scholarly journals Ultramorphology of antennal sensilla of open-nesting honey bees Apis florea F. and Apis dorsata F. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 315-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neelima R. Kumar ◽  
Kalpna Nayyar ◽  
Ruchi Sharma ◽  
Anudeep Anudeep
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Ultrastructural Study ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Air Pressure ◽  
Apis Florea ◽  
Antennal Sensilla ◽  
Apis Dorsata ◽  
Pheromone Perception

Antenna of honey bees is geniculate and has been known to possess a wide variety of sensilla. The sensilla are sensitive to odor, temperature, humidity, air pressure and gustatory stimuli. In the present investigation, ultrastructural study on the antenna of the two open-nesting worker honey bees- Apis florea F. - the dwarf honey bee and A. dorsata F. - the giant honey showed considerable amount of variation in the types and distribution pattern of sensilla in the two species. The antennal form as well as the sensilla arrangement has been suggested to be adapted to the pheromone perception need of regarding a particular species.

scholarly journals Scanning electron microscopic studies on tongue of open-nesting honey bees Apis dorsata F. and Apis florea F. (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 324-327
Author(s):  
Neelima R. Kumar ◽  
Kalpna Nayyar ◽  
Ruchi Sharma ◽  
Anudeep Anudeep
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Floral Resources ◽  
Apis Florea ◽  
Apis Dorsata ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Native Flora ◽  
Scanning Electron

Taste stimuli play vital role in the life of honey bees. Sensory structures observed on tongue of the honey bees with the help of Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have become an important tool in analyzing honey bee biodiversity which offers an advanced diagnostic tool to study honey bee biogeography and determine adaptive variations to native flora. Tongue of honey bees present a high geographic variability in regard to the floral resources visited by the bees. The present study has determined to determine differences in the tongue ofopen-nesting bees by scanning electron microscopy of Apis dorsata and Apis florea. The two bees showed distinct morphological variations with respect to the lapping and sucking apparatus. It was observed that the ridges on the proximal region exhibited rough surface on A.dorsata whereas spinous in case of A.florea. Moreover, the arrangement of hair in the middle part of the tongue also differed in the two species. The shape of flabellum differed in the two species reason being the influence of native flora. It was observed that the shape of flabellum was oval in A.dorsata whereas in A.florea it was triangular. These differences indicated for the role of native flora and honey bee biodiversity.

scholarly journals Comparative nestmate recognition in Asian honey bees,Apis florea,Apis andreniformis,Apis dorsata, andApis cerana

Apidologie ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 411-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Breed ◽  
Xiao-Bao Deng ◽  
Robert Buchwald
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bees ◽  
Nestmate Recognition ◽  
Apis Florea ◽  
Apis Dorsata ◽  
Apis Andreniformis

scholarly journals KEARIFAN LOKAL MASYARAKAT DALAM MELESTARIKAN LEBAH MADU ALAM DENGAN TEKNIK TIKUNG DI KAWASAN SIAWAN BELIDA KAPUAS HULU

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamiat . ◽  
Iskandar A M ◽  
M Idham
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Natural Forest ◽  
Apis Dorsata ◽  
Natural Materials ◽  
Honey Production ◽  
Forest Lake ◽  
Natural Honey ◽  
Selection Of

Local wisdom is one of the characteristics national culture that deserves to be explored and developed in the future. Honey production is carried out by maintaining traditional nest making that utilizes natural materials are local wisdom that is still applied. The purpose of this study is to (1) reveal the local wisdom in natural forest honey management, (2) the amount of natural forest honey produced by the community from periau using tikung techniques in the area of Siawan Belida, Nanga Tuan Village, Bunut Hilir Subdistrict, Kapuas Hulu Regency. The method used a survey with interview techniques, the selection of respondents are choosing all Nanga Tuan periau. The results of the study revealing local wisdom in preserving natural honey bees with tikung techniques in the Siawan Belida area, namely; tikung, making tikung, selecting trees for installation of tikung, agreement on division of territory in lakes (suak), sanctions for tree destroyers, sanctions for tikung hives burglars, pre-harvesting ceremonies, conditions of harvesting natural forest honey, harvesting honey bees process, honey treatment after harvesting at home. Tree preservation efforts of tikung honey bee techniques based on local wisdom, including; stipulation of forest lake areas in the management of tikung honey, types of feed for Apis dorsata bees. The amount of natural forest honey is 5- 8 tons / year with planting done twice / year.Keywords : local wisdom, natural honey bees, Siawan Belida, tikung techniques

