BIOMETRICS OF STINGLESS BEE, Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
| dc.contributor.advisor | G C, KUBERAPPA | |
| dc.contributor.author | L, RAMYA | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-21T14:05:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-21T14:05:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 30-01-14 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Survey on distribution, nesting behaviour and biometrics of stingless bee, Tetragonula iridipennis was conducted at different agro-climatic zones of southern Karnataka and biometry of collected samples were studied at Department of Apiculture, UAS, GKVK, Bangalore during 2013-14. Stingless bee, colonies were widely distributed in different agro-climatic zones and were found in the hallows of tree trunks, stone walls, mud walls, junctions of wooden beams of doors and windows, cracks of roof and meter box in all agro climatic zones. However, wall cavities offered excellent nesting site for most of the colonies observed in agroclimatic zones. All the colonies had small hole which acted as an entrance and it was extended horizontally and continued inside up to the nest cavity. Brood cells and food pots were compactly arranged in clusters. Food pots were sealed after filling with honey and pollen and arranged separately but, sometime intermixed. Larval cells were brown coloured, whereas pupal cells were cream coloured. Stingless bees collected from different agro-climatic zones showed variation in some of the morphometric characters. However, bees from hilly zone recorded maximum body length, head size, antennal length, lapping tongue length, thorax size, forewing and hind wing size, extent of hamuli, hind tibial size and abdominal length, followed by eastern dry zone, southern dry zone, central dry zone and coastal zone. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | TH-10873 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/81260 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore | en_US |
| dc.sub | Apiculture | |
| dc.subject | costs, manpower, productivity, tillage equipment, diseases, area, crops, economics, biological development, biological phenomena | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | |
| dc.title | BIOMETRICS OF STINGLESS BEE, Tetragonula iridipennis (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |