Nesting Behavior And Habitats Of The Stingless Bee Trigona Iridipennis Smith In Kerala

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Nesting behavior and habitats of the stingless bee Trigona iridipennis Smith in Kerala

Author : Prem Jose Vazhacharickal
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668366233
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (683 download)

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Book Synopsis Nesting behavior and habitats of the stingless bee Trigona iridipennis Smith in Kerala by : Prem Jose Vazhacharickal

Download or read book Nesting behavior and habitats of the stingless bee Trigona iridipennis Smith in Kerala written by Prem Jose Vazhacharickal and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Study from the year 2016 in the subject Biology - Miscellaneous, , language: English, abstract: Stingless bees are highly social insects which populated the tropical earth 65 million years ago and have been around much longer than honey bees. They are limited to the tropics and subtropics, lack a venom apparatus and cannot sting. Impacts of anthropogenic influences on honey bees have already been reported. Recent studies also showed that the nesting behaviour of Trigona iridipennis Smith in its natural habitat also varies due to interaction, pheromones and environmental stimulus. Little is reported so far about the various natural and domesticated nesting of the Trigona iridipennis Smith in Kerala. Based on thise background, our objectives of this study were to 1) to characterize the Meliponiculture 2) to identify the various natural habitats and domestication materials for nest construction and different types of nests used across Kerala. Various beekeeping methods preferred by farmers across Kerala for the cultivation of Trigona iridipennis Smith. Each nest has its own advantage and disadvantage. During the survey, the most preferred ones were wooden box. Even then according to the easy availability and production cost different nests like earthen pot, bamboo nodes, coconut shell, PVC pipes etc were used. The most preferred natural nesting sites by Trigona iridipennis Smith were mud/stone walls in our study. Being a social insect, Trigona iridipennis Smith shows great diversity in nesting pattern in natural habitats as well as anthropogenic habitats. The shift towards anthropogenic habitats than natural ones may be due to destruction of natural habitats as well as the availability of manmade habitats.

Nesting Behavior and Habitats of the Stingless Bee Trigona Iridipennis Smith in Kerala

Author : Prem Jose Vazhacharickal
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783668366244
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (662 download)

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Book Synopsis Nesting Behavior and Habitats of the Stingless Bee Trigona Iridipennis Smith in Kerala by : Prem Jose Vazhacharickal

Download or read book Nesting Behavior and Habitats of the Stingless Bee Trigona Iridipennis Smith in Kerala written by Prem Jose Vazhacharickal and published by . This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Study from the year 2016 in the subject Biology - Miscellaneous, language: English, abstract: Stingless bees are highly social insects which populated the tropical earth 65 million years ago and have been around much longer than honey bees. They are limited to the tropics and subtropics, lack a venom apparatus and cannot sting. Impacts of anthropogenic influences on honey bees have already been reported. Recent studies also showed that the nesting behaviour of Trigona iridipennis Smith in its natural habitat also varies due to interaction, pheromones and environmental stimulus. Little is reported so far about the various natural and domesticated nesting of the Trigona iridipennis Smith in Kerala. Based on thise background, our objectives of this study were to 1) to characterize the Meliponiculture 2) to identify the various natural habitats and domestication materials for nest construction and different types of nests used across Kerala. Various beekeeping methods preferred by farmers across Kerala for the cultivation of Trigona iridipennis Smith. Each nest has its own advantage and disadvantage. During the survey, the most preferred ones were wooden box. Even then according to the easy availability and production cost different nests like earthen pot, bamboo nodes, coconut shell, PVC pipes etc were used. The most preferred natural nesting sites by Trigona iridipennis Smith were mud/stone walls in our study. Being a social insect, Trigona iridipennis Smith shows great diversity in nesting pattern in natural habitats as well as anthropogenic habitats. The shift towards anthropogenic habitats than natural ones may be due to destruction of natural habitats as well as the availability of manmade habitats.

