In this powerPoint, included classification, habit and habitat and different wild and domestic species of honeybees and their importance. It will be beneficial to all the students, learners and educators.
1. There are five main types of honey bees - the rock bee, eastern bee, European bee, garden bee, and dammer bee. Each type varies in size, habitat, aggressiveness, and annual honey production.
2. Honey bees live in highly organized colonies consisting of a queen, several hundred drones, and thousands of worker bees that fulfill different roles.
3. Honey bees progress through four life stages - egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The queen lays eggs that hatch into larvae in 3 days, and adults emerge 16-24 days later depending on their caste.
Honey bees live in highly organized family groups within cavities or trees, caves, or human structures. They build multiple combs vertically made of beeswax to store honey and raise baby bees. Honey bees are social insects with three main members - workers, queens, and drones. Workers care for the hive, gather nectar, and have a lifespan of 4-6 weeks. Queens lay up to 1500 eggs per day and can live 2-5 years. Drones mate with virgin queens then die. The document then describes honey bee anatomy and life cycle stages from egg to adult.
This document discusses beekeeping and honey bees in India. It provides classifications of honey bee species found in India, including the rock bee, Indian hive bee, little bee, European bee, and Dammer bee. It describes the characteristics of each species. The document also discusses traditional and modern methods of beekeeping, including typical hive components. It covers honey production processes and the chemical composition and uses of honey. In conclusion, it notes that modern beekeeping involves production of additional bee products beyond honey.
Honey bees are social insects that live in highly organized colonies. They are yellow and black, about 15 mm in length, and have two pairs of wings. The colony consists of a queen bee, worker bees, and male drone bees. Worker bees perform tasks like building the hive, feeding larvae, and collecting pollen and nectar. They communicate the location of food sources through round and waggle dances. The hive produces honey, wax, and propolis as products.
Habit, Habitat,Description, Biology and Distribution of Hymenoptera Insects B...Dinesh Dalvaniya
The document summarizes the habits, habitats, biology, and distribution of honey bees and ants. It describes that honey bees live in colonies consisting of a queen, drones, and workers, and details their life cycles, roles, and habitats in different climates. It also outlines the nesting and foraging habits of ants, their food sources, and describes their body structures. The distribution of honey bees originated in Africa and spread worldwide, while ants can be found everywhere except very cold areas and have diverse species in tropical rainforests.
Commercial beekeeping involves rearing honey bees to collect honey and other hive products like beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly. It is important for pollinating about 1/3 of global food crops. European honey bees are commonly used as they are easy to handle and produce large amounts of honey. Beekeeping includes maintaining hives, providing bees with sugar syrup when flowers are scarce, inspecting hives to monitor the queen and activity, and collecting hive products once honey is packed into frames. Protective beekeeping suits and regular maintenance are needed to safely practice apiculture.
Hone bee Life cycle Apis mellifera Apis Dorsata Apis carana Apis florae in Pa...Muhammad Naveed Laskani
All bee castes go through three life stages: egg, larva, and pupa. Queen bees develop in 16 days, workers in 21 days, and drones in 24 days. There are four main species of honey bees found in Pakistan. They differ in habitat, comb structure, temperament, and suitability for domestication. Modern beekeeping uses movable frame hives and equipment like veils, gloves, and tools to facilitate honey collection and protect bees. Major honey flows come from plants like toria, citrus, shisham trees at different times of year.
This document contain all of the relative information for apiculture which is also known as Beekeeping.
This document contain mostly related topics such as history, taxonomical classification, types of bees, production of honey and structure of hives.
1. There are five main types of honey bees - the rock bee, eastern bee, European bee, garden bee, and dammer bee. Each type varies in size, habitat, aggressiveness, and annual honey production.
2. Honey bees live in highly organized colonies consisting of a queen, several hundred drones, and thousands of worker bees that fulfill different roles.
3. Honey bees progress through four life stages - egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The queen lays eggs that hatch into larvae in 3 days, and adults emerge 16-24 days later depending on their caste.
Honey bees live in highly organized family groups within cavities or trees, caves, or human structures. They build multiple combs vertically made of beeswax to store honey and raise baby bees. Honey bees are social insects with three main members - workers, queens, and drones. Workers care for the hive, gather nectar, and have a lifespan of 4-6 weeks. Queens lay up to 1500 eggs per day and can live 2-5 years. Drones mate with virgin queens then die. The document then describes honey bee anatomy and life cycle stages from egg to adult.
