Bhat, N SMADHU, K V2016-11-082016-11-0841482Th-10553http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/84335The GWM is the key pest on honey bee colonies which feed on honey bee combs and destroy the hive materials.In the present investigations, the maximum electroantennogram response was exhibited by female GWM against 5:95 ratio of binary blends of nonanal and undecanal when compared to, 10:90, 15:85, 20:80, 40:60, 50:50, 70:30, 80:20, 90:10 and 5:95 ratios tested. Among modified ratios of nonanal and undecanal @1:99, , 5:95, 7:93, 9:91, 12:88, 15:85, 100:0.00 and 0.00:100,the 7:93 (without solvent) and 5:95 (with solvent) ratios elicited maximum response in female GWM. However, the efficacy of these blends in trapping female GWMs was far too less when compared to live males and A.dorsata comb.GWMs were attracted towards delta trap fixed with A.dorsata comb for more when compared to A.cerana comb.Placing delta trap fitted with A.dorsata comb on top cover of the A.cerana hive helped prevention the wax moth infestation in A.cerana colonies.Out of two Bt products V-Bt (commercial product) and HD-1(local Bt product), the highest larval mortality with less comb damage was recorded in case of former. The IPM practices comprising cultural (periodic cleaning), Mechanical (oviposition trap installation) and chemical (lime Sulphur application) methods when integrated helped in total protection of A.cerana bee colonies from the attack of GWM up to three moths.enadsorption, adsorbents, carbon, irrigation, solutes, concentrates, sampling, organic compounds, research methods, inorganic compoundsThesis