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Meghalaya honey best in the world, says CM Conrad Sangma

Mellim, Oct 20 (UNI) Meghalaya honey has been termed the best in the world, and there is potential if it is produced and marketed properly, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said on Tuesday.
Inaugurating an “Apiculture Multi Facility Centre cum Processing Unit at Mellim in Rerapara Block, South West Garo Hills district, Sangma said that the government is contemplating establishing a Bee Museum and Interpretation Centre in the State, where organic and best honey can be sold, and digital interpretation of honey production can be shown.
NPP legislators Dr Mehtab Chandee Sangma, Sanjay Sangma and Subir Marak were also present on the occasion
The Chief Minister said the programme brings together three important areas of development in Rerapara: rural livelihoods, connectivity and access to Government services.
“The Apiculture Centre will strengthen beekeeping by supporting scientific production, technical training, value addition and market access. This can help develop apiculture as a more organised source of income and rural enterprise,” he told the gathering.
The Chief Minister stressed that operating focus should extend beyond distribution of boxes to colony management, quality control, processing, packaging, branding and organised market access.

He informed that Apiculture Mission 2.0 is being implemented in three phases across all 12 districts, covering 87 clusters and 6,491 beekeepers.

As part of the mission, Sangma said 32,455 bee boxes and 6,491 equipment sets have been provided.

“Each beekeeper receives five bee boxes and one equipment set”, he said, adding that 39 clusters covered under Phase III produced 157.69 metric tonnes of honey during 2024-25.

The Chief Minister further informed that the State has also established an Integrated Bee Development Centre at Sambrak, North Garo Hills district, with training, testing, processing, hive-manufacturing, storage, retail and information facilities.

He informed that the South West Garo Hills district multi-facility model addresses post-harvest requirements through raw-honey collection, processing, bottling and testing, marketing and bee-box manufacturing. The project cost approximately Rs. 1.52 crore.

“Meghalaya's organic honey, if supported with scientific beekeeping, processing and branding, can become a major rural enterprise and take Meghalaya to the world,” the Chief Minister said.
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