**2. Material and methods**

This the theoretical work based on the secondary data and literature available about the beekeeping in Nepal. The secondary data on the beehives number and honey production were taken from the Centre for Industrial Entomology Development (CIED), Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Government of Nepal and the data on the export of honey were taken from the Trade and Export Promotion Center (TEPC), Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, Government of Nepal. The data were gathered and coded in the MS-Excel. The trend analysis on the different years, number of hives, production and the export situation was carried out using the ggplot in R program [9].
