There are some 20000
kinds of bees, all belonging to the insect order Hymenoptera. But in our country
its have four species : Apis dorsata, Apis indica , Apis florea and Apis mellifera are most popular with beekeeping
industry .A short notes on each kind of these species are given bellow :
I)
Apis dorsata: It
is also called rock or giant bee. They make Largest hive(6 ft long and 3ft deep
).They make single vertical comb, are very industrious, produce about 36 kg honey
per colony per year.
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It is also called Indian nee is medium in size. They make single parallel comb on trees, termiteries, hollow of rocks and all kind of cavities. Average honey yield is 3.6-6.5 kg on the hills and 1.3-2.2kg on the plains. The negative quality of this species is that it is prone to swarming and absconding/running away and is helpless against the wax moth
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III) Apis florea:
Primary
residence is in Asia. It is called as small bees.
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IV) Apis mellifera:
Apis mellifera or European bee originated in Italy and then introduced into all over the world. They make also parallel comb and is gifted with all the good qualities of honeybee- has a prolific Queen, swarmless and gentle tempered so domesticable, good honey gatherer and can guard its nest against enemies . They produce about 45-181 kg honey per colony per year.
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V) Apis cerana: It is called as Indian bee or khong bee.Medium sized, golden color and
comparatively quiet in nature.Found in dry, shadowy and dark places viz. hole of old trees, earthern pot, sunshade
of buildings, occasionally used old almirah,
hole of earth etc. Single colony have many combs.Less migratory habit and
easy to domesticate. Medium stinging habit, but it is
high in swarming period. Absconding is a
common phenomenon, specially in case of ill management.In average 10 kg of
honey may be produced per colony per year from a
productive colony.
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