The document discusses the morphology, biology, and caste distinction of honey bees. It describes the key physical features of honey bees including their heads, antennae, mouthparts, mandibles, wings, legs, and abdomens. It also explains the three main castes - queens, workers, and drones - and their roles within the honey bee colony as well as the life cycle from egg to adult. The document provides details on the structure and functions of honey bees.
The insect abdomen contains 11 segments plus a telson. The basic structures include 8 pairs of spiracles and tympanum auditory organs in grasshoppers. Abdominal modifications include reduced segments in springtails and house flies. Ant abdomens fuse segments and queen termite abdomens become bloated. Abdominal appendages include styli in silverfish, gills in aquatic larvae, dolichasters and prolegs in larvae, and cerci, ovipositors, and genitalia in adults. The document provides details on the morphology and functions of these various abdominal structures in insects.
The document summarizes various diseases that affect honey bees, including those caused by protozoans (Nosema disease), bacteria (American and European foul brood), fungi (chalk brood and stone brood), viruses (Thai sac brood and bee paralysis viruses), mites (tracheal and Varroa mites), and disorders like colony collapse disorder. It provides details on the causal organisms, symptoms, stages of infection, and management strategies for each disease.
This document provides information on various insect pests that attack sugarcane crops. It describes the scientific names, symptoms of damage, life cycles and IPM strategies for borers like Chilo infuscatellus, Scirpophaga nivella, Holotrichia serrata, and Odontotermes obesus. It also discusses other pests like Melanapis glomerata, Ripersia sacchari, Pyrilla perpusilla, Ceratobvacuna lanigera, Aleurolobus barodensis and their management. The document lists cultural, biological and chemical control methods for effective management of sugarcane insect pests.
The document discusses various ways that parasitoids can be classified, including by the stage of the host they attack (egg, larva, pupa), whether they are solitary or gregarious, and whether they are ecto-parasitoids that feed externally or endo-parasitoids that feed internally. Parasitoids can also be classified based on their host range (monophagous, polyphagous, oligophagous). The relationship between parasitoids and their hosts is a form of symbiosis in which the parasitoid lives at the expense of the host, often killing it during its own development.
This document discusses various insect and non-insect enemies of honey bees, including the wax moth, wasps, ants, parasitic mites like Varroa destructor, and diseases. It provides details on the nature of damage caused by each enemy, symptoms of infestation or disease, and recommended management practices like removing infested comb, maintaining strong bee colonies, and using approved treatments and chemicals.
1. The insect head is a hardened capsule that bears sensory organs like eyes and antennae, as well as feeding appendages around the mouth.
2. It develops from the fusion of six ancestral segments and is divided into an anterior procephalon and posterior gnathocephalon.
3. The procephalon bears the eyes and antennae while the gnathocephalon bears the mandibles, maxillae, and labium used for feeding.
The document summarizes the order Hymenoptera. It belongs to the class Insecta and is characterized by membrane-winged insects including bees, ants, and wasps. Key characteristics include chewing mouthparts, modified thoraxes for flight, membranous and stiff wings coupled by hooklets, and an ovipositor modified for various functions. There are two suborders, Symphyta which includes sawflies and have caterpillar-like larvae, and Apocrita which are more behaviorally sophisticated and include parasitic wasps, bees, and ants. Many families are described including their distinguishing traits and examples of economic importance.
The insect abdomen contains 11 segments plus a telson. The basic structures include 8 pairs of spiracles and tympanum auditory organs in grasshoppers. Abdominal modifications include reduced segments in springtails and house flies. Ant abdomens fuse segments and queen termite abdomens become bloated. Abdominal appendages include styli in silverfish, gills in aquatic larvae, dolichasters and prolegs in larvae, and cerci, ovipositors, and genitalia in adults. The document provides details on the morphology and functions of these various abdominal structures in insects.
The document summarizes various diseases that affect honey bees, including those caused by protozoans (Nosema disease), bacteria (American and European foul brood), fungi (chalk brood and stone brood), viruses (Thai sac brood and bee paralysis viruses), mites (tracheal and Varroa mites), and disorders like colony collapse disorder. It provides details on the causal organisms, symptoms, stages of infection, and management strategies for each disease.
This document provides information on various insect pests that attack sugarcane crops. It describes the scientific names, symptoms of damage, life cycles and IPM strategies for borers like Chilo infuscatellus, Scirpophaga nivella, Holotrichia serrata, and Odontotermes obesus. It also discusses other pests like Melanapis glomerata, Ripersia sacchari, Pyrilla perpusilla, Ceratobvacuna lanigera, Aleurolobus barodensis and their management. The document lists cultural, biological and chemical control methods for effective management of sugarcane insect pests.
The document discusses various ways that parasitoids can be classified, including by the stage of the host they attack (egg, larva, pupa), whether they are solitary or gregarious, and whether they are ecto-parasitoids that feed externally or endo-parasitoids that feed internally. Parasitoids can also be classified based on their host range (monophagous, polyphagous, oligophagous). The relationship between parasitoids and their hosts is a form of symbiosis in which the parasitoid lives at the expense of the host, often killing it during its own development.
This document discusses various insect and non-insect enemies of honey bees, including the wax moth, wasps, ants, parasitic mites like Varroa destructor, and diseases. It provides details on the nature of damage caused by each enemy, symptoms of infestation or disease, and recommended management practices like removing infested comb, maintaining strong bee colonies, and using approved treatments and chemicals.
1. The insect head is a hardened capsule that bears sensory organs like eyes and antennae, as well as feeding appendages around the mouth.
2. It develops from the fusion of six ancestral segments and is divided into an anterior procephalon and posterior gnathocephalon.