Stingless bees culture (Meliponiculture) in Kerala: hand book for farmers

Author : Prem Jose Vazhacahrickal
Publisher : Amazon Publishers, USA
ISBN 13 : 1729237908
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (292 download)

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Book Synopsis Stingless bees culture (Meliponiculture) in Kerala: hand book for farmers by : Prem Jose Vazhacahrickal

Download or read book Stingless bees culture (Meliponiculture) in Kerala: hand book for farmers written by Prem Jose Vazhacahrickal and published by Amazon Publishers, USA. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stingless bees are highly social insects which populated the tropical earth 65 million years ago longer than honey bees. They are limited to tropics and subtropics lacking venom apparatus and cannot sting. Impacts of anthropogenic influences on honey bees were already reported. Recent studies also showed that the nesting behaviour of Trigona iridipennis Smith in natural habitat also vary due to interaction, pheromones and environmental stimulus. A little is reported so far about the various natural and domesticated nesting of the Trigona iridipennis Smith in Kerala. Trigona iridipennis Smith shows great diversity in plant selection for dietary as well as resin sources. The shift towards ornamental plants for foraging may be an adaptation evolved in response to human modification of the environment. The bees collect resin from a variety of sources for building nest, its maintenance and also for defence. This hand book deals with several aspect of Meliponiculture and various problems dealing with stingless bees in Kerala.

Meliponiculture around the globe: an overview of challenges and opportunities with a special focus to Kerala, India

Author : Prem Jose Vazhacharickal
Publisher : Amazon Publishers, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (779 download)

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Book Synopsis Meliponiculture around the globe: an overview of challenges and opportunities with a special focus to Kerala, India by : Prem Jose Vazhacharickal

Download or read book Meliponiculture around the globe: an overview of challenges and opportunities with a special focus to Kerala, India written by Prem Jose Vazhacharickal and published by Amazon Publishers, USA. This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stingless bees are highly social insects which populated the tropical earth 65 million years ago longer than honey bees. They are limited to tropics and subtropics lacking venom apparatus and cannot sting. Impacts of anthropogenic influences on honey bees were already reported. Recent studies also showed that the nesting behaviour of Trigona (Tetragonula) iridipennis Smith in natural habitat also vary due to interaction, pheromones and environmental stimulus. Trigona iridipennis Smith shows great diversity in plant selection for dietary as well as resin sources. The shift towards ornamental plants for foraging may be an adaptation evolved in response to human modification of the environment. The bees collect resin from a variety of sources for building nest, its maintenance and also for defence. Bee traffic is found to be related to time, season, and strength of the colony. The study also highlights the various food sources of Trigona iridipennis Smith in Kerala which can be further explored for flourishing meliponiculture.

Morphometric characterization of stingless bees (Trigona iridipennis Smith) in Kerala

Author : Prem Jose Vazhacharickal
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668371393
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (683 download)

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Book Synopsis Morphometric characterization of stingless bees (Trigona iridipennis Smith) in Kerala by : Prem Jose Vazhacharickal

Download or read book Morphometric characterization of stingless bees (Trigona iridipennis Smith) in Kerala written by Prem Jose Vazhacharickal and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Study from the year 2014 in the subject Biology - Zoology, , language: English, abstract: The major species of stingless bees in Kerala is Trigona iridipennis Smith which are easy to domesticate due to low temperament and easy adaption to various habitats. Little is known about the variations that exist among them. We therefore conducted morphometric studies among workers and drones across 14 districts in Kerala with a view to characterize them. A total of 188 and 71 samples of drones and workers collected and analyzed various morphometric characters including head length (HL), head width (HW), proboscis length (PL), distance between two dorsal ocelli/lower intercocular distance (DBO), dorsal ocello-ocular distance (DOOD), antennal length (AL), thorax femur length (TFL), thorax tibia length (TTL), thorax metatarsus length (TML), thorax metatarsus width (TMW), thorax forewing length (TFWL), thorax forewing width (TFWW), pterostigma width (PtStW), pterostigma length (PtStW), hind wing length (HWL), hind wing width (HWW), number of hamuli (HAM), abdominal tergite length (AbTL), abdominal sternum width (AbSW), mandible length (MdL) and mandible width (MdW), head length width ratio (HLW), thorax metatarsus length width ratio (TMLW) and thorax forewing length width ratio (TFWLW). Our studies revealed that most of the worker morhopometric characters were positively correlated across all the districts in Kerala. However, there is not much significant differences among drones across various districts. Based on our studies, even though we detected significant differences among worker morhphotmetry we could not to find distinguishing and remarkable differences among collected samples. They may be interpreted as nutritional, seasonal and climatic factors.