scholarly journals Quality Assessment of Bumble Bee Species Nectar in Western Maharashtra of India

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-37
Author(s):  
Shital Patil ◽  
S. B. Sadale ◽  
Rahul C. Ranveer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Sugar Content ◽  
Sweet Taste ◽  
Apis Florea ◽  
Bumble Bee ◽  
Apis Dorsata ◽  
Market Sample ◽  
Golden Color ◽  
Sensorial Evaluation

Objective: Nectar is a sweet sustenance substance which organization, shading, flavor, and kind of nectar depend primarily on the blossoms, land districts and atmosphere and bumble bee species. We analyzed physicochemical and sensorial qualities attributed to different honey bee species in western Maharashtra of India. Methodology: Apis dorsata, Cerana indica, Apis florea nectar from various bumble bee species from Kolhapur and Mahabaleshwar locale and remaining sample from market were studied for physicochemical and sensorial evaluation. Results and Discussion: Brix of Cerana indica and Apis florea nectar gives 82.82 and 82.43°B which is higher than Apis dorsata and Market sample Honey. Acidity of the Apis dorsata was 0.38% which is higher than other nectar tests which showed matured marginal and gives the harsh unsuitable taste. Cerana indica test from Kolhapur district contains more sugar content 63.55% which gives dim golden color and better sweet taste increment its general agreeableness. Apis florea nectar sample from Mahabaleshwar district likewise contains more sugar content 63.35% with light golden shading and sweet taste. The market nectar similarly contains somewhat less sugar 62.10% with golden shading and furthermore contains more slag content. Its characteristic for Cerena indica and Apis florea nectar acknowledged by shopper than market sample honey. Conclusion: Here we were the reason that the natural nectar test is superior to anything the nectar found in the consumer shops.

scholarly journals Gut Bacterial Inhabitants of Open Nested Honey Bee, Apis Florea

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.N. Ganeshprasad ◽  
Kunal Jani ◽  
Yogesh S. Shouche ◽  
A H Sneharani
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Apis Florea ◽  
Culturable Bacteria ◽  
Bacterial Phyla ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Culture Independent ◽  
Dominant Bacteria

Abstract Honey bees are complex social system, which are highly dynamic having close interactions with their surrounding environment. Gut microbiota of honey bees has a major role in interaction behavior with its environment and health. Apis florea is the primitive among all the honey bees and are indigenous to Indian subcontinent. The study reports the identification and analysis of bacteria in the gut of wild species of honey bee, Apis florea, by culture-based and culture-independent methods. Cultured bacteria were identified and characterized by MALDI-TOF MS and 16S rRNA sequencing. A comprehensive analysis and identification of non-culturable bacteria were performed by 16S rRNA amplicon next generation sequencing. The sequence analysis approach classified gut bacteria into 5 bacterial phyla, 8 families and 10 genera in major. The dominant bacterial taxa identified in Apis florea belonged to Prevotellaceae (52.1%), Enterobacteriaceae (42.7%) and Halobacteriaceae (1.3%). The dominant bacteria belonged to genera of Prevotella, Escherichia-Shigella, Natronomonas, Methylobacterium, Pantoea, Bifidobacterium, Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Lactobacillus and Nitrobacter belonging to phyla Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Euryarchaeota, Actinobacteria, and Firmicutes. Many of these bacteria identified herewith are not reported for their occurrence in others species of Apis genus making this study of highly relevance with respect to bee microbiome.