3. The procephalon bears the eyes and antennae while the gnathocephalon bears the mandibles, maxillae, and labium used for feeding.
The document summarizes the order Hymenoptera. It belongs to the class Insecta and is characterized by membrane-winged insects including bees, ants, and wasps. Key characteristics include chewing mouthparts, modified thoraxes for flight, membranous and stiff wings coupled by hooklets, and an ovipositor modified for various functions. There are two suborders, Symphyta which includes sawflies and have caterpillar-like larvae, and Apocrita which are more behaviorally sophisticated and include parasitic wasps, bees, and ants. Many families are described including their distinguishing traits and examples of economic importance.
Chemical pest control uses chemical pesticides to prevent, destroy, or repel pests that affect crops, livestock, and possessions. Pesticides are classified based on their sphere of activity (such as insecticides, fungicides, herbicides), mode of action (contact, systemic, fumigants), and chemical constituents (botanical, synthetic organic, microbial). They come in various formulations like dusts, granules, emulsifiable concentrates that are applied by methods like knapsack spraying. Chemical pest control is cost effective and provides quality produce but overuse can harm non-target species and contaminate food, water and the environment. Proper pesticide usage balances the benefits of pest control with environmental
This document provides information on the whitefly, a small sap-sucking insect pest that is an important vector of plant viruses. It describes the whitefly's taxonomy, morphology, life cycle, damage caused to plants, and biological control. Some key whitefly genera that are agricultural pests are mentioned. Methods of control include chemical pesticides, introduction of natural enemies like parasitic wasps, and use of companion plants that attract predators of whiteflies.
The document discusses the structure and functions of insect antennae. It notes that antennae are borne on the second head segment and function primarily for sensory perception. The main parts of antennae are the scape, pedicel, and flagellum. Antennae allow insects to detect smells, sounds, humidity, mates, food, and danger. Their shape varies between insect orders and can be filiform, setaceous, moniliform, capitate, clavate, lamellate, serrate, pectinate, geniculate, bipectinate, aristate, or stylate depending on the insect. Antennae play important sensory roles in insect behavior and communication.
The document summarizes the process of moulting, or ecdysis, in insects. It discusses how moulting is triggered by hormones when an insect outgrows its exoskeleton. The old exoskeleton is then digested and a new larger one is constructed underneath, in a process that involves secretion of proteins, formation of new cuticle layers, and eventual splitting of the old exoskeleton. Moulting allows the insect to grow and develop through different life stages until reaching maturity.
The document discusses the digestive system of insects. It notes that insects have different digestive structures depending on whether they feed on solid foods or liquids. The main parts of the insect digestive system are the foregut, midgut, and hindgut. The foregut includes the mouth, esophagus, crop, and gizzard. The midgut is where most digestion occurs through enzymes secreted by epithelial cells. The hindgut absorbs water and nutrients before waste is excreted through the anus. Certain insects also have symbiotic microbes or structures like a filter chamber that aid their digestion.
Insect wing venation and Its modification Dr.Sunil PrajapatiDr.Sunil Prajapati
The document discusses wing venation and modifications in insects. It describes the basic anatomy of insect wings including the principal veins and margins. The document also examines different types of wing modifications among insect orders like tegmina in grasshoppers, elytra in beetles, hemelytra in bugs, and halteres in flies. It analyzes various wing coupling mechanisms that link the forewings and hindwings during flight.
its all about respiratory system of insects, arrangement and position of spiracles system. Types of different respiratory systems in aquatic insects.
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Temperature acts directly on insects' survival and development, and indirectly through other factors like food, humidity, and wind. All insects are cold-blooded and their body temperature depends on the environment. Temperature influences insects' development time, activity, fecundity, and ability to undergo diapause or hibernation. Moisture is essential for insects' metabolic processes but too much or too little can harm them. Light and photoperiod affect insects' behaviors like oviposition and induction of diapause or dimorphism. Other abiotic factors like wind, rainfall, soil type, and water currents also impact insects.
wing is one of the most characterstic feature of insects.
In majority of insects mesothorax and meta thorax carries a pair of wings.
On the basis of presence of wings class insecta is devided into 2 sub classes :
1. APTERIGOTA
2. PTERIGOTA
The document discusses the structure and modifications of insect wings. It describes the different types of longitudinal and cross veins that make up the venation patterns on wings. The document outlines the various wing margins, angles, and regions. It also summarizes different types of specialized wings across insect orders, such as tegmina, elytra, hemelytra, halteres, fringed wings, scaly wings, and membranous wings. Finally, it details different mechanisms of wing coupling in insects, including hamulate, amplexiform, frenate, and jugate systems.
This presentation consists of some important families of order Hymenoptera along with their important identifying characteristics and their importance in agriculture as pest as well as parasitoid.
Orthoptera is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts and crickets, including closely related insects such as the katydids and wetas. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts and close relatives; and Ensifera – crickets and close relatives.
1) The document discusses pests and diseases that affect silkworms, including parasitoids like the Indian uzi fly (Exorista bombycis), which lays eggs on silkworms.
2) It also discusses viral diseases like nuclear polyhedrosis virus and cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus, which cause symptoms like sluggishness and loss of appetite in silkworms.
3) Bacterial diseases discussed are flacherie, caused by streptococci and staphylococci bacteria, and fungal diseases like white muscardine caused by the fungus Beauveria bassiana. The document provides details on the life cycles, symptoms and control measures of these pests
The heads of class insecta
1) The insect head is composed of fused segments and contains openings for the mouthparts and connection to the thorax.
2) Typical mouthpart positions are ventrally directed (hypognathous), anteriorly directed (prognathous), or posteriorly directed (opisthognathous).
3) The head regions include the occiput, vertex, frons, clypeus, compound eyes, and in many insects, three ocelli on the anterior vertex. Segmentation is sometimes indicated by sutures.