Bio-ecology of Stingless bees, Trigona iridipennis Smith. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in GKVK campus: an overview

Author : Roopa A. N
Publisher : Amazon Publishers, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (65 download)

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Book Synopsis Bio-ecology of Stingless bees, Trigona iridipennis Smith. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in GKVK campus: an overview by : Roopa A. N

Download or read book Bio-ecology of Stingless bees, Trigona iridipennis Smith. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in GKVK campus: an overview written by Roopa A. N and published by Amazon Publishers, USA. This book was released on with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stingless bees/Dammer bees are the smallest of the honey producing bees. Trigona and Melipona are the most important geera of stingless bees. Trigona is the largest and most widely distributed genus, which incluse 130 species under ten sub-genera. the present studies were taken with the following objectives 1) to study nesting charateristics, biology and seasonal variations, 2) to study foraging behaviour of Trigona iridipennis Smith in comparison with Apis cerena indica, 3) to identity the major food sources of T. iridipennis and A. cerena, 4) to study pollination potentiality of stinglees bee T. iridipennis on certain crops. The total period required from oviposition to adult emergence was 53.30 days comprising 5.75, 12.70, 35.30 days for egg, larvae and pupal stages, respectively. The length of this period was 2.53 times more than that of A. cerana. The marked adults of T. iridipennis had a life span ranging between 80-87 days. The time spent by different species of honeybees in collection of pollen was maximum at 0800 hrs and for nectar from pistillate and staminate flowers was at 1600 hrs. The flower drop in control plot (89.50 %) was found to be significantly higher over other treatments. Maximum fruit set, fruit weight and fruit volume was recorded in open pollinated plot than T. iridipennis caged and control plots. T. iridipennis contributed for 61.00 per cent fruit set while it was only 10.50 per cent in control plot. The germination percentage was found significantly higher in the seeds of open and T. iridipennis pollinated seeds compared to seeds from control plot.

Apicultural Abstracts

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Pollination Biology

Author : Dharam P. Abrol
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400719426
Total Pages : 812 pages
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Download or read book Pollination Biology written by Dharam P. Abrol and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has a wider approach not strictly focused on crop production compared to other books that are strictly oriented towards bees, but has a generalist approach to pollination biology. It also highlights relationships between introduced and wild pollinators and consequences of such introductions on communities of wild pollinating insects. The chapters on biochemical basis of plant-pollination interaction, pollination energetics, climate change and pollinators and pollinators as bioindicators of ecosystem functioning provide a base for future insights into pollination biology. The role of honeybees and wild bees on crop pollination, value of bee pollination, planned honeybee pollination, non-bee pollinators, safety of pollinators, pollination in cages, pollination for hybrid seed production, the problem of diseases, genetically modified plants and bees, the role of bees in improving food security and livelihoods, capacity building and awareness for pollinators are also discussed.

Economic and Ecological Significance of Arthropods in Diversified Ecosystems

Author : Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811015244
Total Pages : 431 pages
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Book Synopsis Economic and Ecological Significance of Arthropods in Diversified Ecosystems by : Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy

Download or read book Economic and Ecological Significance of Arthropods in Diversified Ecosystems written by Akshay Kumar Chakravarthy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthropods are invertebrates that constitute over 90% of the animal kingdom, and their bio-ecology is closely linked with global functioning and survival. Arthropods play an important role in maintaining the health of ecosystems, provide livelihoods and nutrition to human communities, and are important indicators of environmental change. Yet the population trends of several arthropods species show them to be in decline. Arthropods constitute a dominant group with 1.2 million species influencing earth’s biodiversity. Among arthropods, insects are predominant, with ca. 1 million species and having evolved some 350 million years ago. Arthropods are closely associated with living and non-living entities alike, making the ecosystem services they provide crucially important. In order to be effective, plans for the conservation of arthropods and ecosystems should include a mixture of strategies like protecting key habitats and genomic studies to formulate relevant policies for in situ and ex situ conservation. This two-volume book focuses on capturing the essentials of arthropod inventories, biology, and conservation. Further, it seeks to identify the mechanisms by which arthropod populations can be sustained in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and by means of which certain problematic species be managed without producing harmful environmental side-effects. This edited compilation includes chapters contributed by over 80 biologists on a wide range of topics embracing the diversity, distribution, utility and conservation of arthropods and select groups of insect taxa. More importantly, it describes in detail the mechanisms of sustaining arthropod ecosystems, services and populations. It addresses the contribution of modern biological tools such as molecular and genetic techniques regulating gene expression, as well as conventional, indigenous practices in arthropod conservation. The contributors reiterate the importance of documenting and understanding the biology of arthropods from a holistic perspective before addressing conservation issues at large. This book offers a valuable resource for all zoologists, entomologists, ecologists, conservation biologists, policy makers, teachers and students interested in the conservation of biological resources.

