Year: 2025
ISBN: 9789358998061
Language: English
1 Beneficial insects – An introduction Apiculture
2 Beekeeping: History and diversity
3 Morphology and anatomy of honeybee
4 Colony organization
5 Beekeeping equipment
6 Colony management
7 Bee products
8 Role of honey bees in pollination
9 Migratory beekeeping
10 Honey bee enemies
11 Honey bee diseases
12 Protecting honey bees from pesticides
13 Introduction to sericulture
14 Silkworm species
15 Biology and life cycle of mulberry silkworm
16 Rearing house, rearing equipment and appliances, disinfection and hygiene
17 Seed production centre (grainage)
18 Incubation, black boxing, hatching of eggs
19 Silkworm rearing
20 Cocoon parameters
21 Silk
22 Mulberry production
23 Pests and diseases of silk worms and their management
24 Lac culture: status and prospects
25 Life cycle oflac insect
26 Cultural operation in Lac
27 Insect pest management of lac insects
28 Identification of major parasitoids and predators commonly being used in biological control
29 Mass production of important natural enemies
30 Weed killers