Srinagar: Educated unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir have found a new way of employing themselves by practising honey bee farming, media reports said.

According to official data, there are 40,000 bee colonies in Kashmir, reports ANI.

Beekeeping is an attractive profession in the Valley.

Shabbir Ahmed Ganai, an entrepreneur from Anantnag, is one such example who is eyeing to generate job opportunities by availing government schemes, reports the Indian news agency.

Ahmed opened 10 subsidized beehives from the Agriculture Department In Angan Astanpura. Besides, Department is giving training to Ahmed in beekeeping and today Shabir Ahmed is the owner of 309 colonies of bees.

“After completing my graduation, when I saw that unemployment was increasing, I thought of taking up my hobby further and after getting help from the Department of Agriculture, I turned my hobby into a business,” he told ANI.