This document provides an overview of insect ecology and its importance in integrated pest management (IPM). It defines key terms like population, community, ecosystem, habitat, and niche. It also discusses abiotic environmental factors like temperature, humidity, and rainfall and their effects on insect development, fecundity, distribution, and movement. Ecological studies of these factors are important for IPM as they can help explain pest outbreaks, identify natural controls, and allow for forecasting of pest attacks to time control measures effectively.
This document summarizes some key features of the order Hymenoptera and describes several families within it. It notes that Hymenoptera have membranous wings, with the hind wings smaller than the forewings. It also describes the ovipositor and larvae of different hymenopteran groups. The document then focuses on the families Tenthredinidae (sawflies), Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, and Chalcididae. It provides brief summaries of the distinguishing characteristics and lifestyles of each family.
This document discusses biological control of insect pests. It defines biological control as using natural enemies to reduce damage from insect pest populations. The document then covers the history of biological control from early efforts in 200 AD through the modern period. It discusses three approaches to biological control - classical biological control involving introducing exotic natural enemies, augmentative biological control involving adding natural enemies, and conservation biological control involving protecting existing natural enemies.
1. This document provides information on the course Fundamentals of Entomology II, including definitions and characteristics of different orders of insects including Hemiptera and Homoptera.
2. It describes key features and examples of different families of true bugs and plant-sucking insects like aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects.
3. The insect orders and families discussed include agricultural pests that feed on and transmit pathogens in important crop plants.
The document discusses the order Diptera, which includes flies and mosquitoes. It has 3 suborders - Nematocera, Brachocera, and Cyclorrhapha - which are distinguished based on antennae structure, mesopleural structure, presence of disc cell, and cubital wing vein closure. Nematocera contains 6 families including craneflies, sandflies, mosquitoes, midges, fungus gnats, and black flies. Brachocera contains 3 families - horse flies, robber flies, and bee flies. Cyclorrhapha contains 7 families such as hoverflies, fruit flies, drosophila, bot flies, house flies, warble flies, and
Honey bees are social insects, which means that they live together in large, well-organized family group.
Communication, complex net construction, environmental control, defense and divison of the labor are just some of the behaviour that honey bees have developed to exist successfully in social colonies.
A honey bees colony typically consists of three kinds of the bees 1) Queen. 2) Workers. 3) Drones.
In addition to thousands of workers adults, a colony normally has a single queen & several hundred drones.
Honey bees live in comb or nest.
Mutual cooperation exist.
Developed communication Dance.
Honey bees live together in large, well-organized colonies. A bee colony consists of the queen, hundreds of drones, and thousands of workers. Each member has a specific role and task that is necessary for the survival of the colony. The queen lays eggs, drones fertilize the queen, and workers perform all other tasks like building comb, feeding larvae, collecting nectar, and defending the hive. Communication and cooperation allow the social organization of bees to function successfully.
Chemical pest control uses chemical pesticides to prevent, destroy, or repel pests that affect crops, livestock, and possessions. Pesticides are classified based on their sphere of activity (such as insecticides, fungicides, herbicides), mode of action (contact, systemic, fumigants), and chemical constituents (botanical, synthetic organic, microbial). They come in various formulations like dusts, granules, emulsifiable concentrates that are applied by methods like knapsack spraying. Chemical pest control is cost effective and provides quality produce but overuse can harm non-target species and contaminate food, water and the environment. Proper pesticide usage balances the benefits of pest control with environmental
This document provides information on the whitefly, a small sap-sucking insect pest that is an important vector of plant viruses. It describes the whitefly's taxonomy, morphology, life cycle, damage caused to plants, and biological control. Some key whitefly genera that are agricultural pests are mentioned. Methods of control include chemical pesticides, introduction of natural enemies like parasitic wasps, and use of companion plants that attract predators of whiteflies.
The document discusses the structure and functions of insect antennae. It notes that antennae are borne on the second head segment and function primarily for sensory perception. The main parts of antennae are the scape, pedicel, and flagellum. Antennae allow insects to detect smells, sounds, humidity, mates, food, and danger. Their shape varies between insect orders and can be filiform, setaceous, moniliform, capitate, clavate, lamellate, serrate, pectinate, geniculate, bipectinate, aristate, or stylate depending on the insect. Antennae play important sensory roles in insect behavior and communication.
The document summarizes the process of moulting, or ecdysis, in insects. It discusses how moulting is triggered by hormones when an insect outgrows its exoskeleton. The old exoskeleton is then digested and a new larger one is constructed underneath, in a process that involves secretion of proteins, formation of new cuticle layers, and eventual splitting of the old exoskeleton. Moulting allows the insect to grow and develop through different life stages until reaching maturity.
The document discusses the digestive system of insects. It notes that insects have different digestive structures depending on whether they feed on solid foods or liquids. The main parts of the insect digestive system are the foregut, midgut, and hindgut. The foregut includes the mouth, esophagus, crop, and gizzard. The midgut is where most digestion occurs through enzymes secreted by epithelial cells. The hindgut absorbs water and nutrients before waste is excreted through the anus. Certain insects also have symbiotic microbes or structures like a filter chamber that aid their digestion.
Insect wing venation and Its modification Dr.Sunil PrajapatiDr.Sunil Prajapati
The document discusses wing venation and modifications in insects. It describes the basic anatomy of insect wings including the principal veins and margins. The document also examines different types of wing modifications among insect orders like tegmina in grasshoppers, elytra in beetles, hemelytra in bugs, and halteres in flies. It analyzes various wing coupling mechanisms that link the forewings and hindwings during flight.
its all about respiratory system of insects, arrangement and position of spiracles system. Types of different respiratory systems in aquatic insects.
