Since immemorial times, the people of Garhwal and Kumaon had been harvesting Honey in the walls of their stone houses. Every traditional house had in-built cavities in their walls specially designed to accommodate Apis Cerana, the indigenous bee of the Himalayas. In those cozy wall cavities well protected from the vagaries of the weather, the bees built their combs. Three times in a year, honey was harvested. Honey was then the only sweetener known to the people of Uttarakhand.
Fascinating traditional beekeeping techniques to be preserved
Since immemorial times, the people of Garhwal and Kumaon had been harvesting Honey in the walls of their stone houses. Every traditional house had in-built cavities in their walls specially designed to accommodate Apis Cerana, the indigenous bee of the Himalayas. In those cozy wall cavities well protected from the vagaries of the weather, the bees built their combs. Three times in a year, honey was harvested. Honey was then the only sweetener known to the people of Uttarakhand.
