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प्रश्न
An Italian bee variety A. mellifera has been introduced in India for honey production. Write about its merits over other varieties.
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उत्तर
For the production of honey on a commercial basis, an Italian variety of honey bees, Apis mellifera is commonly used throughout the country. This variety has been domesticated in India due to its various desirable good characteristics such as gentleness in nature, good honey collection capacity, prolific queen production with less swarming and a good ability to protect itself from enemies.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What are the desirable characters of bee varieties suitable for honey production?
For increasing production, what is common in poultry, fisheries and bee-keeping?
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Name the following:
The largest bee in the colony.
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Group the following and tabulate them as energy-yielding, protein yielding, oil yielding and fodder crop.
Wheat, rice, berseem, maize, gram, oat, pigeon gram, sudangrass, lentil, soybean, groundnut, castor and mustard.
______ nutrients are needed in small quantity for plants and are called ______.
______ and ______ give sweet taste to the honey.
______ is a nodulating type of microorganism associated symbiotically with the root of legume plants.
Which one of the following products of apiculture is used in cosmetics and polishes?