Contact Email: mzeeshan_93@yahoo.com
Temperature acts directly on insects' survival and development, and indirectly through other factors like food, humidity, and wind. All insects are cold-blooded and their body temperature depends on the environment. Temperature influences insects' development time, activity, fecundity, and ability to undergo diapause or hibernation. Moisture is essential for insects' metabolic processes but too much or too little can harm them. Light and photoperiod affect insects' behaviors like oviposition and induction of diapause or dimorphism. Other abiotic factors like wind, rainfall, soil type, and water currents also impact insects.
wing is one of the most characterstic feature of insects.
In majority of insects mesothorax and meta thorax carries a pair of wings.
On the basis of presence of wings class insecta is devided into 2 sub classes :
1. APTERIGOTA
2. PTERIGOTA
The document discusses the structure and modifications of insect wings. It describes the different types of longitudinal and cross veins that make up the venation patterns on wings. The document outlines the various wing margins, angles, and regions. It also summarizes different types of specialized wings across insect orders, such as tegmina, elytra, hemelytra, halteres, fringed wings, scaly wings, and membranous wings. Finally, it details different mechanisms of wing coupling in insects, including hamulate, amplexiform, frenate, and jugate systems.
This presentation consists of some important families of order Hymenoptera along with their important identifying characteristics and their importance in agriculture as pest as well as parasitoid.
Orthoptera is an order of insects that comprises the grasshoppers, locusts and crickets, including closely related insects such as the katydids and wetas. The order is subdivided into two suborders: Caelifera – grasshoppers, locusts and close relatives; and Ensifera – crickets and close relatives.
1) The document discusses pests and diseases that affect silkworms, including parasitoids like the Indian uzi fly (Exorista bombycis), which lays eggs on silkworms.
2) It also discusses viral diseases like nuclear polyhedrosis virus and cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus, which cause symptoms like sluggishness and loss of appetite in silkworms.
3) Bacterial diseases discussed are flacherie, caused by streptococci and staphylococci bacteria, and fungal diseases like white muscardine caused by the fungus Beauveria bassiana. The document provides details on the life cycles, symptoms and control measures of these pests
The heads of class insecta
1) The insect head is composed of fused segments and contains openings for the mouthparts and connection to the thorax.
2) Typical mouthpart positions are ventrally directed (hypognathous), anteriorly directed (prognathous), or posteriorly directed (opisthognathous).
3) The head regions include the occiput, vertex, frons, clypeus, compound eyes, and in many insects, three ocelli on the anterior vertex. Segmentation is sometimes indicated by sutures.
This document provides an overview of insect ecology and its importance in integrated pest management (IPM). It defines key terms like population, community, ecosystem, habitat, and niche. It also discusses abiotic environmental factors like temperature, humidity, and rainfall and their effects on insect development, fecundity, distribution, and movement. Ecological studies of these factors are important for IPM as they can help explain pest outbreaks, identify natural controls, and allow for forecasting of pest attacks to time control measures effectively.
This document summarizes some key features of the order Hymenoptera and describes several families within it. It notes that Hymenoptera have membranous wings, with the hind wings smaller than the forewings. It also describes the ovipositor and larvae of different hymenopteran groups. The document then focuses on the families Tenthredinidae (sawflies), Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, and Chalcididae. It provides brief summaries of the distinguishing characteristics and lifestyles of each family.
This document discusses biological control of insect pests. It defines biological control as using natural enemies to reduce damage from insect pest populations. The document then covers the history of biological control from early efforts in 200 AD through the modern period. It discusses three approaches to biological control - classical biological control involving introducing exotic natural enemies, augmentative biological control involving adding natural enemies, and conservation biological control involving protecting existing natural enemies.
1. This document provides information on the course Fundamentals of Entomology II, including definitions and characteristics of different orders of insects including Hemiptera and Homoptera.
2. It describes key features and examples of different families of true bugs and plant-sucking insects like aphids, whiteflies, and scale insects.
3. The insect orders and families discussed include agricultural pests that feed on and transmit pathogens in important crop plants.
The document discusses the order Diptera, which includes flies and mosquitoes. It has 3 suborders - Nematocera, Brachocera, and Cyclorrhapha - which are distinguished based on antennae structure, mesopleural structure, presence of disc cell, and cubital wing vein closure. Nematocera contains 6 families including craneflies, sandflies, mosquitoes, midges, fungus gnats, and black flies. Brachocera contains 3 families - horse flies, robber flies, and bee flies. Cyclorrhapha contains 7 families such as hoverflies, fruit flies, drosophila, bot flies, house flies, warble flies, and
Honey bees are social insects, which means that they live together in large, well-organized family group.
Communication, complex net construction, environmental control, defense and divison of the labor are just some of the behaviour that honey bees have developed to exist successfully in social colonies.
A honey bees colony typically consists of three kinds of the bees 1) Queen. 2) Workers. 3) Drones.
In addition to thousands of workers adults, a colony normally has a single queen & several hundred drones.
Honey bees live in comb or nest.
Mutual cooperation exist.
Developed communication Dance.
Honey bees live together in large, well-organized colonies. A bee colony consists of the queen, hundreds of drones, and thousands of workers. Each member has a specific role and task that is necessary for the survival of the colony. The queen lays eggs, drones fertilize the queen, and workers perform all other tasks like building comb, feeding larvae, collecting nectar, and defending the hive. Communication and cooperation allow the social organization of bees to function successfully.
This document provides an introduction to apiculture (beekeeping). It discusses the etymology and history of beekeeping worldwide and in India. Key details include that beekeeping was practiced as early as 4000 years ago in Egypt, the development of the Langstroth beehive in 1851, and the introduction of European honey bees to India in 1880. The document also describes bee anatomy and morphology, focusing on the head, thorax, abdomen, digestive system, and reproductive organs. It concludes with an overview of the bee life cycle for queens, workers, and drones.
