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I.Prelimnary details
Name of
Std:VIII
Name of
Name of
Date:
Name of
Name of

teacher :Renju Raju

school :MTGHS, Kottarakara
subject :Biology
unit
topic

Str:

:Let`s Regain our Fields

:Apiculture

II.Curricular statement: Develops various dimensions of factual, conceptual, procedural

and metacognitive knowledge ,process skills and attitude on apiculture through
meaningful verbal expression ,group discussion and evaluation by questioning.
III .Content
analysis
a)Terms : Apiary, Apis dorsata ,Apis cerana indica, Apis mellifera,Apis florae ,Dammar bee
b)Facts : i) Apiculture is the raising and caring of honeybees
for commercial and agricultural purpose.
ii) Beehives of honeybees are
kept in Apiary.
c)
Concepts : i) Apiculture involves scientific management of bees in beehives to harvest
various
products from honey bees.
ii) The queen is perfectly developed female ,the
workers are sterile females and drones are fertile males.
d) Learning
outcome in terms of specification
Enables pupil to develop
1.Factual knowledge on apiculture through recalling new terms like Apis
mellifera,apiary,Apis dorsata
2.Conceptual knowledge on apiculture by
identifying different types of honeybees and understanding things to be kept in mind while
keeping bees economically
3.Procedural knowledge on apiculture by observing pictures and various steps involved in
beekeeping.
4.Metacognitive knowledge on apiculture through understanding
implements required for apiculture.

Scientific attitude towards apiculture by developing eagerness to know more about

farming technique.
Different skills like observing process involved in separating honey from combs.

Pre-requisite
Pupil know that honey bees produce honey.
Teaching-learning resources
Activity card ,Powerpoint presentation
Reference
Biology SCERT textbook standard viii

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Classroom Interaction Procedure

Expected Pupil Response

PREPARATION
Teacher comes to class and ask question
to test previous knowledge of students.
Do you like gardening?
What do you cultivate in garden?
Do the plants bear flowers?
Which insect help in pollination?
The culturing of honeybees is known as?
PRESENTATION
Apiculture is the raising and caring of
honeybees.It involves scientific management
of bees in beehives to harvest various
products.
Activity 1 Teacher asks students to answer
the questions with the help of textbook.
Name the honeybee widely used for
apiculture? Where should we keep beehives?
Activity 2 teacher shows figure of
implements and ask to name them.
Conclusion
Apis mellifera is widely used,yields 40-50kg
of honey.Apis dorsata yield 15-50 kg of
honey.Apis cerana indica yields 2-3 kg of
honey.Implements are hive tool,smoke
can,beehive mask made of fine net.Beehive
should be kept away from direct
sunlight,ensure easy and accessible bee
pasturage and other requirements of bee
colony including source of water and
protection from predators and pests.The
most popular beehives used to rear Indian
bees are Langstroth hive and Newton hive.
Recapitulation
Name the different products from
honeybees.

students listen
to
the
carefully
and understands.

questions

Y es
F lowering plants,vegetables
Yes
Honeybees
Apiculture

Students
listens
carefully and note it down
students read the question and
Students write the answer
Apis mellifera
it should be kept away from direct sunlight.
Smoke can,mask,gloves and spur wireembedder,bee veil,Hivestool

Students listened carefully.

Honey,Beewax,Propolis,Royal jelly and bee

pollen

Follow-up activity
Compare the earlier and modern methods of beekeeping
.