Beekeeping : A Compressive Guide to Bees and Beekeeping
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. History and importance of beekeeping. 3.
Type of bees. 4. Evolution and biodiversity of honeybees. 5. Diversity of honeybee species. 6. Biology of the honeybee. 7. Form and function of the honeybee. 8. Beginning beekeeping and establishment of apiary. 9. Beekeeping equipments. 10. Bee behaviour, learning and communication. 11. Bee pasturage. 12. Management of honeybee colonies. 13. Migratory beekeeping prospects and problems. 14. Honey been nutrition and supplemental feeding. 15. Two queen colony system for high-honey yields and pollination. 16. Honeybee breeding, mass rearing of queens and artificial insemination. 17. The use of honeybee bees for pollination. 18. Management of wild bees for pollination. 19. Bee products. 20. Value added products from bees and beekeeping. 21. Diseases and enemies of honey bees. 22. Breeding bees for disease resistance. 23. Impact of inbreeding depression in honeybees. 24. Quarantine control of honeybee diseases. 25. Pesticidal toxicity to bees. 26. Biotechnological potential of honeybees. 27. Honeybees as bioindicators of ecosystem health. 28. Beekeeping and subsidiary industries. 29. Handling, processing, storage and marketing honey. 30. Genetically modified crops and beekeeping. 31. Diagnosis of honey bee diseases. 32. Conclusions. Bibliography.
Beekeeping is a scientific study and for the efficient management of colonies for honey production and pollination, a proper understanding of bee behaviour is essential. This is one of the complete readings in apiculture dealing with the theoretical and practical approaches.
The simple language and lucid treatment of the subject shall make this book easily readable and highly useful. This book shall serve as a reference book for students, teachers, and researchers and for all those interested in bees and beekeeping. This book will be useful to all those who wish to make beekeeping their hobby or as profession, entrepreneurs and even layman. Besides, the information provided in this book will be useful to pollination biologists, students, teachers, scientists of agriculture, animal behaviour, botany, conservation, biology, ecology, entomology, environmental biology, forestry, genetics, plant breeding, horticulture, toxicology, zoology, seed growers and seed agencies. The extension workers and policy planners will find this book as a guide for their problems and evolving strategies.
