Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Pune’s Little-Known Bee Museum Reveals Hidden Hive Secrets
Pune has a small museum about bees inside the Central Bee Research and Training Institute.
It is located in Shivajinagar.
Visitors learn bee facts as they climb the staircase.
The displays explain that queen bees store semen and that some queens live less than two years.
They also show that honeybees have six legs, two pairs of wings and five eyes.
Bees build honeycomb cells in a space-saving hexagonal shape.
A honeybee can visit 50 to 100 flowers on one trip.
Many schoolchildren visit the museum, and more adults are becoming interested in beekeeping.
The Central Bee Research and Training Institute in Shivajinagar houses a single-room bee museum.
Posters along the staircase explain facts about queen bees, honeybee anatomy and hive construction.
The museum says a hive can detect a missing queen within 15 minutes.
Honeybees may visit 50–100 flowers during a single trip, according to the displays.
Schoolchildren regularly visit, while adult interest in beekeeping is growing, says Rahul Kale.
- Who
- The Central Bee Research and Training Institute, its visitors and Training Coordinator Rahul Kale.
- What
- A single-room museum showcasing information about honeybees and beekeeping.
- When
- The Central Bee Research and Training Institute campus was established on November 1, 1962.
- Where
- Shivajinagar, Pune, at the Central Bee Research and Training Institute.
- Why
- To provide information about bees and support growing interest in beekeeping, particularly among schoolchildren and adults.
- Location
- Central Bee Research and Training Institute, Shivajinagar, Pune
- Museum type
- Single-room bee museum
- Institute established
- November 1, 1962
- Queen detection
- A hive can detect a missing queen within 15 minutes
- Flower visits
- A honeybee visits 50–100 flowers per trip
- Regular visitors
- Schoolchildren
- Growing interest
- Adults are showing increasing interest in beekeeping