This document discusses beekeeping and honey bees in India. It provides classifications of honey bee species found in India, including the rock bee, Indian hive bee, little bee, European bee, and Dammer bee. It describes the characteristics of each species. The document also discusses traditional and modern methods of beekeeping, including typical hive components. It covers honey production processes and the chemical composition and uses of honey. In conclusion, it notes that modern beekeeping involves production of additional bee products beyond honey.
Honey bees are social insects that live in highly organized colonies. They are yellow and black, about 15 mm in length, and have two pairs of wings. The colony consists of a queen bee, worker bees, and male drone bees. Worker bees perform tasks like building the hive, feeding larvae, and collecting pollen and nectar. They communicate the location of food sources through round and waggle dances. The hive produces honey, wax, and propolis as products.
Habit, Habitat,Description, Biology and Distribution of Hymenoptera Insects B...Dinesh Dalvaniya
The document summarizes the habits, habitats, biology, and distribution of honey bees and ants. It describes that honey bees live in colonies consisting of a queen, drones, and workers, and details their life cycles, roles, and habitats in different climates. It also outlines the nesting and foraging habits of ants, their food sources, and describes their body structures. The distribution of honey bees originated in Africa and spread worldwide, while ants can be found everywhere except very cold areas and have diverse species in tropical rainforests.
Commercial beekeeping involves rearing honey bees to collect honey and other hive products like beeswax, propolis, pollen, and royal jelly. It is important for pollinating about 1/3 of global food crops. European honey bees are commonly used as they are easy to handle and produce large amounts of honey. Beekeeping includes maintaining hives, providing bees with sugar syrup when flowers are scarce, inspecting hives to monitor the queen and activity, and collecting hive products once honey is packed into frames. Protective beekeeping suits and regular maintenance are needed to safely practice apiculture.
Hone bee Life cycle Apis mellifera Apis Dorsata Apis carana Apis florae in Pa...Muhammad Naveed Laskani
All bee castes go through three life stages: egg, larva, and pupa. Queen bees develop in 16 days, workers in 21 days, and drones in 24 days. There are four main species of honey bees found in Pakistan. They differ in habitat, comb structure, temperament, and suitability for domestication. Modern beekeeping uses movable frame hives and equipment like veils, gloves, and tools to facilitate honey collection and protect bees. Major honey flows come from plants like toria, citrus, shisham trees at different times of year.
This document contain all of the relative information for apiculture which is also known as Beekeeping.
This document contain mostly related topics such as history, taxonomical classification, types of bees, production of honey and structure of hives.
significance of apiculture and its application in this slide i also provide history and several types of apiculture methods, its very use ful for students who want take seminar on this topic
This document summarizes five important species of honey bees: the rock bee, Indian hive bee, little bee/dwarf bee, European/Italian bee, and Dammer/stingless bee. It provides details on the characteristics of each species such as size, honey production, and domesticability. Additional sections cover the anatomy of a bee hive, roles of queen/worker bees, bee diseases, history of beekeeping, and applications of honey and beeswax.
Beekeeping involves the maintenance of honey bee colonies by humans in order to collect honey and other hive products, pollinate crops, or produce bees for sale. A beekeeper keeps bees in hives located in an apiary and manages the colony to collect honey and wax while providing for the bees' needs. Traditional fixed comb hives are still used in some areas but most modern beekeeping uses movable frame hives like the Langstroth hive, allowing inspection of frames to monitor bee health and harvest honey and wax.
This document summarizes information about honey bees, including their social structure and behaviors. It notes that honey bee colonies each have one queen whose role is to lay eggs, drones whose role is to fertilize eggs, and worker bees who perform most colony tasks. The document also describes the waggle dance honey bees perform to communicate food locations to one another and lessons humans can learn from honey bees, such as living within their means and achieving things through cooperation.
Honey bees are important pollinators and producers of honey and beeswax. There are four main species of honey bees - the rock bee, Indian hive bee, little bee, and European bee. Honey bees live in hives with one queen, several hundred drones, and 20,000 to 80,000 workers. Workers care for the larvae, collect nectar and pollen, and produce honey. Honey bees go through life stages of egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Their products of honey and beeswax are economically important, and honey bees play a vital role in pollinating crops.
