Occurrence and Abundance of Insect Enemies of Honey Bees in Karnataka

The investigation was carried out on the insect enemies of different species of honey bees viz., Indian bee, Rock bee, Little bee, Italian bee. During the study 25 species of insect enemies were recorded on four species of honey bees. Among insect enemies greater waxmoth Galleria mellonella, ants Camponotus compressus and Oecophylla smaragdina, yellow banded wasp Vespa tropica were predominant, observed in large scale and caused higher infestation to all the four species of honey bees.