Applied Zoology-II

Contents   

1. Apiculture 

1.1 Introduction to apiculture   

1.2 Habit-habitat 

1.3 Nesting behaviour of bees    

1.4 Life cycle, colony organization and division of labour     

1.5 Bee behaviour and communication    

1.6 Bee-keeping equipments 

1.7 Beekeeping and seasonal management 

1.8 Bee products     

1.9 Diseases and enemies of bees 

1.10 Bee pollination and management of be colonies for pollination    

2. Sericulture

2.1 Introduction     

2.2 Different types of silk moths, their distribution and varieties of silk produced     

2.3 External morphology and life cycle of bomby x mori

2.4 Cultivation of mulberry

2.5 Harvesting of mulberry 

2.6 Silkworm rearing 

2.7 Preparation of cocoons for marketing     

2.8 Post harvest processing of cocoons 

2.9 Sericulture as labour intensive agro-industry