additional income to the farmer.
(ii) Besides honey, bee-keeping provides other product such as wax, royal jelly and bee venom.
(iii) Cross pollination is easy in bees.

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