This document summarizes information about honey bees and beekeeping. It discusses the classification of honey bees, including the four main species - Apis dorsata, Apis indica, Apis mellifera, and Apis florea. It describes the social organization and life cycle of honey bees. The document also outlines traditional and modern methods of beekeeping, including the use of movable frame hives, queen excluders, honey extractors, and other equipment. Finally, it discusses the main products of beekeeping, focusing on honey and providing details on honey's chemical composition, storage, and economic importance.
Beekeeping has a long history dating back thousands of years. It involves the domestic rearing of honey bees for honey and other products like beeswax, pollen, and bee packages. While early beekeeping methods were crude, innovations like Langstroth's movable frame hive in the 1850s helped industrialize the practice. Today, the US has over 2 million bee colonies, though numbers are decreasing. Issues like mites, diseases, and pesticides threaten bee populations and commercial beekeeping. However, sustainable beekeeping provides environmental and economic benefits by supporting pollination and providing additional income in developing areas.
This document discusses apiculture, or beekeeping. It defines apiculture as the cultivation of honey bees to obtain honey and wax. There are two main methods of beekeeping - the traditional/indigenous method using natural hives found in trees or buildings, and the modern method using movable frame hives introduced by Langstroth to improve hive management. The modern hives allow inspection of frames for brood rearing and honey/pollen storage. Beekeeping provides benefits like crop pollination but also has challenges like disease resistance and climate dependence.
Honey bees live in highly organized colonies with one queen, male drones, and female worker bees. The queen's role is to lay eggs while workers forage for nectar, make wax, build the hive, and care for larvae. Workers communicate food sources to each other through round and waggle dances. Honey bees work tirelessly together with division of labor to collect nectar from millions of flowers and produce honey through over 25,000 flights per pound. Their cooperation and industry provides lessons for human collaboration and productivity.
This presentation provides an overview of beekeeping (apiculture). It discusses the history and classification of honey bees, the main species of honey bees and the honey they produce. It describes traditional and modern methods of beekeeping, including hive components. The key products of beekeeping are honey, beeswax, royal jelly, bee venom, and propolis. Finally, it outlines some common pests and diseases that affect honeybees.
This document discusses the taxonomy, geographic distribution, characteristics, diagnostic features, honey production, and lifecycle of Apis florea, the red dwarf honeybee. A. florea is found across Asia from Vietnam to Iran at altitudes up to 2000 meters. It has a small body size of 7-10 mm, red-brown coloration, and builds single vertical honeycombs that yield 200-900 grams of honey per colony. Its lifecycle includes eggs laid singly that develop into larvae fed by worker bees and taking 15-16 days for queens or 21 days for workers to emerge.
This document discusses various equipment used in beekeeping, including different types of beehives, protective clothing, tools, and other accessories. It describes Langstroth frame hives, ISI hives, bee veils, gloves, overalls, hive tools, smokers, bee brushes, uncapping knives, honey extractors, queen cages, queen cell protectors, dummy/division boards, comb foundation sheets, division board feeders, queen gates, drone traps, queen excluders, nucleus hives, and pollen traps. Details are provided on the purpose and construction of each item.
Bees are flying insects that pollinate flowering plants and produce honey. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees found worldwide, except in Antarctica. Bees have three body parts - a head, thorax, and abdomen. Certain species like honey bees have a stinger on their abdomen. Bees evolved over 100 million years ago and likely originated in Asia. They play an important ecological role in plant reproduction and food production.
This document provides information about beekeeping and honey bees in India. It discusses five main honey bee species found in India, including the rock bee, Indian hive bee, little bee, European bee, and dammer bee. It describes their key characteristics. The document also outlines traditional and modern beekeeping methods used in India, including hive structures, honey extractors, and other equipment. It discusses the production and chemical composition of honey, as well as honey's uses as a food, medicine, and preservative. Beekeeping is an important industry in India that produces about 10,000 tons of forest honey annually.
Apiculture is beekeeping for collecting honey, beeswax, and propolis. Honey bees are highly social insects in the order Hymenoptera. A bee colony contains three castes - the queen bee, worker bees, and drone bees. Worker bees perform different tasks as they age, including cleaning, guarding, and foraging. Beekeeping using movable frame hives was developed based on the optimal bee space between frames. Honey is extracted using a honey extractor after removing frames from the hive.
