1st Edition
Role of Giant Honeybees in Natural and Agricultural Systems
Role of Giant Honeybees in Natural and Agricultural Systems provides multidisciplinary perspective about the different facets of giant honeybees. Giant honeybees–Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa are excellent pollinators of crops, fruits, and vegetables in cultivated and natural lanscapes. Their large size, long foraging range, and large work force make them the most spectacular of all honeybee species for crop pollination and honey production. Due to their decline, ecosystems and global food security are being threatened. This book is the first of its kind which deals in detail on varied aspects of giant honeybee biology, management, conservation strategies for protecting biodiversity and enhancing crop productivity. It aims to promote a large, diverse, sustainable, and dependable bee pollinator workforce that can meet the challenge for optimizing food production in 21st century.
SALIENT FEATURES:
- Covers the latest information on various aspects of biology of giant honeybees and brings the latest advances together in a single volume for researchers and advanced level students
- Provides an excellent source of advanced study material for academics, researchers and students and programme planners
- Provides an excellent source of livelihood in mountainous areas and marginal farmers
- Deals with biology, management and conservation strategies for protecting biodiversity and enhancing crop productivity
- Excellent pollinator of tropical and subtropical crops, fruits, vegetables, etc. less prone to diseases and enemies
This book will be useful for pollination biologists, honeybee biologists, scientists working in agriculture, animal behavior, conservation, biology, ecology, entomologists, environmental biologists, etc.
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
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Nesting biology of Giant honeybees Apis dorsata and A.laboriosaProf. Dr hab. J. Woyke
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Genetic diversity of Apis dorsata and A.laboriosaDr. B. Fakrudin,
7. Pest, Predators and Pathogens of of Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa
D P Abrol
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The Dance LanguagePatrick L. Kohl
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Potential of Apis dorsata for providing pollination and ecological services in ThailandOrawanDuangphakdee*, NatapotWarrit and Preecha Rod-im
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Honey harvesting for sustainable livelihoods and agricultural productionDr. B.V. Shwetha
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Distribution and nest site preference of Apis dorsataShwetha B.V., Neethu, T., Bharath Kumar, A.K. and Bhat N.S
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Giant honeybees exploit multiple floral resources in natural and agricultural landscapesN. Nagaraja
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Safety of Giant honeybees bees in relation to pest managementChuleui Jung
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Nutritional aspects of Apis dorsata and A. laboriosa for human consumptionChuleui Jung
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Decline in population of Giant honeybeesD P Abrol
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Foraging in Giant honeybeesD P Abrol
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Management and conservation of Apis dorsataM.R.Srinivasan,
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Morphometric analysis and floral resources of the Giant honey bee , Apis dorsata F.A. J. Solomon Raju
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Biogeography of Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa in NepalRatna Thapa
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Diversity, Recent Distribution, andNesting Behavior of Giant HoneyBees in Indonesia and their Role in Natural and Agricultural EcosystemsSih Kahono, Djunijanti Peggie, Subiyakto Subiyakto, Jacobus S. A. Lamerkabel, and Michael S. Engel
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Distribution, nesting biology and Melittopalynological studies of floral resources Apis dorsataUjjwal 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.