A bee colony consists of a queen, thousands of workers, and hundreds of drones. The queen is the largest bee and lays hundreds of eggs per day. Workers are female bees that take care of the hive through various roles like nursing, building wax cells, and foraging. Drones are male bees whose sole purpose is to mate with virgin queens. Workers and drones are dependent on the queen and workers for food, while the queen relies on workers for food and protection.
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.
Honey bee is an important insect. It is colonial in nature and it shows polymorphism. External morphology is the study of external structures of the body of an animal.
This document discusses the different life stages of insects: eggs, larvae, and pupae. It describes the various types of eggs insects lay, such as sculptured, rounded, floating, pedicellate, ootheca, egg rafts, and egg pods. The document outlines the three main types of larvae - oligopod, polypod, and apodous - and provides subtypes. It also discusses the three types of pupae - obtect, exarate, and coarctate - and gives examples for each. The document emphasizes that the pupal stage lacks mobility so pupae have protective cocoons made of different materials.
This document discusses the different life stages of insects: eggs, larvae, and pupae. It describes the various types of eggs insects lay, such as sculptured, rounded, floating, pedicellate, ootheca, egg rafts, and egg pods. The document outlines the three main types of larvae - oligopod, polypod, and apodous - and provides subtypes examples. It also discusses the three types of pupae: obtect, exarate, and coarctate. The pupal stage is usually inactive and enclosed in a protective cocoon.
The honeybee has three main body parts - the head, thorax, and abdomen. The head contains eyes, antennae, glands that secrete royal jelly and saliva, and mouthparts like the proboscis for sucking up liquids. The thorax holds three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings. The abdomen contains glands for wax, scent, and venom, as well as the honey stomach and digestive organs.
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.
Butterflies have a complete metamorphosis life cycle from egg to caterpillar to pupa to adult. Caterpillars consume plant leaves as they grow and develop various defenses like camouflage and stinging hairs. During pupation, the caterpillar undergoes transformation within its hardened case. As an adult, a butterfly has two pairs of colorful, scaled wings and a coiled proboscis for drinking nectar from flowers. Butterflies play important ecological roles through pollination and as both a food source and pest.
The document provides details about a presentation on rural agricultural work experience (RAWE) conducted at Roorkee College in Roorkee, India. The presentation covered topics like mushroom cultivation, apiculture (beekeeping), food processing, and a socio-economic survey of a village. Apiculture was discussed in detail covering bee species, castes, life cycle, tools used, and bee products. Mushroom cultivation focused on oyster mushrooms including their economic importance and production process. The socio-economic survey described collecting data on a village's facilities, occupation, education, income, and development constraints.
Biology and anatomy of Honey bees for Animal ScienceFantahun Dugassa
Honey bees live in highly organized colonies with one queen, workers, and drones. They build wax combs to store honey and raise young. Workers progress through different roles over their 4-6 week lifespan, first caring for larvae then transitioning to foraging. The bee has three main sections - the head, thorax, and abdomen. The head contains eyes, antennae, and mouthparts. The thorax holds wings, legs, and flight muscles. The abdomen stores honey, digestive organs, and the worker's stinger.
This document provides an overview of beekeeping for beginners in Kentucky. It discusses bee biology and the roles of queens, workers, and drones in the hive. It covers basic beekeeping equipment like hive bodies, frames, and protective gear. It explains how to acquire bees and perform basic operations such as feeding and inspecting hives. The document also discusses seasonal management activities and enemies of bees. Overall, it serves as a comprehensive introduction and reference for anyone interested in starting beekeeping.
The document summarizes the morphology, life cycle, and colony organization of honey bees. It also describes the traditional and modern methods of beekeeping.
1) Honey bees have three body parts - a head, thorax, and abdomen. The head contains antennae and mouthparts. The thorax contains legs and wings. The abdomen contains a sting and glands.
2) A honey bee colony contains one queen, thousands of workers, and hundreds of drones. The queen lays fertilized and unfertilized eggs which become workers or drones. Workers perform tasks like cleaning, feeding larvae, guarding, and foraging.
3) Modern beekeeping uses movable frame hives to allow extraction of honey
This document provides an overview of honey bees and apiculture (beekeeping). It discusses the composition of honey bee colonies including the queen bee, drone bees, and worker bees. It describes the life cycle and development of honey bees from eggs to larvae to pupae. Key aspects of beekeeping covered include the history of scientific study of bees, common bee species, honey extraction methods, and bee pasturage (plants used for nectar and pollen).
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.
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
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.
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4. MORPHOLOGY OF HONEY BEES - HEAD
The head of honey bee is triangular with two large compound eyes and three
ocelli. The drones head is larger than that of either queen or worker and its
compound eyes are contiguous on the vertex. The number of ommatidia in
an eye are about 4000 in queen, 5,000 in the worker and 8,000 in the drone.
The ocelli are located in a triangular anteriorly on the vertex in the worker
and queen but lower in the face of the drone. Bees recognize objects with
their compound eyes, perceive movement and distinguish color and forms.
They can distinguish only yellow, blue, blue-green and ultraviolet and can not
see black, red or grey colours.
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8. MORPHOLOGY OF HONEY BEES-ANTENNAE
The antennae is geniculate with a large scape, a small pedicel and 10 flagellar
sub-segments in the females (queen and worker) and 11 in the males (Drone).