Bee keeping - supporting business to Indian farming lekshmi. anil
welcome
1- introduction
2- different spp of honey bees and their characteristics
3-bee keeping and its history
4-methods of bee keeping
5-appliances for bee keeping
6-bee pasturage
7-products of bee keeping( enlisted)
8-diseases and pests of honey bees
9- how bee keeping a supporting business to indian farming
10- success story of bee keeping
11-scopes of bee keeping
Economic zoology deals with applying zoological knowledge to benefit humanity, such as cultivating animals for food and controlling pests. It covers topics like beneficial and harmful insects, crop pests, apiculture, sericulture, lac culture, aquaculture, venomous animals, and livestock/vector-borne diseases. Insects provide an estimated $57 billion in ecological services annually to justify greater conservation investments. Beneficial insects include pollinators that transfer crop pollen, valued at $3 billion in the US alone, and predators that control pests. Parasitic wasps, flies, and other insects also help limit pest populations. Productive insects include silkworms, honey bees, and lac
The document provides information on various types of honey bees found in India, their characteristics, and apiculture practices. It discusses five main species of honey bees in India: rock bees, little bees, Indian hive bees, European/Italian bees, and dammer bees. For each species, it provides details on their size, nesting behavior, honey production, and other distinguishing features. It also covers honey bee anatomy, the different roles of queen, drones and workers, honey bee life cycles, bee dances, and honey bee products/uses. The document summarizes honey bee pests, parasites, predators and diseases. It provides taxonomy information and life cycles for Apis cerana indica.
1. There are five main types of honey bees - the rock bee, eastern bee, European bee, garden bee, and dammer bee. Each type varies in size, habitat, aggressiveness, and annual honey production.
2. Honey bees live in highly organized colonies consisting of a queen, several hundred drones, and thousands of sterile female workers. The queen lays eggs while workers carry out most colony tasks like foraging, building, and defense.
3. Honey bees progress through four life stages - egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The queen lays thousands of eggs per day while workers care for the larvae and pupae, which develop into either workers, drones, or a new queen over 3
The document discusses four main species of honey bees - Apis dorsata, Apis indica, Apis florea, and Apis mellifera. It describes their key characteristics such as size, hive structure, honey production, and temperament. It also covers the social organization of honey bees including the different castes (queens, workers, drones), their roles, and the life cycle from egg to adult. The document summarizes honey bee products with a focus on honey, including its composition, production process, and nutritional value.
significance of apiculture and its application in this slide i also provide history and several types of apiculture methods, its very use ful for students who want take seminar on this topic
This document summarizes five important species of honey bees: the rock bee, Indian hive bee, little bee/dwarf bee, European/Italian bee, and Dammer/stingless bee. It provides details on the characteristics of each species such as size, honey production, and domesticability. Additional sections cover the anatomy of a bee hive, roles of queen/worker bees, bee diseases, history of beekeeping, and applications of honey and beeswax.
Beekeeping involves the maintenance of honey bee colonies by humans in order to collect honey and other hive products, pollinate crops, or produce bees for sale. A beekeeper keeps bees in hives located in an apiary and manages the colony to collect honey and wax while providing for the bees' needs. Traditional fixed comb hives are still used in some areas but most modern beekeeping uses movable frame hives like the Langstroth hive, allowing inspection of frames to monitor bee health and harvest honey and wax.
This document summarizes information about honey bees, including their social structure and behaviors. It notes that honey bee colonies each have one queen whose role is to lay eggs, drones whose role is to fertilize eggs, and worker bees who perform most colony tasks. The document also describes the waggle dance honey bees perform to communicate food locations to one another and lessons humans can learn from honey bees, such as living within their means and achieving things through cooperation.
Honey bees are important pollinators and producers of honey and beeswax. There are four main species of honey bees - the rock bee, Indian hive bee, little bee, and European bee. Honey bees live in hives with one queen, several hundred drones, and 20,000 to 80,000 workers. Workers care for the larvae, collect nectar and pollen, and produce honey. Honey bees go through life stages of egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Their products of honey and beeswax are economically important, and honey bees play a vital role in pollinating crops.
