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The future role of dwarf honeybees in natural and agricultural systems provides multidisciplinary perspective about the different facets of dwarf honeybees. The role of dwarf honeybee Apis florea assumes utmost importance in the context of pollinator decline throughout the world threatening stability of ecosystems and global food security. Apis florea is a low land species of south Asia extending more to the west than other Asiatic Apis species. It is an important pollinator of crops in hot and dry agricultural plains. The book is first of its kind which deals in details on varied aspects of Apis florea biology, management, conservation strategies for protecting biodiversity and enhancing crop productivity. The book aims to promote a large, diverse, sustainable, and dependable bee pollinator workforce that can meet the challenge for optimizing food production well into the 21st century.
Features:
Apis florea provides source of livelihood in mountainous areas and marginal farmers.
This book will for the first time present the beekeeping from the perspective of agricultural production and biodiversity conservation
An excellent source of advanced study material for academics, researchers and students and programme planners
Excellent pollinator of tropical and subtropical crops fruits vegetables etc less prone to diseases and enemies
Covering the latest information on various aspects of Apis florea biology, this book brings the latest advances together in a single volume for researchers and advanced level students
This book will be useful to pollination biologists, honeybee biologists in entomology departments, students, teachers, scientists of agriculture, animal behaviour, botany, conservation, biology, ecology, entomology, environmental biology, forestry, genetics, plant breeding, horticulture, toxicology, zoology, seed growers and seed agencies and shall serve as reference book for students, teachers, researchers, extension functionaries and policy planners.
Publisher : CRC Press; 1st edition (9 July 2020)
Language : English
Hardcover : 322 pages
ISBN-10 : 1138335827
ISBN-13 : 978-1138335820
Item Weight : 997 g
Dimensions : 17.78 x 2.06 x 25.4 cm
Country of Origin : India
