Q.Enlist the species of honey bee mentioning their specific uses.
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →India has four honeybee species — Apis dorsata, Apis florea, Apis mellifera and Apis indica — of which only Apis mellifera and Apis indica are domesticated for commercial apiculture.
Step 1. List the four species found in India. The chapter names Apis dorsata (the rock bee or wild bee), Apis florea (the little bee), Apis mellifera (the European bee) and Apis indica (the Indian bee) as the four honeybee species commonly found in India.
Step 2. Note which are actually used in bee-keeping. Of these four, only Apis mellifera and Apis indica are suited to domesticated rearing, which is why they are specifically described as the domesticated species — they are the two species that Indian bee-keepers actually manage in hive boxes for commercial honey, wax, propolis, pollen and royal jelly production, and for crop pollination. …
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