It accommodates various kinds of sense organs, chiefly tactile and olfactory
9. MORPHOLOGY OF HONEY BEES - MOUTH PARTS
The mouth parts are of chewing – lapping type. The mandibles and labrum
are of the same structure as in the chewing insects. However, the labium,
maxillae, and hypopharynx are integrated to form a sucking proboscis,
the labial glossa becoming an elongate hairy extensible sucking organ
which can be rapidly protracted and retracted to reach deep into the
nectaries of tubular flowers. The glossa is curved and inwards forming
central cavity. It has a small spoon shaped flabellum or button at its apex.
The length varies in different castes of honey bees. It is about 6 mm in
workers, 3-5 mm in queen and 4 mm in drones. The labial palpi are long and
four segmented and maxillary palpi are very small. The paraglossa are
represented by two concealed lobes at the base of glossa.
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14. MORPHOLOGY OF HONEY BEES-MANDIBLES
The mandibles vary in their size and shape in three castes. In the worker it is
broad at the base and apex and narrowed in the middle and oblique in its
apex; its distal end is concave. The mandibles of the queen is about the same
length as that of the worker but is wider at base and bilobed distally, the outer
surface is clothed more densely with long hairs than in the case of workers. The
mandibles of the drone is smaller than that of either the worker or the queen
and the mandibular hairs are plumose. The mandibles in honey bees are not
mainly concerned with feeding but are put into various other uses. In the worker
bee the mandibles, apart from serving as grasping organ, helps in the ingestion
of pollen grains, in manipulation of wax in comb building, in supporting the
proboscis at its base when extended.
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17. The thorax in honey bees, as in other hymenopterous insects, is characterized
by the fusion of the first abdominal segment propodeum with the metathorax.
The two wings in each side are coupled together, during flight, by a row of 25
hooks as hamuli arising from the anterior margin of the hindwings.
MORPHOLOGY OF HONEY BEES-WINGS
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19. MORPHOLOGY OF HONEY BEES-LEGS
S.No. Type Leg
modified
Purpose Modifications
1
Antennal
cleaning
Fore legs For cleaning
antennae
Tibia possess a movable spine,
and the first tarsal segment with
a semi circular notch.
2
Wax
picking
type
Middle leg For picking wax
plates
Tibia posses a spine called wax
pick for removing the wax
plates from the ventral side of
the abdomen.
3
Pollen
basket and
brush type
Hind legs For collecting
pollen and
cleaning body
Inner surface of large tibia has a
groove and is used as pollen
basket or corbicula for
temporary storage of pollen.
First tarsal segment enlarged
and possess stiff hairs “pecten”
all over the surface called
pollen brush.
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21. MORPHOLOGY OF HONEY BEES-ABDOMEN
The second abdominal segment is greatly constricted at its union with the
propodeum called petiole and the rest of the abdomen is called gaster. The
gaster consists of six exposed segments in the females and seven in the males
and remaining are concealed and considerably modified. The ovipositor is well
developed and is useful for laying eggs in queen and modified as stinging
organ in the worker and drone with stingless.
22. STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS
i) Mandibular glands: There is a pair of mandibular glands, one in each side
associated with the mandible. It is large and sac like situated at the base of the
mandible. This gland is supposed to be used for softening the wax
23. STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS
ii) Lateral pharyngeal glands: These are paired glands situated in the
anterior - dorsal region of the head in the form of long, coiled chain of follicles.
These glands are well developed in the worker, vestigial in queen and absent in
the drones. They produce the nutritive food material called “royal jelly” or “bee
silk”, which is used for feeding the larvae and also queen and drones. Workers
in the second week of their life produce the royal jelly and these bees are called
“feeder bees”.
24. iii) Wax glands: Four pairs of wax glands are present in the ventral aspect of
abdominal segments 4 to 7. Below these glands, the sterna of these segments
show each a pair of large oval polished areas separated by a median space.
These are called wax plates or wax mirrors. The secretions of the glands is
carried through the cuticle and the wax hardens on the outer surface of the wax
plates. The wax is removed by the hind tarsi.
STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS
25. iv) Sting: It is an elaborated and modified ovipositor with poison and serves as
an instrument of defense. The sting consists of a pair of acid glands which meet
into poison sac. The secretions of this gland consist mainly of formic acid which
is the venom of the bee’s sting.
STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS
26. v) Scent Glands: These are present in the thin membrane connecting lat two
abdominal terga. The odour produced from these glands are derived from
scented waste products of metabolism.
STRUCTURAL ADAPTATIONS
27. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY-CASTE DISTINCTION
A colony of honey bees comprises a cluster of several to 60,000 workers
(sexually immature females), a queen (sexually developed female) and a few to
several hundred drones (sexually developed males). A colony normally has only
one queen whose sole function is egg laying. The bees cluster loosely over wax
combs, the cells of which are used to store honey (carbohydrate food) and
pollen (protein food) and to rear, young bees to replace old adults
28. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY-CASTE DISTINCTION
Honey bees are social insects, living together in highly organized
colonies. Three distinct kinds of honey bees in a colony are
queen, workers and drone.
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31. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY-CASTE DISTINCTION
i) The queen :
It is the longest bee in the hive but has the shortest wings, pointed
abdomen, wings only partially cover the body. She is the mother of all other
bees. Her most important job is to lay eggs. She can lay more than 2000 eggs a
day. She lay one egg in every cell. Few eggs scattered among many empty
cells or several eggs per cell are signs of problems. Queen lays two types of
eggs: Fertilized eggs and unfertilized eggs.
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34. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY-CASTE DISTINCTION
The worker: These are smaller than queen and drones. A strong colony
can have close to 1,00,000 workers. These bees keep the colony going.
