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Foraging Behaviour of Honey Bees in Niger Flowers, Guizotia abyssinica Cass. in North Zone of Chhattisgarh


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1 I.G.K.V., R.M.D. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Ambikapur, Surguja (C.G.), India
2 Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.), India
     

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The foraging activity of Apis cerana indica was found higher in first week of November 2011 and 2nd week of December 2012 (33.83 bees/5min/m2). Its maximum visitation was found at 1100hrs (66.06 bees/5min/m2). The maximum foraging activity of Apis dorsata was observed at 1100hrs (11.75 bees/5min/m2) whereas, the lowest was observed at 1700hrs (0.50 bee/5min/m2).The higher foraging activity of Apis florea was noticed at 1300hrs (4.00 bees/5min/m2) and was found least at 0900hrs (0.56 bee/5min/m2).

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Foraging Behaviour, Apis cerana indica, Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Niger.
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Authors

G. P. Painkra
I.G.K.V., R.M.D. College of Agriculture and Research Station, Ambikapur, Surguja (C.G.), India
S. S. Shaw
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (C.G.), India

Abstract


The foraging activity of Apis cerana indica was found higher in first week of November 2011 and 2nd week of December 2012 (33.83 bees/5min/m2). Its maximum visitation was found at 1100hrs (66.06 bees/5min/m2). The maximum foraging activity of Apis dorsata was observed at 1100hrs (11.75 bees/5min/m2) whereas, the lowest was observed at 1700hrs (0.50 bee/5min/m2).The higher foraging activity of Apis florea was noticed at 1300hrs (4.00 bees/5min/m2) and was found least at 0900hrs (0.56 bee/5min/m2).

Keywords


Foraging Behaviour, Apis cerana indica, Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Niger.