Pot-Honey

Author : Patricia Vit
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146144960X
Total Pages : 655 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Pot-Honey written by Patricia Vit and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 655 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stingless bees are one of the most diverse, attractive, fascinating, conspicuous and useful of all the insect groups of the tropical world. This is a formidable and contentious claim but I believe it can be backed up. They are fifty times more species rich than the honey bees, the other tribe of highly eusocial bees. They are ubiquitous in the tropics and thrive in tropical cities. In rural areas, they nest in a diversity of sites and are found on the flowers of a broad diversity of crop plants. Their role in natural systems is barely studied but they almost certainly deserve that hallowed title of keystone species. They are popular with the general public and are greatly appreciated in zoos and gardens. The chapters of this book provide abundant further evidence of the ecological and economic importance of stingless bees.

Bee Products - Chemical and Biological Properties

Author : José M Alvarez-Suarez
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319596896
Total Pages : 301 pages
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Stingless Bees of Mexico

Author : José Javier G. Quezada-Euán
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319777858
Total Pages : 296 pages
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Download or read book Stingless Bees of Mexico written by José Javier G. Quezada-Euán and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stingless bees are the most diverse group of highly social bees and are key species in our planet’s tropical and subtropical regions, where they thrive. In Mexico, the management of stingless bees dates back centuries, and they were an essential part of the culture and cosmogony of native peoples like the Maya. In recent decades a vast amount of information has been gathered on stingless bees worldwide. This book summarizes various aspects of the biology and management of stingless bees, with special emphasis on the Mexican species and the traditions behind their cultivation. Much of the information presented here was produced by the author and the team of researchers at the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán in the course of three decades of working with these insects. Given the breadth of its coverage, the book offers an equally valuable reference guide for academics, students and beekeepers alike.

Pollination of Cultivated Plants in the Tropics

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251036594
Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book Pollination of Cultivated Plants in the Tropics written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bulletin, based on contributions from various contributors and edited by Dr. D.W. Roubik, introduces the reader to various aspects of natural and insect pollination. It discusses the pollinators themselves, and the ecological and economic importance of pollination, as well as applied pollination in temperate, tropical oceanic islands and mainland tropics, and alternatives to artificial pollinator populations. Prospects for the future are also discussed. Chapter 2 deals with successful pollination with pollinator populations, the evaluation of pollinators and floral biology and research techniques. The behaviour of pollinators and plant phenology and various case studies on the preparation of pollinators for use in tropical agriculture are also discussed. A glossary and various appendices regarding cultivated and semi-cultivated plants in the tropics, pollination contracts and levels of safety of pesticides for bees and other pollinators are included.

Beekeeping in Asia

Author : Pongthep Akratanakul
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251025185
Total Pages : 128 pages
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The Fauna of Sri Lanka

Author : Channa N. B. Bambaradeniya
Publisher : IUCN
ISBN 13 : 9558177512
Total Pages : 321 pages
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Pollen Terminology

Author : Michael Hesse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3211798943
Total Pages : 266 pages
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Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees

Author : David W. Roubik
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521429092
Total Pages : 528 pages
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Download or read book Ecology and Natural History of Tropical Bees written by David W. Roubik and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1992-05-29 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans have been fascinated by bees for centuries. Bees display a wide spectrum of behaviours and ecological roles that have provided biologists with a vast amount of material for study. Among the types observed are both social and solitary bees, those that either pollinate or destroy flowers, and those that display traits allowing them to survive underwater. Others fly mainly at night, and some build their nests either in the ground or in the tallest rain forest trees. This highly acclaimed book summarises and interprets research from around the world on tropical bee diversity and draws together major themes in ecology, natural history and evolution. The numerous photographs and line illustrations, and the large reference section, qualify this book as a field guide and reference for workers in tropical and temperate research. The fascinating ecology and natural history of these bees will also provide absorbing reading for other ecologists and naturalists. This book was first published in 1989.