It is a fact that Indian economy is purely agricultural and a large population depends on agricultural and allied sectors for their livelihood. Although the share of agriculture is declining, we can’t ignore its importance due to the huge dependency of people on agriculture. The dependency on agriculture is continuously increasing due to high growth of population. Due to this the marginal productivity of the people is continuously decreasing and it is negative in many cases. There is a strong need for agricultural diversification. Various new occupations like apiculture, Goat farming, Poultry farming etc are emerging now a day’s which yields huge returns and thus the socio economic status of the farmers can be enhanced. Present study tries to find out the impact of Beekeeping (apiculture)on the income of the farmers.

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Keywords: Agriculture, Apiculture, Beekeeping, Income, Agricultural Diversification.