This document summarizes information about honey bees and beekeeping. It discusses the classification of honey bees, including the four main species - Apis dorsata, Apis indica, Apis mellifera, and Apis florea. It describes the social organization and life cycle of honey bees. The document also outlines traditional and modern methods of beekeeping, including the use of movable frame hives, queen excluders, honey extractors, and other equipment. Finally, it discusses the main products of beekeeping, focusing on honey and providing details on honey's chemical composition, storage, and economic importance.
Beekeeping has a long history dating back thousands of years. It involves the domestic rearing of honey bees for honey and other products like beeswax, pollen, and bee packages. While early beekeeping methods were crude, innovations like Langstroth's movable frame hive in the 1850s helped industrialize the practice. Today, the US has over 2 million bee colonies, though numbers are decreasing. Issues like mites, diseases, and pesticides threaten bee populations and commercial beekeeping. However, sustainable beekeeping provides environmental and economic benefits by supporting pollination and providing additional income in developing areas.
This document discusses apiculture, or beekeeping. It defines apiculture as the cultivation of honey bees to obtain honey and wax. There are two main methods of beekeeping - the traditional/indigenous method using natural hives found in trees or buildings, and the modern method using movable frame hives introduced by Langstroth to improve hive management. The modern hives allow inspection of frames for brood rearing and honey/pollen storage. Beekeeping provides benefits like crop pollination but also has challenges like disease resistance and climate dependence.
Honey bees live in highly organized colonies with one queen, male drones, and female worker bees. The queen's role is to lay eggs while workers forage for nectar, make wax, build the hive, and care for larvae. Workers communicate food sources to each other through round and waggle dances. Honey bees work tirelessly together with division of labor to collect nectar from millions of flowers and produce honey through over 25,000 flights per pound. Their cooperation and industry provides lessons for human collaboration and productivity.
This presentation provides an overview of beekeeping (apiculture). It discusses the history and classification of honey bees, the main species of honey bees and the honey they produce. It describes traditional and modern methods of beekeeping, including hive components. The key products of beekeeping are honey, beeswax, royal jelly, bee venom, and propolis. Finally, it outlines some common pests and diseases that affect honeybees.
This document discusses the taxonomy, geographic distribution, characteristics, diagnostic features, honey production, and lifecycle of Apis florea, the red dwarf honeybee. A. florea is found across Asia from Vietnam to Iran at altitudes up to 2000 meters. It has a small body size of 7-10 mm, red-brown coloration, and builds single vertical honeycombs that yield 200-900 grams of honey per colony. Its lifecycle includes eggs laid singly that develop into larvae fed by worker bees and taking 15-16 days for queens or 21 days for workers to emerge.
This document discusses various equipment used in beekeeping, including different types of beehives, protective clothing, tools, and other accessories. It describes Langstroth frame hives, ISI hives, bee veils, gloves, overalls, hive tools, smokers, bee brushes, uncapping knives, honey extractors, queen cages, queen cell protectors, dummy/division boards, comb foundation sheets, division board feeders, queen gates, drone traps, queen excluders, nucleus hives, and pollen traps. Details are provided on the purpose and construction of each item.
Bees are flying insects that pollinate flowering plants and produce honey. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees found worldwide, except in Antarctica. Bees have three body parts - a head, thorax, and abdomen. Certain species like honey bees have a stinger on their abdomen. Bees evolved over 100 million years ago and likely originated in Asia. They play an important ecological role in plant reproduction and food production.
This document provides information about beekeeping and honey bees in India. It discusses five main honey bee species found in India, including the rock bee, Indian hive bee, little bee, European bee, and dammer bee. It describes their key characteristics. The document also outlines traditional and modern beekeeping methods used in India, including hive structures, honey extractors, and other equipment. It discusses the production and chemical composition of honey, as well as honey's uses as a food, medicine, and preservative. Beekeeping is an important industry in India that produces about 10,000 tons of forest honey annually.
Apiculture is beekeeping for collecting honey, beeswax, and propolis. Honey bees are highly social insects in the order Hymenoptera. A bee colony contains three castes - the queen bee, worker bees, and drone bees. Worker bees perform different tasks as they age, including cleaning, guarding, and foraging. Beekeeping using movable frame hives was developed based on the optimal bee space between frames. Honey is extracted using a honey extractor after removing frames from the hive.
