Contents
Foreword .................................................................................................................................................. vii
Preface ...................................................................................................................................................... ix
Editor ........................................................................................................................................................ xi
Contributors ............................................................................................................................................xiii
1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1
D. P. Abrol
2. Biology of Dwarf Honeybee, Apis florea Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) ............................ 13
N. Nagaraja
3. Reproductive Biology of Apis florea.............................................................................................. 25
N. Nagaraja and D. P. Abrol
4. The Genetics and Genomics of the Dwarf Honeybee Apis florea Fabricius ............................. 37
S. Mohankumar, T. Sonai Rajan, M. Praghadeesh, P. A. Saravanan and M. R. Srinivasan
5. Foraging in Apis florea ................................................................................................................... 47
D. P. Abrol
6. Diseases and Enemies of Dwarf Honeybees Apis florea and Apis andreniformis .................... 77
D. P. Abrol
7. Nesting Behaviour, Structure and Architecture of Apis florea .................................................. 95
B. V. Shwetha, N. S. Bhat and T. Neethu
8. Utilization of Apis florea in Crop Pollination ............................................................................ 107
B. V. Shwetha, N. S. Bhat and T. Neethu
9. Safety of Dwarf Honeybee, Apis florea in Relation with Agricultural Pest Management .... 125
Chuleui Jung, Muhammad Noor-ul-Ane and Saeed Mohamadzade Namin
10. Nutritional Aspects of the Dwarf Honeybee (Apis florea F.) for Human Consumption ........ 137
Sampat Ghosh, Chuleui Jung, Bajaree Chuttong and Michael Burgett
11. The Antibacterial Activity of Honey with Special Reference to Apis florea ............................147
D. P. Abrol
12. Genetic Diversity of Apis florea in India .....................................................................................163
B. Fakrudin, K. Omkar, Jameel Khan and K. Nandini
13. Morphometric Variation and Floral Resources of the Dwarf Honeybee, Apis florea F.
in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India ..................................................................................169
A. J. Solomon Raju
14. Distribution and Diversity of Apis florea in Kerala and Its Role in Agriculture
Production .................................................................................................................................. 185
S. Devanesan
15. Management and Conservation of Apis florea ...........................................................................211
M. R. Srinivasan, P. A. Saravanan and R. Aruna
16. Diversity and Distribution of Dwarf Honeybees in Nepal and Their Role in Natural
and Agricultural Systems ............................................................................................................ 221
Ratna Thapa
17. Potential of Apis florea as a Relevant Insect for Providing Pollination and Ecological
Services in Thailand ..................................................................................................................... 229
Preecha Rod-im and Orawan Duangphakdee
18. The Dance Language of Apis florea ............................................................................................ 243
Orawan Duangphakdee, Preecha Rod-im and Christian Pirk
19. Diversity and Distribution of Dwarf Honeybees in Iran and Their Role
in Natural and Agricultural Systems ......................................................................................... 259
Ayça Özkan Koca and İrfan Kandemir
20. Apis florea Invasion in Sudan: Present Status and Future Implication ................................. 273
Mohammed M. Ibrahim
21. Distribution, Nesting Trees and Genetic Diversity of Apis andreniformis
in West Sumatra......................................................................................................................... 279
Rika Raffiudin, Siti Salmah and Jasmi Jambak
22. Distribution, Nesting Biology and Floral Resources of Red Dwarf Honeybee
(Apis florea Fabricius) in Nagaland, India ................................................................................. 295
Avinash Chauhan and H. K. Singh
23. Distribution, Nesting Biology and Floral Resources of Red Dwarf Honey Bee
(Apis florea Fabricius) in West Bengal, India ............................................................................ 301
Ujjwal Layek and Prakash Karmakar