Worker’s jobs change with their age. Young bees, called house bees, do their
hive chores. They produce wax, and shape into combs, use propolis to seal
cracks, fan their wings to ventilate the hive in summer, controlling temperature
and humidity, guard the hive to keep out raiders, produce honey and royal jelly,
feed brood and cleaning and repairing cells, feed queen and drones.
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36. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY-CASTE DISTINCTION
Day 1-3: Spent cleaning hive and preparing cells for egg laying.
Day 4-6: Become nurse bees, feed worker larvae.
Day 7-14: Secrete Royal jelly, feed queen larvae.
Day 15-20: Receive, exchange nectar, ripe honey, secrete wax, build
combs.
From Day 21: Venture down to hive entrance, guard against predators,
then becomes foragers.
37. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY-CASTE DISTINCTION
iii) The Drone: These are longer than workers but not as long as
queens. A drone has compound eyes that touch each other at the top of
the head. They do not have sting or pollen basket on their legs. Their
only function is to fertilize queen and workers develop from fertilized
eggs, drones develop from unfertilized eggs. Drone cells are slightly
longer than worker cells. Drones are conceived for one purpose: to
fertilize queens during mating flights.
38. Queen Drone Worker
1. Relative
size
Large Medium Small
1. Per hive 1 50-2000 20,000 – 2.0 lakhs
1. Life span 4-5 years 21-90 days 20-40 days
1. Sex Female Male Sterile female
1. Functions - Kill sisters and mother
- Mate with male
- Lay eggs @2000/day
(200 K eggs/yr)
- Secrete pheromone
(9-hydorxy decenoic acid)
- Egg laying capacity
declines after her 2nd
year
Mate with
queen
- Make comb
- Tend larva
- Clean hive
- Gather nectar, pollen etc.
- Defend colony
39. S.No. Queen Drone Workers
1 Fertile female and largest in
size
Fertile male and bigger
than workers
Imperfect female
smaller than drone
2 Abdomen extends beyond the
closed wings and pendulous
It is not so It is not so
3 Compound eyes normal Large and holoptic Normal
4 Frontal region not reduced Reduced Not reduced
5 Absent Tip of the abdomen
pointed with
ovipositor modified
in to sting
6 Pollen basket absent and wax
glands absent
Absent Present
40. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY-CASTE DISTINCTION
Honey bees undergo complete metamorphosis through four
developmental stages i.e., Egg, larva, pupa and adult
Egg: Queen lays both fertilized and unfertilized eggs which are
similar in size and shape. Fertilized eggs develop into females ( Worker
and Queen) and unfertilized eggs develop into drone bees. Eggs are laid
singly and attached vertically to the bottom of comb. Eggs hatch on 3rd
day.
Larva: After hatching, all the larvae are fed with royal jelly ( bee
milk produced by worker bee) for 3 days. Thereafter, the worker and
drone larvae are fed with nectar and pollen. A queen larvae is
continuously fed with royal jelly upto 8th day. Initially, the larvae are
loop shaped, but towards cell capping get stretched in the cell with head
facing upwards. After passing through four moults, larvae enter into the
prepupal and final pupal stage.
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46. HONEY BEE BIOLOGY-CASTE DISTINCTION
Pupa: Before entering into pupal stage, the larvae spins a thin
silken cocoon around itself and undergoes gradual, but drastic
changes. At this stage, head, thorax, abdomen are clearly
distinguishable and compound eyes and other appendages are
also clearly visible.
Adult: When pupal development stage is completed, the
insect metamorphosis into adult and adult bee emerges by
gnawing its way out of the sealed cell
49. Workers:
Form bulk of the colony population.
Functionally sterile females.
Perform all duties and labor for maintenance of the colony.
Develop from a fertilized egg laid by the queen.
50. Labor activities of workers:
• Feeding, care of the young (nurse activities)
• Comb building and nest constructions.
• Protection of the colony (clean cells before reuse, remove debris and dead bees)
• Maintenance of colony internal environment (Fan at the entrance to circulate fresh
air into the hive if Co2 levels get too high or if temperature rise above acceptable
levels).
• Collection and storage of food (nectar and pollen)
• Serve as guards at the hive entrance to protect from intruders by attacking and
stinging.
Nectar is converted into honey by workers in the hive. When the honey is ripe the
cells have been filled, workers cap the cells with a wax capping. Pollen is carried on the
hind legs when foraging. Pollen is stored in the cells and serves as the source of
proteins, fats and minerals.
51. Queen: Queen is the most important individual in the colony, It is responsible for normal
functioning of the hive.Quality of the queen which determines the value of a hive.
•Develop from a fertilized egg.
•Queens are reared in special cells – hang vertically and extended as larva grows.
•Queen larvae are fed a diet of “royal Jelly”
•Queen mate with 10-12 drones.
•Nuptial flight from day 20-24 days age.
•Egg laying from days 23.
Biological role of queen:
•Reproduction – egg laying.
•Production of pheromones – maintain social order and allow workers to determine queen
presence.
•Prevent worker ovaries development.
Prevent queen rearing.
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53. Drones:
• These are males larger than workers, larger eyes, no sting.
• It hatch from unfertilized egg reared in larger cells, longer
development (24 days)
• Only function – reproductive.
• Reach sexual maturity at about 12 days of age.
Virgin queens leave the hive to mate, seeking males at drone
congregation areas. Mating occurs in flight. Drone congregation areas
remain stable over a period of years.
Comb is made up of hexagonal cells – optimal arrangement, cells
offset on different sides with an angle 9-140 usually 130. Majority of cells
are worker cells (83%) and remaining cells are drone (17%). Worker
cells average 5.23 mm (5-6 mm) in diameter, drone cells 6.2 mm (6-7
mm).
54. Apiculture: Beekeeping as an industry
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tasted by the ancient Indian inhabiting rock shelters and forests. The raw materials for
the beekeeping industry are mainly pollen and nectar that come from flowering plants.
