May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 0

नारळ आणि मधमाशी

भारतातील अंदमान, निकोबार, केरळ आणि कोकण म्हटले तर लांब किनारपट्टी आणि त्या समुद्र किनाऱ्यावर वाऱ्याने डोलणाऱ्या नारळाच्या झाडांची रांग असे मनोहर दृश्य डोळ्यांसमोर तरळते. नारळ ह्या निसर्गतः समुद्र किनाऱ्यावर उगवणाऱ्या वृक्षास ‘कल्पवृक्ष’ असे म्हटले जाते ते यथार्थच आहे. कारण नारळ हा वृक्ष आहे तसाच बहुगुणी! नारळाच्या झाडाचा प्रत्येक भाग मानवास उपयुक्त ठरतो. सागर किनाऱ्यावर सापडणाऱ्या...

May 9, 2025May 10, 2025 0

‘गड-किल्ले-लेणी आणि मधमाशी’

सध्या वसंत ऋतू असल्याने सर्वत्र बहुतांश वनस्पती फुललेल्या अवस्थेत दिसून येतात. त्यामुळे या ऋतूत खाद्याची विपुल उपलब्धता असल्याने झाडांवर मधमाशी प्रचंड प्रमाणात नवीन पोळी तयार करताना आढळतात. विशेषतः पुरातन गड-किल्ले आणि लेणी अशा मनुष्याचा वावर कमी असलेल्या ठिकाणी मधमाश्या पोळी करताना दिसून येतात. या ठिकाणी पर्यटनासाठी जाताना कोणती विशेष काळजी घ्यावी याची माहिती या लेखातून...

November 9, 2017 0

Bee in safe hands

Amit Godse is on a quest to save bees by relocating them and motivating people to keep bees for honey in their gardens Studies suggest that bees are disappearing at a rapid rate in India. Should we be worried? The disappearance of bees has particularly alarming implications for human existence. Honey bees play a very...

October 25, 2017October 25, 2017 10

Uttarakhand traditional honey harvesting and life in modern times

Mohana village is a tiny village of around hundred and fifty families nestled in the folds of the Himalayas. This village is situated in a region called the Jaunsar Bawar in the Chakrata district of Dehradun. Being cut off from the surroundings, this region retains a unique socio cultural identity quite distinct from other Himalayan...

October 23, 2017October 25, 2017 0

‘मधमाशांची गरज : शुद्ध पाणी आणि पर्यावरण’

‘मधमाशांची गरज : शुद्ध पाणी आणि पर्यावरण’ आपण नदीच्या उगमस्थानाजवळील जंगलसदृश भाग अथवा कोणत्याही लहान-मोठ्या नैसर्गिक पाणवठ्याच्या स्रोताकडील प्रदेश बारकाईने न्याहाळला तर अनेकदा त्या परिसरात किंवा नजीकच्या भागात मोठ्या झाडांवर, डोंगराच्या कपारीत मधमाशांचे एखादे तरी भले मोठे पोळे किंवा त्यांच्या अनेक वसाहती आपल्याला आढळून येतात. मग असा प्रश्न पडतो की...

July 28, 2017October 25, 2017 0

Save our ecosystem – Time To Beehave!

About 70 per cent of the pollination in the world is carried out by bees. Yet, the lack of awareness is responsible for a sudden fall in the population of these yellow-black little agents of pollination worldwide, threatening the very balance of our ecosystem.. A city-based engineer turned Apiarist has now devoted all this time...

June 7, 2017July 6, 2017 0

Beekeeping for a healthy ecosystem

Innovator: Amit Godse Occupation: Beekeeper Location: Pune, Maharashtra Many a times, we are faced with such incidents that give rise to the feeling of uncertainty in our lives. Well, human life is anyway full of uncertainties. Such incidents or situations often change the course of our life but they also leave behind a lot of...

June 5, 2017October 25, 2017 4

Honey, I save the bees!

Amit Godse quit his high-paying software job with a large MNC to save the honeybees. His team removes and relocates the beehives without killing the bees. This young man from Pune (India) has an interesting story to share with My Zen Path readers. In this first MyZenPath Exclusive I have personally met and interviewed Amit...

Author: Amit Godse