Bee keeping - supporting business to Indian farming lekshmi. anil
welcome
1- introduction
2- different spp of honey bees and their characteristics
3-bee keeping and its history
4-methods of bee keeping
5-appliances for bee keeping
6-bee pasturage
7-products of bee keeping( enlisted)
8-diseases and pests of honey bees
9- how bee keeping a supporting business to indian farming
10- success story of bee keeping
11-scopes of bee keeping
Economic zoology deals with applying zoological knowledge to benefit humanity, such as cultivating animals for food and controlling pests. It covers topics like beneficial and harmful insects, crop pests, apiculture, sericulture, lac culture, aquaculture, venomous animals, and livestock/vector-borne diseases. Insects provide an estimated $57 billion in ecological services annually to justify greater conservation investments. Beneficial insects include pollinators that transfer crop pollen, valued at $3 billion in the US alone, and predators that control pests. Parasitic wasps, flies, and other insects also help limit pest populations. Productive insects include silkworms, honey bees, and lac
The document provides information on various types of honey bees found in India, their characteristics, and apiculture practices. It discusses five main species of honey bees in India: rock bees, little bees, Indian hive bees, European/Italian bees, and dammer bees. For each species, it provides details on their size, nesting behavior, honey production, and other distinguishing features. It also covers honey bee anatomy, the different roles of queen, drones and workers, honey bee life cycles, bee dances, and honey bee products/uses. The document summarizes honey bee pests, parasites, predators and diseases. It provides taxonomy information and life cycles for Apis cerana indica.
1. There are five main types of honey bees - the rock bee, eastern bee, European bee, garden bee, and dammer bee. Each type varies in size, habitat, aggressiveness, and annual honey production.
2. Honey bees live in highly organized colonies consisting of a queen, several hundred drones, and thousands of sterile female workers. The queen lays eggs while workers carry out most colony tasks like foraging, building, and defense.
3. Honey bees progress through four life stages - egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The queen lays thousands of eggs per day while workers care for the larvae and pupae, which develop into either workers, drones, or a new queen over 3
The document discusses four main species of honey bees - Apis dorsata, Apis indica, Apis florea, and Apis mellifera. It describes their key characteristics such as size, hive structure, honey production, and temperament. It also covers the social organization of honey bees including the different castes (queens, workers, drones), their roles, and the life cycle from egg to adult. The document summarizes honey bee products with a focus on honey, including its composition, production process, and nutritional value.
Honey bees are important pollinators and producers of honey and beeswax. There are four main species of honey bees - the rock bee, Indian hive bee, little bee, and European bee. Honey bees live in hives with one queen, several hundred drones, and thousands of workers. The queen lays eggs which hatch into larvae and develop through pupa stages before emerging as adult bees. Honey bees collect nectar and pollen which they use to make honey through regurgitation and dehydration. In addition to honey, beeswax is an important product with various uses. Honey bees play a vital role in pollinating crops and flowering plants.
The document discusses four species of honey bees:
Apis dorsata, the largest bee species, forms very large hanging hives and produces 50-100 kg of honey per hive. However, they are extremely aggressive and migrate frequently.
Apis indica, known as the Indian bee, is less aggressive and stays in one place for many generations, forming hives in dark areas. They produce 2-3 kg of honey per hive annually.
Apis florea is the smallest bee, producing only 200-500 g of honey per hive. Their migratory habits make them unsuitable for commercial rearing.
Apis mellifera, the Italian or European bee, has many varieties worldwide and produces 25-50
The document provides information about Apiculture (AnSc 421), a course at Wallaga University. It discusses the following key points in 3 sentences:
The document introduces apiculture as the science of beekeeping. It discusses the origins and distribution of honeybees, noting that they originated in Africa and are now found worldwide. The rest of the document covers topics related to bee biology, anatomy, physiology, honeybee species and races, and reasons for beekeeping.
Apiculture hand out chapter 1_3 for Animal science.pptxFantahun Dugassa
The honeybee colony consists of one queen, thousands of worker bees, and a few hundred male drones. The queen's role is to lay eggs and produce pheromones that maintain social order. Workers perform all other tasks in the colony including feeding larvae, nest construction, food collection and storage, and environmental control of the hive. Drones' sole role is to mate with virgin queens. Each caste has a distinct development period from egg to adult ranging from 16 days for the queen to 24 days for drones. Understanding the colony organization and roles of each caste is important for beekeeping management.
