PARB Project: Free Queen Bees and Beekeeping Support for Farmers in Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh and Layyah

Research Centre for Apiculture and Mountain Fruit Insects, Rawalpindi announces support under a PARB project to provide bee/queen bee assistance and technical training to farmers: 10 farmers in each of the districts Faisalabad, Toba Tek Singh and Layyah will be covered and training and technical support will be provided. Applications may be submitted to the office.

Registered beekeepers will also receive 10 queen bees free each spring for the next three years; total queens to be supplied are 150 in the first year, 200 in the second year and 150 in the third year. Farmers in the districts may apply by 15 August, Faisalabad and Toba Tek Singh farmers by 31 December, and beekeepers may submit applications by December.