<I><P><STRONG>Contents</STRONG></P></I><P>Foreword .................................................................................................................................................. vii</P><P>Preface ...................................................................................................................................................... ix</P><P>Editor ........................................................................................................................................................ xi</P><P>Contributors ............................................................................................................................................xiii</P><B><P>1. Introduction </B>...................................................................................................................................... 1</P><I><P>D. P. Abrol</P></I><B><P>2. Biology of Dwarf Honeybee, <I>Apis florea </I>Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Apidae) </B>............................ 13</P><I><P>N. Nagaraja</P></I><B><P>3. Reproductive Biology of <I>Apis florea</B></I>.............................................................................................. 25</P><I><P>N. Nagaraja and D. P. Abrol</P></I><B><P>4. The Genetics and Genomics of the Dwarf Honeybee <I>Apis florea </I>Fabricius </B>............................. 37</P><I><P>S. Mohankumar, T. Sonai Rajan, M. Praghadeesh, P. A. Saravanan and M. R. Srinivasan</P></I><B><P>5. Foraging in <I>Apis florea </B></I>................................................................................................................... 47</P><I><P>D. P. Abrol</P></I><B><P>6. Diseases and Enemies of Dwarf Honeybees <I>Apis florea </I>and <I>Apis andreniformis </B></I>.................... 77</P><I><P>D. P. Abrol</P></I><B><P>7. Nesting Behaviour, Structure and Architecture of <I>Apis florea </B></I>.................................................. 95</P><I><P>B. V. Shwetha, N. S. Bhat and T. Neethu</P></I><B><P>8. Utilization of <I>Apis florea </I>in Crop Pollination </B>............................................................................ 107</P><I><P>B. V. Shwetha, N. S. Bhat and T. Neethu</P></I><B><P>9. Safety of Dwarf Honeybee, <I>Apis florea </I>in Relation with Agricultural Pest Management </B>.... 125</P><I><P>Chuleui Jung, Muhammad Noor-ul-Ane and Saeed Mohamadzade Namin</P></I><B><P>10. Nutritional Aspects of the Dwarf Honeybee (<I>Apis florea </I>F.) for Human Consumption </B>........ 137</P><I><P>Sampat Ghosh, Chuleui Jung, Bajaree Chuttong and Michael Burgett</P></I><B><P>11. The Antibacterial Activity of Honey with Special Reference to <I>Apis florea </B></I>............................147</P><I><P>D. P. Abrol</P></I><B><P>12. Genetic Diversity of <I>Apis florea </I>in India </B>.....................................................................................163</P><I><P>B. Fakrudin, K. Omkar, Jameel Khan and K. Nandini</I><I></P></I><B><P>13. Morphometric Variation and Floral Resources of the Dwarf Honeybee, <I>Apis florea </I>F.</P><P>in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India </B>..................................................................................169</P><I><P>A. J. Solomon Raju</P></I><B><P>14. Distribution and Diversity of <I>Apis florea </I>in Kerala and Its Role in Agriculture</P><P>Production </B>.................................................................................................................................. 185</P><I><P>S. Devanesan</P></I><B><P>15. Management and Conservation of <I>Apis florea </B></I>...........................................................................211</P><I><P>M. R. Srinivasan, P. A. Saravanan and R. Aruna</P></I><B><P>16. Diversity and Distribution of Dwarf Honeybees in Nepal and Their Role in Natural</P><P>and Agricultural Systems </B>............................................................................................................ 221</P><I><P>Ratna Thapa</P></I><B><P>17. Potential of <I>Apis florea </I>as a Relevant Insect for Providing Pollination and Ecological</P><P>Services in Thailand </B>..................................................................................................................... 229</P><I><P>Preecha Rod-im and Orawan Duangphakdee</P></I><B><P>18. The Dance Language of <I>Apis florea </B></I>............................................................................................ 243</P><I><P>Orawan Duangphakdee, Preecha Rod-im and Christian Pirk</P></I><B><P>19. Diversity and Distribution of Dwarf Honeybees in Iran and Their Role</P><P>in Natural and Agricultural Systems </B>......................................................................................... 259</P><I><P>Ayça Özkan Koca and İrfan Kandemir</P></I><B><P>20. <I>Apis florea </I>Invasion in Sudan: Present Status and Future Implication </B>................................. 273</P><I><P>Mohammed M. Ibrahim</P></I><B><P>21. Distribution, Nesting Trees and Genetic Diversity of <I>Apis andreniformis</P></I><P>in West Sumatra</B>......................................................................................................................... 279</P><I><P>Rika Raffiudin, Siti Salmah and Jasmi Jambak</P></I><B><P>22. Distribution, Nesting Biology and Floral Resources of Red Dwarf Honeybee</P><P>(<I>Apis florea </I>Fabricius) in Nagaland, India </B>................................................................................. 295</P><I><P>Avinash Chauhan and H. K. Singh</P></I><B><P>23. Distribution, Nesting Biology and Floral Resources of Red Dwarf Honey Bee</P><P>(<I>Apis florea </I>Fabricius) in West Bengal, India </B>............................................................................ 301</P><I><P>Ujjwal Layek and Prakash Karmakar</P></I><B><P>Index </B>.......................................................................................................................................................311</P>

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.

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.

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