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प्रश्न
Enlist the species of honey bee mentioning their specific uses.
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उत्तर
Apiculture or beekeeping deals with an artificial rearing of honey bees to obtain bee products like honey, wax, pollen, bee venom, propolis (bee glue), and royal jelly as well as pollinating agents for crop plants.
The four species of honey bees commonly found in India are
- Apis dorsata (rock bee or wild bee),
- Apis florea (little bee),
- Apis mellifera (European bee), and
- Apis indica (Indian bee).
For beekeeping, Apis mellifera and Apis indica are suitable species and are known as domesticated species.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Which one of the following is an Italian species of honey bee?
Which Indian variety of honey bee is commonly used for apiculture?
Say true or false. If false, correct the statement.
Apis florea is a rock bee.
Differentiate the following.
Pollen and Nectar
Define cross-breeding.
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.
Paddy, maize, green gram and black gram are ______ crops.
______ is supplied by water to plants.
Which of the following is a correct statement?
Discuss the various nutrients present in Honey.
