Certificate Course

APICULTURE AND SERICULTURE

(Targeted towards self-employment)

Introduction:

Applied and Economic Zoology is a branch of Zoology that applies the knowledge of Zoology in the field of economy, healthcare, and human welfare. This branch also provides a perfect opportunity for self-employment. Applied and Economic Zoology is an indispensable part of Zoology and has been included in the curriculum of almost all Undergraduate Zoology. But the students of the Humanities and other branches of science have little opportunity to learn the subject. This six-month certificate course has been designed to give opportunity to the students of both Zoology and non-Zoology, to give them the theoretical knowledge and to make them competent to start their own entrepreneur. Applied and Economic Zoology is a vast subject and includes poultry, animal husbandry, aquaculture, parasitology, etc. Our course selects only two branches that have high prospects yet are not as common and fund intensive as poultry or deary. Both Apiculture and Sericulture have high prospects and provide the students the opportunity to start their own venture.

Benefits of this course:

  1. Simple and easy design suitable for students of all discipline.
  2. This course covers all the necessary theoretical backgrounds.
  3. Encourage self-self-employment and entrepreneurship.
  4. Promote community and youth development.
Full marks- 100 Credits-100 Hours- 100
Topic-I: Apiculture (50 credits)  
Module-1: Types morphology and behaviour of honey bees. 10

The major types of economically important honeybees, their Identification, General morphology, and behaviour.

  
Module-2: Methods of Bee keeping 10

Selection of bee species for apiculture
Artificial Bee Rearing (Newton and Langstroth box)
Modern Bee Keeping Equipment and Methods.

  
Module-3: Diseases and Enemies 10

Homey bee Diseases and Enemies, Their Control and Prevention.

  
Module-4: Introduction to bee flora 10

Qualities of Good Bee Flora.
Some Important Bee Flora and Their General Characters.

  
Module-5: Economics of Bee Keeping 10

Products of Apiculture Industry and its Uses.
Expenditure, Net Income, and Additional benefits.

  
Topic-II: Sericulture(50 credits)  
Module-6: Introduction 10

Sericulture: Definition, Characteristics, and Scope
Types of Silkworms and Their Host Plants.
Mulberry and non-mulberry Sericulture.

  
Module-7: Silkworm biology 10

Systematic Position and Life Cycle of Bombyx mori
Structure of Silk Gland and Composition of Silk.

  
Module-8: Rearing of Silkworm 10

Selection of Mulberry Variety and Establishment of Mulberry Garden
Rearing House and Rearing Appliances.
Disinfections,
Silkworm Rearing Technology
Types of Mountages
Spinning, Harvesting and Storage of Cocoons.

  
Module-9:Diseases and pests of silkworm 10

Introduction and Classification of Different Types of Silkworms Diseases.
Pathogenesis, Control and Prevention of Protozoan, Viral, Fungal, and Bacterial Diseases.
Common Silkworm Pests: Uzi Fly, Dermestid Beetles and Vertebrates.

  
Mudule-10: Entrepreneurship 10

Prospectus of Sericulture in India: Sericulture Industry in Different States, Employment, Potential in Mulberry and Non-Mulberry Sericulture
Visit to Various Sericulture Centers / Industries.