scholarly journals The red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea F.) faces the threat of extirpation in Northwest India

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
R. C. Sihag
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Apis Florea ◽  
Pollinator Decline ◽  
Daucus Carota L ◽  
Tropical Environments ◽  
Prime Concern ◽  
The Status ◽  
Colony Number ◽  
Northwest India

Pollination is one of the essential ecosystem services. In recent years, a severe global pollinator decline has been the prime concern of pollination scientists and agriculturalists. The red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea F.) is an important pollinator of the semi-arid to tropical environments of several parts of Asia and Africa. The actual status of the colony numbers and foraging populations of this honey bee are not known. In this article, I examined the status of these parameters of this honey bee in Northwest India. I conducted monthly surveys and counted the total number of colonies of the red dwarf honey bee present at the main campus of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (India) (in about 9 km2) from 1984 to 2011 at an interval of three years. I also counted the number of foraging honey bees on two crops, viz. a winter-flowering crop, Raya (Brassica juncea Czern and Coss), and a summer-flowering crop, Carrot (Daucus carota L). In 27 years, the number of colonies of this honey bee in the study area declined from 221.5�14.1 in 1984 to 53.4�6.6 in 2011. The foraging populations of this honey bee too declined from 31.2�0.3 bees/m2 to 9.2�0.2 bees/m2 on Carrot and from 25�0.3 bees/m2 to 3.3�0.2 bees/ m2 on Raya. This honey bee exhibited a significant decline in its colony number every 6 years. Foraging bees declined significantly every three years. The colony and forager surveys revealed that the red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea F.) seemed to face the threat of extirpation (local extinction) in Northwest India. This decline in the colony numbers and the foraging populations seemed to have caused a pollination crisis in this region. The decline in the colony numbers and the foraging populations seemed to be caused by the poisoning of foraging bees due to the excessive and indiscriminate use of insecticides on the Cotton and/or Rice crops that come in blooms during the floral dearth period of this region. Considered the importance of this honey bee in the pollination of crops, we suggested that this honey bee must be vigorously protected and conserved.

scholarly journals PERANAN KELOMPOK TANI DALAM PENGELOLAAN MADU LEBAH HUTAN (APIS DORSATA FABRICIUS) OLEH MASYARAKAT DI DESA NANGA LEBOYAN KECAMATAN SELIMBAU KAWASAN DANAU SENTARUM KABUPATEN KAPUAS HULU

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laila Quratul Aini ◽  
Iskandar A M ◽  
Gusti Hardiansyah
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Apis Dorsata ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Farmer Groups ◽  
The Relationship

Sustainable management of forest honey requires an organization especially to guarantee forest honey quality standards in terms of naturalness which can be in the form of farmer groups. This study aims to reveal the role of farmer groups in the management of forest honey bees. This research is expected to provide information on how the role of farmer groups in the management of forest honey bees by the community in Nanga Leboyan Village, Selimbau District, Danau Sentarum Regency, Kapuas Hulu Regency. This research was conducted by conducting direct interviews with forest honey bee farmer groups. Information about the role of farmer groups in forest honey bee management was obtained during interviews and direct observations in the form of honey management processes, the role of farmer groups in institutions, production, capital, and the relationship between the role of farmer groups and the productivity of honey farming presented in tables, figures and The photo is then analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The results of interviews with 70 members of the honey farmer group showed that the process of forest honey management in Nanga Leboyan Village was carried out according to stages, starting from the initial installation of the bend to post-harvest. Farmer groups play an important role in their institutions, production and capital. The relationship between the role of farmer groups with the productivity of honey farming in Nanga Leboyan Village can be positively related to increasing honey production.Keywords: farmer groups, forest honey bee management, Role.

