Swarming, drone movements, foraging behavior and associated by Prem Jose Vazhacharickal,Sajan Jose K.

By Prem Jose Vazhacharickal,Sajan Jose K.

medical learn from the yr 2014 within the topic Biology - Zoology, , language: English, summary: Stingless bees are hugely social bugs which populated the tropical earth sixty five million years in the past longer than honey bees. they're constrained to tropics and subtropics missing venom equipment and can't sting. affects of anthropogenic affects on honey bees have been already pronounced. according to those again flooring, the ambitions of this learn have been to at least one) to represent the swarming and drone hobbies of Trigona iridipennis Smith in Kerala 2) to spot the foraging behaviour, color choice and a variety of crops linked to Trigona iridipennis Smith for nest development in addition to nutritional resources.

Feral in addition to hived colonies of stingless bees have been positioned and glued at diverse components of Kerala for observations on their foraging task. Bee site visitors used to be additionally measured in the course of a variety of timings throughout a brilliant sunny day in November 2013 and among colonies. Bee site visitors between Trigona iridipennis Smith diversified greatly one of the chosen 4 colonies in the course of a number of time durations. In the entire colonies bee site visitors starts off among 6 to 7 am and finish through 7 to 7.10 pm. Bee site visitors exhibited peaks. One in the course of 10 to 10.10 am and the opposite 2 to 3.10 pm. yet in colony four the image is various, the place the morning top was once eleven to 11.10 am and the afternoon top used to be three to 3.10 pm.

Trigona iridipennis Smith indicates nice variety in plant choice for nutritional in addition to resin resources. The shift in the direction of decorative vegetation for foraging could be an edition advanced in keeping with human amendment of our environment. The bees gather resin from numerous assets for construction nest, its upkeep and likewise for defence. Bee site visitors is located to be concerning time, season, and energy of the colony. The bees most well-liked white and yellow colored flora than crimson and pink. The research additionally highlights a number of the nutrition resources of Trigona iridipennis Smith in Kerala that are additional explored for flourishing melliponiculture.

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