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Honey bee practical class.pptx
This document provides information about honey bees and their classification. It discusses that there are over 100,000 bee species classified into 90 families. It then lists and describes some common Indian bee species, including Apis cerena, Apis dorsata, Apis florea, and Apis melifera. It also outlines the taxonomic classification of bees from order to species. Key physical features of honey bees are noted such as legs adapted for carrying pollen and three submarginal cells on the forewing.
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- 1. Honey Bee PracticalClass Published : 27.07.2021 Dr Tusar Kanti Ghosal Department of Entomology U.B.K.V. Coocxh Behar
- 2. • Over 100,000species • 90 families • Economically most useful – Parasites, predators, pollinators
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- 5. Sub family :APINAE Tribe: APINI Apis cerena Apis dorsata Apis florea Apis laboreosa Apis melifera
- 6. Classification : Order :HYMENOPTERA Sub order : APOCRITA Infra order : ACULEATA Super family : APOIDEA Family : APIDAE Sub family : APINAE Tribe: APINI Genus : Apis Species : cerena Sub species : indica
- 7. Apidae Front wing withthree sub-marginal cells; metatarsus enlarged for carrying pollen; social or semi-social.
- 10. Anterior side ofhead
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- 14. LEGS OF WORKERHONEY BEE
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- 16. Pollen busket Pollenpress Pollen brush 1st tarsal segment
- 17. three sub-marginal cellson fore wing
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- 21. Apis mellifera Apiscerana, Apis dorsata, Apis florae
- 22. Worker, Queen andDrone Honey Bee