Both the natural and cultivated vegetation in India constitute an immense potential for
development of beekeeping. About 500 flowering plant species, both wild and
cultivated, are useful as major or minor sources of nectar and pollen.Honey has a long
history of human consumption, and is most commonly consumed in its unprocessed
state(i.e. liquid, crystallized or in the comb). It is taken as medicine, eaten as food, or
incorporated as an additive in a variety of food and beverages. India has been known as
‘land of honey.’ Since centuries, honey is used to treat a variety of ailments through a
wide range of applications.
55. Rapeseed / Mustard Honey, Eucalyptus Honey, Lychee
Honey, Sunflower Honey, Karanj / Pongamea Honey, Multi-
flora Himalayan Honey, Acacia Honey, Wild Flora Honey,
Multi and Mono floral Honey are some of the major varieties
of Natural Honey.
56. Macro benefits of Beekeeping include:
1.Excellent source of employment for the rural unemployed: currently approx. 250,000
farmers in India are employed through beekeeping.
2. Provides an excellent source of income for the landless farmers: since beekeeping in
migratory in nature, even the landless farmers can take up this profession.
3. No farm land is wasted as apiaries are kept on the boundaries and not cultivable land.
4. Increases crop yield by cross ––pollination: can increase yields in some crops by up
to 200%.
The per capita consumption of honey in India is just 8 grams, whereas in Germany it is
1800 grams. About sixteen lakh people are directly or indirectly engaged in the bee
keeping and allied activities. Major honey producing states in the country include
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, UP, Bihar and West Bengal. However, quality
honey reportedly comes mainly from the states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal
Pradesh.
57. 1. The All India Beekeepers’ Association, Kolkata, w.Bengal has made laudable
contributions to the development of beekeeping and has been disseminating
information about honey trade through its informative publication Indian Bee
Journal.
2. Agricultural Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), New Delhi
under the aegis of the Ministry of Commerceand Industry, government of India, is
the nodal agency to promote exports of honey.
3. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd
(TRIFED), New Delhi has been playing an importantrole by providing training to
tribals in the scientific cultivation and harvesting of wild honey. A lot of workhas
also been done on honey related issues like Indian bees and beekeeping by
individuals, agricultural experts, agricultural colleges and institutions.
3. The Central Bee Research and Training Institute, Pune---- and
4. Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai not onlycontributed
to the science of bees, bee plants and beekeeping but also developed several
appropriatetechnologies suited to Indian beekeeping.
5. In India the Export Inspection Council (EIC) under the Union Ministry of
Commerce arranges for tests on residues, antibiotics, etc., in the honey meant.
6. All India Coordinated project on honey bee research and training at Bee
research station, Nagrota, Himachal Pradesh.
The first bee keeping research station was established in Punjab in 1945 by
ICAR.
58. NATIONAL BEE BOARD, New Delhi:
Main objective is overall development of Beekeeping by promoting Scientific
Beekeeping in India to increase the productivity of crops through pollination and
increase the Honey production for increasing the income of the Beekeepers/ Farmers.
•Overall development of scientific beekeeping in India by popularizing state of the art
technologies through the governmental schemes of National Horticulture Mission and
Horticulture Mission for North East and Himalayan States in the country.
•Development of nucleus stock production, capacity building programmes and
training of bee breeders and beekeepers, processing, research work, etc. and
conducting of seminars.
•Dissemination of information on technological advancement in the field of
beekeeping through its various publications and the quarterly magazine “Bee World”.
•Initiating steps for quality honey production and other bee hive products for overseas
and domestic markets besides enhancing productivity of various crops through bee
pollination.
•Increasing the employment opportunity in rural sector and thus enhancing the
ancillary income of the beekeepers & farmers.
59. • Number of bee keepers in India- 1,50,000
• No. of bee hives- 6,00,000
• Average production of honey/bee hive/year- 8.5Kg
60. Constraints in the Industry:
•Quality testing facilities are also not easily available to beekeepers and packers in
India. The European Union will not import honey from countries where the use of
pesticides is not regulated and where samples are not specifically tested for insecticidal
residues.
•Some honey importing countries also insist on a certificate to the effect that the honey
has been procure from disease-free colonies. However, there is no arrangement for
diseases surveillance.
•Honey is often stored in undesirable and inappropriate containers which deteriorate the
quality.
•Above all, the processing of honey has to be of high standards so that quality
deterioration is minimal. Imports from China and Argentina, the two large exporters, are
now being avoided due to the poor quality of honey and many counties are turning
towards new exporters like India. Europe, the USA and Japan are the major honey
importers.India needs to build the confidence of world buyers.
•The price, supply, purity and service are the major determinants in the honey industry..
61. Future prospects
•Honey industry in the country can well become a major foreign
exchange earner if international standards are met.
•Beekeeping is an age-old tradition in India but it is considered a no-
investment profit giving venture in most areas.Of late it has been
recognised that it has the potential to develop as a prime agri-
horticultural and forest-based industry.
•Honey production is a lucrative business and it generates employment.
• With the use of modern collection, storage, beekeeping equipment,
honey processing plants and bottling technologies the potential export
market can be tapped.
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68. MARKS ALLOTMENT
1. Mid semester Examination : 50M
2. Final Practical Examination : 25M
3. Class Work : 25M
Record: 10M
Observation Notes: 5M
Attendance: 3M
Discipline and attentive and answering: 2M
Internal Tests: 5M
4. Assignment : 25M
Power Point Presentation:10M
Model preparation:5M
Photo frame/Laminations :5M
Internal Write ups:5M
69. “Strive hard to make farming profitable and sustainable for the prosperous Nation”