Vijayakumar Karuppasamy

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Why the stingless bees are constructs the multi‐layered involucrum around the nest during summer months?

Due to overheating, lack of food availability, worker population declining, absence of queen bee, may be the bees are not able to regulate the nest temperature during summer months. What are the...

05 May 2016 6,568 4 View

Can any one differentiate the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) and lesser wax moth (Achroia grisella)?

In South India, we saw this greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) frequently. We are not able to control this. The newly divided colonies are easily attacked by this wax moth.

05 November 2014 2,102 11 View

Does anyone know this bee?

This bee was commonly found to rob fresh resin deposits from stingless bee entrance tubes.

26 June 2013 9,866 2 View

Some of the stingless bee colonies have resin rim, they dont have entrance tube. Is it a species specific characteristic for stingless bees in Asia?

The bees from this nest are similar to Tetragonula characteristics, workers have a darker colour and larger in size than other bees collected from circular entrance tube.

19 June 2013 7,620 0 View

Any one provide information about the diagnostic key for common southeast Asian stingless bee subgenus tetragonula?

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05 June 2013 9,263 3 View