Honey Extraction from the Bee Corridor

developed by Schoppen Solutions 

On Saturday, 28th November 2020, Schoppen Solutions, a Full-fledged Incubatee of Webel-BCC&I Tech Incubation Centre successfully extracted honey out of their “Smart” Honeybee Boxesinstalled at Banglar Gram, Eco Park for the first time since December 2019. They have developed a Bee Corridor which is an initiative involving emerging technologies like IoT, Artificial Intelligence to monitor the behaviour of the bees which will facilitate colonization. The project has been awarded to them by HIDCO which manages Eco Park and is also under the supervision of NKGSCCL. The activity took place under the guidance and august presence of Shri Debashis Sen, Chairman & Managing Director, HIDCO and Additional Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal. It was also attended by other HIDCO, NKGSCCL and NKDA Officials as well. Raw and unrefined honey was being tasted by all the attendees during the event. The honey that has been collected in the process will now be further refined, pasteurized and processed for commercialization. 

The project involves honey being produced in an artificial, man-made bee colony which has been constructed in an urban setting. Urban beekeeping is the practice of keeping bee colonies in urban areas. It may also be referred to as hobby beekeeping or backyard beekeeping. Bees from city apiaries are said to be "healthier and more productive than their country cousins". Their presence also provides cities with environmental and economic benefits. Apart from this, apiculture can also become a sustainable means of livelihood generation for the neighbourhood villagers who reside in the proximity of this project.