The document discusses apiculture, or beekeeping, providing details on different species of honey bees including Apis dorsata, Apis cerana indica, their colony structure, reproduction, communication methods, foraging behavior and potential for beekeeping. Key information covered includes the three castes in bee colonies, nesting and swarming behaviors, mating flights, and the waggle dance used by bees to communicate location of food sources.
This document provides an overview of apiculture (beekeeping). It begins with an introduction defining apiculture and beekeeping. It then discusses the four main species of honey bees - Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis cerana, and Apis mellifera. Key details are provided on the morphology, classification, history of beekeeping in India, and differences between queen, worker, and drone bees. The document also covers bee products like honey, beeswax, royal jelly, and pollen. It summarizes beekeeping methods and important activities like combing, swarming, and migration. Common bee diseases and their management are also outlined. Finally, the economic importance of honey is highlighted.
The science that aims to study the life, behavior & activity of honey bee in order to obtain bee products and crop pollination. Honey bee is a social & beneficial insect. They lives in hive.
Honey bees are crucial pollinators for many fruits and vegetables. They pollinate about 30% of the food consumed in the US. However, honey bee populations have declined by 30-50% over the last 20 years due to various factors like pesticides, malnutrition, mites, and viruses. If honey bee populations continue to decline, it could significantly impact food prices and availability. There are steps people can take to help honey bees, such as planting bee-friendly gardens and donating to research on solving colony collapse disorder.
The document provides information about apiculture (beekeeping) including defining it as the management and study of honeybees. It discusses the different species and races of honeybees, focusing on Apis mellifera. It describes the organization of a honeybee colony including the three castes (queen, workers, drones) and their roles. It also outlines the life cycle of honeybees from egg to adult and the developmental periods for each caste.
This document provides information on apiculture (beekeeping) including:
- The creators and contributors of the course on apiculture
- An index of chapters covering topics in apiculture such as bee species, colony organization, seasonal management, honey production, and diseases
- Details on the morphology and anatomy of honey bees, describing the head, thorax, abdomen, legs, wings, and specialized structures
- Identification of the four main species of honey bees - Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis cerana, and Apis mellifera - and their characteristics
This document provides an overview of bees and wasps, including their taxonomy, diversity, and key characteristics. It discusses that bees and wasps are in the order Hymenoptera and includes sawflies, parasitoids, wasps, ants, and bees. Bees are noted as the primary pollinators of flowering plants. Taxonomies of different bee and wasp families are then outlined, along with characteristics of bees, wasps, the worker bee, queen, and drone.
This document provides an overview of bee keeping (apiculture). It discusses the history of bee keeping and describes the main bee species kept, including the Italian bee, Indian bee, rock bee, and little bee. It outlines the colony organization and division of labor between the queen, workers, and drones. Methods of bee keeping include indigenous fixed hives and modern movable frame hives. Products from bee keeping include honey, beeswax, royal jelly, bee venom, and propolis. Pests and diseases that affect bees are also reviewed. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of bees in pollination and sustainable agriculture.
This document provides information about honey bees. It begins with the classification of honey bees, then discusses their social behavior and advantages. It provides examples of social insects including honey bees, wasps, termites and ants. The document focuses on honey bees, describing their appearance, distribution, and the different types of bees within a hive: the queen, workers, and drones. It explains the key roles and characteristics of each type of honey bee.
This document discusses slugs and snails, which are molluscs that can be agricultural pests. It describes their characteristics, such as being unsegmented and having an open circulatory system. It provides details on common species of snails, like Helix spp. and the giant African snail, and their life cycles. Common species of slugs, such as the common garden slug and black/brown slug, are also described. Slugs and snails can damage a variety of crops by feeding on leaves, stems, fruits and more. They can also spread plant pathogens. Control methods include handpicking, using barriers, and chemical controls with substances like carbaryl and metaldehyde baits or sprays.
The document discusses various species of Amegilla bees, including A. cingulata, A. zonata, A. quadrifasciata, and A. dawsoni. Some key points:
- Amegilla is a genus of over 250 species of native, non-honey bee pollinators found in Australia, Asia, Africa, and islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
- Species like A. cingulata and A. zonata have blue metallic bands on their abdomens. They nest solitarily in burrows and forage on a variety of crops and wildflowers.
