Honey Intelligence Dashboard — Complete 31-section beekeeping producers survey, Uttar Pradesh
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Honey Intelligence DashboardBeekeeping Producers Survey · UP · 31 Sections
Survey overview
At a glance — all 31 sections
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10,482
Total beekeepers
74% NBB registered
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48,300 T
Total honey output
↑ 12% YoY
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₹72.6K
Avg annual income
57% profit margin
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2.4 M
Active colonies
Avg 229 / producer
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75
Districts covered
Full UP
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14.2%
Avg loss rate
↑ +2.1pp
Honey output trend — 2021 to 2023
Quarterly production in thousand tonnes
Top districts by colony count
Section 1.4 × 3.1 — thousands
Sales channel 2023
Sec 13.5
Section 1 — Producer demographics
Who are the beekeepers?
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10,482
Registered producers
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41 yrs
Average age
Range 18–80
Marital status (sec 1.12)
Main occupation (sec 1.14)
Sections 1.13 · 1.14 · 2 — Family demographics & land use
Household structure and land holdings
Family size distribution (sec 1.13)
Average members per household
Family labor in beekeeping (sec 1.14.1–3)
Land ownership type (sec 2)
% of respondents with each land category
Irrigation source (sec 2.A.4)
Sections 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 — Colony setup & source
Colony ownership and acquisition
2.4 M
Total colonies
Avg 229/producer
38%
Started via Govt/NGO
Sec 4
How beekeeping was started (sec 4)
Colony source type (sec 6)
Colony ownership size (sec 3.1)
Section 7 — Beekeeping operations
How beekeeping is conducted
55%
Full-time
Primary livelihood
44%
Migrate colonies
Sec 7.1
18 kg
Avg honey/box
Sec 7.2
Migration frequency (sec 7.1.1)
Honey per box per harvest (sec 7.2)
Section 8 — Production details
What is being produced
48,300 T
Total honey 2021–23
₹212/kg
Avg honey price 2023
↑ from ₹186
22%
Below 15 kg benchmark
Sec 8.1.2.4
Honey varieties (sec 8.1.1)
Co-product adoption (sec 8.1.3–7)
Section 9 — Cost of production
Fixed cost, variable cost & profit
Variable cost breakdown (sec 9.1.7–25)
Processing cost tier (sec 18)
Own capital: 74%
Borrowed: 26%
Profit margin: 57%
Sections 10 · 11 · 12 — Losses, protection & pest management
Production losses and risk mitigation
Natural calamity types (sec 10.1.1)
Disease & pest types (sec 10.1.2)
Pest management methods (sec 12)
68% adopt protection · 32% do not
Empty boxes (sec 11): 39% have unused hives
Adopt protection: 68%
Section 13 — Selling details 2021 · 2022 · 2023
Sales channels, prices and buyer companies
Top honey processing buyers 2023 (sec 13.5.17)
% of honey sold to named companies
Section 14 — Co-product selling details 2021 · 2022 · 2023
Beeswax · Pollen · Royal Jelly · Propolis · Venom
Co-product seller % by year
% of producers who sold each co-product
Co-product sales channels (sec 14)
Where co-products are sold
Personal use (no sale): 18% of beeswax
Section 15 — Post-harvest grading & branding
Grading, packaging and brand quality
54%
Do post-harvest grading
3
Max branding tiers
Sec 15.3–15.5
Pack sizes sold (sec 15.3.4–6)
% of branded producers using each weight
Honey color grades sold (sec 15.3.7–12)
% of graded producers by color category
Brand type distribution
Section 16 — Training & capacity building
Training coverage, topics and providers
62%
Formal training
of trained producers
4.3 days
Avg training length
Training topics received (sec 16.1–16.4)
Section 17 — Honey processing unit operations
Who operates their own processing unit
23%
Own processing unit
Sec 17
4,800 kg
Avg processing capacity
3,200 kg
Avg processed qty
₹14/kg
Avg processing cost
Selling place for processed honey (sec 17.1.4)
Honey variety processed (sec 17.3)
Sections 19 · 20 — Export of honey and co-products
Within-state, interstate and international exports
Honey export reach (sec 19)
Co-product export (sec 20)
Sections 21 · 30 — Market competition & contract farming
Competition type, contracts and benefits
74%
Report contract benefits
Market competition type (sec 21)
Contract benefits received (sec 30.5)
Sections 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 — Schemes, challenges & quality factors
Government support, obstacles and knowledge
Scheme awareness & benefit uptake (sec 22)
Among all 10,482 respondents
| Scheme | Aware | Registered | Benefit taken | Reach |
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| National Beekeeping Mission | 72% | 48% | 31% | High |
| Sweet Revolution (KVIC) | 61% | 34% | 22% | Medium |
| Honey FPO (NAFED) | 44% | 19% | 12% | Medium |
| KVK (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) | 55% | 28% | 18% | Medium |
| Dev of Bee Breeders | 33% | 11% | 7% | Low |
| MIDH (Horticulture) | 39% | 14% | 9% | Low |
| Sphoorti (MSME) | 28% | 9% | 5% | Very low |
| State Industrial Dev Mission | 24% | 7% | 4% | Very low |
Horticulture dept help types (sec 23)
Major obstacles faced (sec 25)
Factors affecting honey production (sec 26)
Factors affecting honey quality (sec 28)
Section 29 — Pollination services
Colonies rented out for pollination purposes
31%
Provide pollination
Extra income stream
₹1,200
Avg rental / colony
Crop type pollinated (sec 29.1)
Factors affecting bees (sec 27)
Section 31 — Variety-wise sales
Sales broken down by honey variety
68%
Report variety-wise sales
5
Max variety slots (31.1–31.5)
₹248/kg
Highest variety avg price
Litchi honey
Volume share by variety (sec 31)
Average price per variety (Rs/kg)
Complete variable reference — all 31 sections · 450+ fields
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Total: 450+ variables
Sections: 31
Calculated fields: 24
Branching logic: 180+ fields