scholarly journals PENGELOLAAN MADU LALAU OLEH MASYARAKAT DESA NANGA LAUK KECAMATAN EMBALOH HILIR KABUPATEN KAPUAS HULU

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Hariska Hariska ◽  
Iswan Dewantara ◽  
Muflihati Muflihati
Keyword(s):  
Honey Bee ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Apis Dorsata ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Way

The management of forest honey in Nanga Lauk Village is still carried out modestly by the local community. The honeycomb tree is a tree that is tall, big, and sturdy with wide branches that bees naturally nest in. Forest honey belongs to the Apis dorsata forest bee which is the most productive honey bee in producing honey. This study aims to examine the way on how the management of forest honey in Nanga Lauk Village, Embaloh Hilir District, Kapuas Hulu Regency. A survey method with observation and interview techniques is employed in this study. Interviews were conducted with people who own the honeycomb trees. Respondents were selected using a census technique based on ownership of honeycomb trees. The data are obtained from respondents who own honeycomb trees with a total of 10 groups that have been studied. Based on the qualitative descriptive analysis, the Nanga Lauk Village community has carried out traditional honey management in groups for generations starting from forest area maintenance, forest honey harvesting, packaging, and marketing. From the results of the study, it can be concluded that the management of forest honey in Nanga Lauk Village still uses honeycomb trees which have been applied from generation to generation. This is one of the values to maintain and preserve the existence of forest honey bees in Nanga Lauk Village.Keywords: forest honey, Nanga Lauk Village, ownership of honeycomb trees, honey processing Abstrak Pengelolaan madu hutan di Desa Nanga Lauk masih dilakukan secara sederhana oleh masyarakat setempat. Pohon sarang lalau adalah pohon yang tinggi dan besar serta kokoh dan memiliki dahan lebar yang dihinggapi lebah untuk bersarang secara alami. Madu lalau berasal dari lebah hutan Apis dorsata yang merupakan lebah madu yang paling produktif dalam penghasil madu. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji bentuk pengelolaan madu hutan di Desa Nanga Lauk, Kecamatan Embalaoh Hilir, Kabupaten Kapuas Hulu. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode survey dengan teknik observasi dan wawancara. Wawancara dilakukan terhadap masyarakat yang memiliki pohon sarang lalau. Pemilihan responden dilakukan dengan menggunakan teknik sensus berdasarkan kepemilikan pohon sarang lalau. Penelitian ini memperoleh data dari responden yang memiliki pohon sarang madu sendiri dengan jumlah 10 kelompok yang telah diteliti. Berdasarkan analisis diskriptif kualitatif,  pengelolaan madu lalau dilakukan oleh Masyarakat Desa Nanga Lauk secara tradisional, turun temurun dan berkelompok mulai dari pemeliharaan kawasan hutan, pemanenan madu hutan, pengemasan dan pemasaran. Dari hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa pengelolaan madu hutan di Desa Nanga Lauk masih menggunakan pohon sarang lalau yang diterapkan secara turun-temurun. Hal ini merupakan salah satu nilai untuk mempertahankan dan melestarikan keberadaan lebah madu hutan yang ada di Desa Nanga Lauk. Kata kunci : madu lalau, Desa Nanga Lauk, kepemilikan pohon sarang, pengolahan madu, pemasaran

Survey of feral honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies for Nosema apis in Western Australia

2007 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Manning ◽  
Kate Lancaster ◽  
April Rutkay ◽  
Linda Eaton
Keyword(s):  
Apis Mellifera ◽  
Honey Bee ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Honey Bees ◽  
Nosema Apis ◽  
The South ◽  
South West ◽  
Feral Populations ◽  
Significant Difference

The parasite, Nosema apis, was found to be widespread among feral populations of honey bees (Apis mellifera) in the south-west of Western Australia. The location, month of collection and whether the feral colony was enclosed in an object or exposed to the environment, all affected the presence and severity of infection. There was no significant difference in the probability of infection between managed and feral bees. However, when infected by N. apis, managed bees appeared to have a greater severity of the infection.

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