Role of Giant Honeybees in Natural and Agricultural Systems

1. Introduction

Dharam P Abrol

2. Biology of of Giant honey bee Apis dorsata

Rathna Kumari^, B.M. Nagaraja, N. and Abrol, D.P.

3 Reproductive biology of Apis dorsata

N. Nagaraja

4 Genetics and genomics of Giant honeybee Apis dorsata and A. Laboriosa

S Mohan and T. Sonai Rajan

5 Nesting biology of Giant honeybees Apis dorsata and A.laboriosa

Prof. Dr hab. J. Woyke

6 Genetic diversity of Apis dorsata and A.laboriosa

Dr. B. Fakrudin,

7. Pest, Predators and Pathogens of of Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa

D P Abrol

8. The Dance Language

Patrick L. Kohl

9. Potential of Apis dorsata for providing pollination and ecological services in Thailand

OrawanDuangphakdee*, NatapotWarrit and Preecha Rod-im

10.Honey harvesting for sustainable livelihoods and agricultural production

Dr. B.V. Shwetha

11. Distribution and nest site preference of Apis dorsata

Shwetha B.V., Neethu, T., Bharath Kumar, A.K. and Bhat N.S

12. Giant honeybees exploit multiple floral resources in natural and agricultural landscapes

N. Nagaraja

13. Safety of Giant honeybees bees in relation to pest management

Chuleui Jung

14. Nutritional aspects of Apis dorsata and A. laboriosa for human consumption

Chuleui Jung

15. Decline in population of Giant honeybees

D P Abrol

16. Foraging in Giant honeybees

D P Abrol

17. Management and conservation of Apis dorsata

M.R.Srinivasan,

18. Morphometric analysis and floral resources of the Giant honey bee , Apis dorsata F.

A. J. Solomon Raju

19. Biogeography of Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa in Nepal

Ratna Thapa

20. Diversity, Recent Distribution, andNesting Behavior of Giant HoneyBees in Indonesia and their Role in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems

Sih Kahono, Djunijanti Peggie, Subiyakto Subiyakto, Jacobus S. A. Lamerkabel, and Michael S. Engel

21 . Distribution, nesting biology and Melittopalynological studies of floral resources Apis dorsata

Ujjwal layek and Prakash Karmakar

Biography

Dr Dharam P. Abrol, Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences, has served university in various capacities. He has specialized in pest management, honeybee management and pollination biology. He has authored 22 books, 12 manuals and published over 250 original research papers in variou national and international journals. He has completed several externally funded collaborative research projects with international organizations in Poland and Switzerland. Prof Abrol has visited South Korea, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and several other countries as a special invitee to these countries. In addition, he has received letters of appreciation from different organizations. Prof Abrol is a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India, and a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society London, UK. He is a recipient of the Young Scientist Award (1992) - conferred by the Jammu and Kashmir State Council for Science and Technology - a prestigious state award for his outstanding contributions in the field of agricultural sciences. He is also the recipient of Pran Vohra Award - 1993 - a prestigious Young Scientist Award conferred by the Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta, for his outstanding and innovative research in the field of agricultural sciences. He was also conferred the Prof T. N. Ananthakrishnan Award 1997–1998 - a prestigious national award for his outstanding contributions in the field of entomology by the T. N. Ananthakrishnan Foundation, G.S. Gill Research Institute, Chennai. Prof Abrol won the Dr Rajendra Prasad Puruskar 1999–2000 award - a prestigious national award from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, for his Hindi book on beekeeping entitled ‘MadhmakhiPalan-Sidhant Evam Vidhian’. He received the 11th Apicultural Association Award (2010) for outstanding contributions in apiculture. King Saud University conferred on him a gold medal for development of apiculture in Asia.