Honey Bees: Diseases, Parasites, Pests, Predators and their Management

This book, which has gathered an accessible knowledge, no doubt would serve at first place for beekeepers in southeast Asia, and also for beekeepers and bee scientists all over the world. The book Honeybees: Diseases, Parasites, Pests, Predators and their Management is a new approach in understanding the diseases, parasites, pests, predators and their management in honeybee colonies. It contains an up-to-date information that would serve bee researchers and beekeepers to treat their bee colonies in the right way against pests and diseases. This book would be read by students and researchers in Apiculture and beekeepers. It abridges our knowledge on honeybee pathology to keep Dr. Dorothea Brueckner Associate Professor, Forschungsstelle fur Bienenkunde Universitaet Bremen, Germany Honeybees are eusocial, beneficial and eco-friendly all through their eventful and fruitful life. Despite being harmless and true social, they are afflicted by several pests, parasites and diseases. In this context, the book Honeybees: Diseases, Parasites, Pests, Predators and their Management for the first time presents an excellent account of various enemies and their management in all principal species of honeybees. It is indispensable for undergraduate and postgraduate students, teachers and researchers, and serves reading and reference as well. Management strategies recommended for Prof. C. Chandrasekhara Reddy Former Chairman, Department of Zoology