Flowering plants and pollinators are in a mutualistic association, where pollinators collect
floral resources and plants receive pollination services. Bees and other pollinators are …

This study investigated the suitability of honey sample collection methods for determining
the botanical origin of honey through palynological analysis. We used three methods to …

For successful establishment of meliponiculture with Trigona iridipennis Smith, several
attributes such as nesting substrates, orientations, elevation, internal characteristics of nests …

Pollen loads of Apis mellifera were analysed to assess their daily pollen collection,
polleniferous flora and their pollen biomass contribution in southern West Bengal, India …

Pollen loads of Trigona iridipennis Smith were analyzed on a comparative basis between
rural and semi-urban areas of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal in order to explore …

In the present work, bee foraging plants were determined by palynological analysis of
colony stored samples (honey and pollen) of Apis dorsata collected from southern West …

Little is known about the agroecological implications of the Asian honey bee Apis cerana
Fabricius in its vast native range including southeast India. To identify the foraging …

Abstract The Asian honeybee (Apis cerana) occurs across the south, southeast and east
Asia. The species is utilised in apicultural practices. But the available documents about their …

For accurate determination of polleniferous taxa vis-a-vis floral fidelity of Apis mellifera L. in
North 24 Pargana, West Bengal, we carried out pollen analyses of individual corbicular …

Eighteen Apis dorsata Fabricius summer honey samples collected from Prayagraj District
(Uttar Pradesh) during the summer season were analysed for pollen content. A total of 43 …