Index .......................................................................................................................................................311
Biology of dwarf honeybee, Apis florea Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) / N. Nagaraja -- Reproductive biology of Apis florea / N. Nagaraja and D P Abrol -- The genetics and genomics of the dwarf honey bee Apis florea fabricius / Mohankumar, S, T. Sonai Rajan, M. Praghadeesh, P.A. Saravanan and M.R. Srinivasan -- Foraging in Apis florea / D P Abrol -- Diseases and enemies of dwarf honeybees Apis florea and Apis anadreniformes / D P Abrol -- Nesting behavior, structure and architecture of Apis florea / Shwetha,B.V., Bhat, N.S. and Neethu, T -- Utilization of Apis florea in pollination of agricultural crop / Shwetha,B.V., Bhat, N.S. and Neethu, T -- Safety of dwarf honey bee, Apis floreain relation with agricultural pest management / Chuleu Jung, Muhammad Noor-ul-Ane, Saeed Mohamadzade Namin -- Nutritional aspects of the dwarf honeybee (Apis florea F.) for human consumption / Sampat Ghosh, Chuleui Jung, Bajaree Chuttong, and Michael Burgett -- The Antibacterial Activity of honey with special reference to Apis florea / D P Abrol -- Genetic diversity of Apis florea in India / Fakrudin B., Omkar, K., Jameel Khan, Nandini, K. -- Morphometric variation and floral resources of the dwarf honey bee, Apis florea F. in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India / A. J. Solomon Raju -- Distribution and diversity of Apis florea in Kerala and it role in agriculture production / S. Devanesan -- Management and conservation of Apis florea / Srinivasan M.R, Saravanan P.A. and Aruna R. -- Diversity and distribution of dwarf honeybees in Nepal and their role in natural and agricultural system / Ratna Thapa -- Potential of Apis florea as a relevant insect for providing pollination and ecological services in Thailand / Orawan Duangphakdee, NatapotWarrit and Preecha Rod-im -- The Dance Language of Apis florea / Orawan Duangphakdee, Preecha Rod-im and Christain Pirk -- Diversity and distribution of dwarf honeybees in Iran and their role in natural and agricultural system / Ayça Özkan Koca and İrfan Kandemir -- Apis florea Invasion in Sudan: Present Status and Future Implication / Mohammed M. Ibrahim -- Distribution, Nesting trees and Genetic Diversity of Apis andreniformis in West Sumatra / Rika Raffiudin, Siti Salmah, and Jasmi Jambak -- Distribution, nesting biology and floral resources of red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea Fabricius) in Nagaland, India / Avinash Chauhan and H.K. Singh -- Distribution, nesting biology and floral resources of red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea Fabricius) in West Bengal, India / Ujjwal Layek, Prakash Karmakar.
The future role of dwarf honeybees in natural and agricultural systems provides multidisciplinary perspective about the different facets of dwarf honeybees. The role of dwarf honeybee Apis florea assumes utmost importance in the context of pollinator decline throughout the world threatening stability of ecosystems and global food security. Apis florea is a low land species of south Asia extending more to the west than other Asiatic Apis species. It is an important pollinator of crops in hot and dry agricultural plains. The book is first of its kind which deals in details on varied aspects of Apis florea biology, management, conservation strategies for protecting biodiversity and enhancing crop productivity. The book aims to promote a large, diverse, sustainable, and dependable bee pollinator workforce that can meet the challenge for optimizing food production well into the 21st century. Features: Apis florea provides source of livelihood in mountainous areas and marginal farmers. This book will for the first time present the beekeeping from the perspective of agricultural production and biodiversity conservation An excellent source of advanced study material for academics, researchers and students and programme planners Excellent pollinator of tropical and subtropical crops fruits vegetables etc less prone to diseases and enemies Covering the latest information on various aspects of Apis florea biology, this book brings the latest advances together in a single volume for researchers and advanced level students This book will be useful to pollination biologists, honeybee biologists in entomology departments, students, teachers, scientists of agriculture, animal behaviour, botany, conservation, biology, ecology, entomology, environmental biology, forestry, genetics, plant breeding, horticulture, toxicology, zoology, seed growers and seed agencies and shall serve as reference book for students, teachers, researchers, extension functionaries and policy planners.
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Honeybee--South Asia.
Honeybee--Variation--South Asia.
Pollination by bees--South Asia.
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NATURE / Ecology
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