Pakistan’s first high-tech automated beeswax foundation sheet manufacturing unit inaugurated

Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain opened a high-tech, automated plant making beeswax foundation sheets at NARC in Islamabad, which Profit reported as the country's first facility of its kind. The unit sits within the Honeybee Research Institute and is meant to supply domestic beekeepers with the sheets while giving them access to automated production methods. Hussain stated that better equipment would raise honey output and quality and help modernise the beekeeping sector.

The minister noted that bees also aid crop pollination, farm productivity and food security, and urged that modern tools and scientific methods reach small beekeepers and young entrepreneurs. He said Pakistan has real capacity to produce several honey varieties but must concentrate more on assuring quality, obtaining certification, tracing origins, adding value, packaging and selling. Europe, Japan and North America were named as high-value destinations for honey exports.

Hussain encouraged young people to view beekeeping as an agribusiness, arguing that wider availability of technology, research, training and trade channels could create jobs. He also thanked Turkey's TİKA for its support to agriculture and rural development, and said ties with Türkiye would widen into farm research, technology and beekeeping. During the visit he toured the plant and was shown its machinery and manufacturing process.