N. Nagaraja

Honeybees N. Nagaraja

Honey bees are vulnerable to a variety of natural enemies, from viral diseases to vertebrate predators, in spite of their highly evolved defensive strategies. The techniques of management of natural enemies of honeybees are spread over in innumerable journals worldwide but only a few books have been published on diseases and pests of Apis mellifera. An attempt has been made to provide an up-to-date information on natural enemies of all species of honeybees. The author hopes this book would be a reference document to students, researchers and faculty members of Zoology, Entomology, Apiculture and Microbiology departments, beekeeoing extension personnel and beekeepers across the world in general and southeast Asia in particular. Obviously, it would serve as a unique reference book on enemies of honeybees and their management to the undergraduate and postgraduate students and teachers of Entomology and Apiculture in most of the universities in general and agricultural universities in particular.