- A. quadrifasciata is found in Europe and Asia, growing
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Apiculture: Honeybee Species
1. Presented
by
Dr. Arun B. Sawarkar
1. Bee Biology
B.P. Arts, S.M.A. Science & K.K.C. Commerce
College, Chalisgaon, Dist- Jalgaon (MS)
(Honeybee species)
2. Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Division: Endopterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Apis
Species: i) dorsata ii) cerana iii) florea iv) mellifera
(Exoskeleton, jointed appendages)
(Body-head, thorax and abdomen, paired wings and
three pairs of legs)
(one or two pairs of wings)
(Life cycle stages- Egg, larva, pupa and adult,
Ex: Butterfly, beetle, honeybee)
(Membranous wings, Forewings larger than hind
wings, coupling apparatus, Ex: Ants, Bees & wasps)
(Social bees Ex: honeybees, bumblebees)
Classification
3. Honey bees are worldwide in distribution.
They are highly organized social insects living in colonies.
They are known for their art of manufacturing honey and bee-wax.
They are active throughout the year but winter season they do little
work and do not rear the brood.
They exhibit polymorphism and good division of labour.
The worker communicates to the other workers by performing dances
known as dance language of the bees.
Habit and habitats
4. 1. Apis dorsata (Rock- bee)
• It is the largest honeybee (Size of worker bee 17-20 mm).
• The body generally reddish brown in colour with golden,
black and pale bands on the abdomen.
• It builds single large vertical comb on high branches of
trees and rocks.
• Each colony consists of about 60,000-1,00,000 worker.
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Photograph by Dr. Arun Sawarkar
• It is efficient pollinator and honey producer bee.
• They produce about 27-40 Kg honey per comb per year.
• It is ferocious in nature, stings severely causing fever.
5. 2. Apis cerana indica (Indian bee)
• It is medium sized bee and measures about 14-15 mm.
• The body generally yellowish brown and have more
prominent even black bands across the entire abdomen.
• The colony consists of 7-8 parallel combs builds in dark
places like cavities of tree Trunks, rocks crevices, caves or
even house cavities.
• The average honey yield is about 6-8 kg per colony/ year.
• A colony may consists of about 2,000-15,000 individuals.
• This bee is little ferocious but can easily domesticated.
• It is very popular for pollination in the agriculture field.
Photograph by Dr. Arun Sawarkar
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omphotos/5702725213
6. 3. Apis florea (The little bee)
Photograph by Dr. Arun Sawarkarhttps://deinsectos.org/abejas/apis-
florea/
It is commonly known as little bee or red dwarf bee
due to its small size (about 7-10 mm).
The body is generally red-brown in colour with white and
black bands on the abdomen.
They build a single vertical combs in branches of bushes,
hedges, buildings, caves, empty cases etc.
Each colony may consists of about 800- 3000 individuals.
They produce around 300 to 800 gm of honey per hive per
year.
The honey has demand due to the medicinal properties.
7. 4. Apis mellifera (The European bee)
Photograph by Dr. Arun Sawarkar
• It is the medium-sized honeybees and size 14-16 mm.
• It is red/brown in colour with black bands and orange yellow
rings on abdomen.
• The colony consists of many parallel combs builds in dark
places such as cavities of tree trunks, within rocks, trees.
• A colony consists of typically 30,000-1,00,000 honeybees.
• It is highly popular and domesticated for agriculture field
because of high pollination rate.
• The average honey production per colony is about 25-60
kg/year.
8. 5. Dammer bees (stingless bees)
Two species of stingless bees, i.e. Melipona and Trigona occur
in India.
These bees are smallest honeybee (size 3 to 4 mm).
They build irregular combs of wax and resinous substances in
crevices and hollow tree trunks.
Colony size ranges between 100-1500 individuals per hive.
They are good pollinators for various food crops.
The honey yield per hive per year is about 300 to 1200 gm.
The honey is dark and bitter and has high medicinal value.
It is an excellent domesticated species, easily hived and rarely
absconds the nest.
Photograph by Dr. Arun Sawarkar
Photograph by Dr. Arun Sawarkar