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Preface; Contents; Contributors; About the Editor; 1: An Introduction to Industrial Entomology; 2: Honeybee: Diversity, Castes and Life Cycle; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Honeybee Diversity; 2.2.1 Apis dorsata Fabricius (Figs. 2.1 and 2.2); 2.2.2 Apis florea Fabricius (Figs. 2.3 and 2.4); 2.2.3 Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Figs. 2.5 and 2.6); 2.2.4 Apis cerana Fabricius (Figs. 2.7 and 2.8); 2.2.5 Apis koschevnikovi; 2.2.6 Apis andreniformis (Fig. 2.10); 2.2.7 Apis laboriosa (Fig. 2.11); 2.3 Honeybee Castes, Colony Organization and Life Cycle (Figs. 2.12 and 2.13); 2.4 Conclusions; References.

3.7 Rearing Methods and General Management of Honey Bees3.7.1 Pest and Predators of Honeybee; 3.7.1.1 Wax Moth; 3.7.1.2 Other Minor Pests; 3.7.2 Viruses; 3.7.3 Bacterial Diseases; 3.7.3.1 American Foulbrood Disease; 3.7.3.2 European Foulbrood Disease; 3.7.4 Mite Enemies of Honeybee; 3.7.4.1 Varroa jacobsoni; 3.7.4.2 Acarapis woodi; 3.7.4.3 Tropilaelaps clareae; 3.8 Migratory Beekeeping in India; 3.9 Pesticide Usage and Honeybees; 3.9.1 Impact of Pesticides on Bees; 3.9.2 Minimizing Pesticide Hazards to Bees/Management Practices; 3.9.3 Guidelines to Beekeepers.

3.9.4 Guidelines for Farmers3.10 Constraints in Beekeeping in India; 3.11 Overcoming the Constraints; References; 4: Diseases and Enemies of Honeybees; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Diseases of Honeybees; 4.2.1 Brood Diseases; 4.2.1.1 Bacterial Diseases; 4.2.1.2 Fungal Diseases; 4.2.1.3 Viral Diseases; 4.2.2 Adult Bee Diseases; 4.2.2.1 Nosema Disease; 4.2.2.2 Amoeba Disease; 4.2.3 General Practices for the Management of Diseases; 4.3 Enemies of Honeybees; 4.3.1 Insects; 4.3.1.1 Wax Moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae); 4.3.1.2 Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

3: Beekeeping in India3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Honeybee Species in India; 3.2.1 Rock Bee (Apis dorsata); 3.2.2 Little Bee (Apis florea); 3.2.3 Indian Bee (Apis cerana); 3.2.4 European Bee/Italian Bee (Apis mellifera ligustica); 3.2.5 Stingless Bee; 3.3 Biology and Society; 3.3.1 The Queen; 3.3.2 The Worker; 3.3.3 The Drone; 3.4 Honeybee Foraging; 3.4.1 Foraging Distances; 3.5 Beekeeping Equipment; 3.5.1 Honeybee Hive; 3.5.2 Other Beekeeping Equipments (Fig. 3.4); 3.6 Bee Products; 3.6.1 Honey; 3.6.2 Beeswax; 3.6.3 Bee Venom; 3.6.4 Propolis; 3.6.5 Royal Jelly.

4.3.1.3 Wasps and Hornets (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)4.3.1.4 Bee Louse (Diptera: Braulidae); 4.3.1.5 Hive Beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae); 4.3.2 Bee Mites; 4.3.2.1 Varroa Mite, Varroa destructor (Parasitiformes: Varroidae); 4.3.2.2 Brood Mite, Tropilaelaps clareae (Parasitiformes: Laelapidae); 4.3.2.3 Tracheal Mite, Acarapis woodi (Acariformes: Tarsonemidae); 4.3.3 Birds; 4.3.3.1 Bee Eaters; 4.3.3.2 Honey Guides; 4.3.4 Reptiles; 4.3.5 Mammals; 4.3.5.1 Bears; 4.3.5.2 Skunks; 4.3.5.3 Rodents; 4.4 Conclusions; References; 5: Lac Culture; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Lac Insect.

This book is a compilation of writings focused on conventional and unconventional insect products. Some of these products are commercials successes, while others are waiting to be launched and are the potential produce of the future. In addition to the well known products honey, mulberry silk, and lac, the book primarily concentrates on silk producing insects other than the mulberry silkworm, insects as food, as sources of medicines, pest and weed managers, and as pollinators. The book highlights the all pervasive role of insects in improving human lives at multiple levels. Accordingly, while most books on insects concentrate on how to limit growth in their population, it instead focuses on how to propagate them. In each chapter, the book brings to the fore how insects are far more beneficial to us than their well publicised harmful roles. This book approaches both unconventional and conventional insect products, such as honey, silk and lac in much more depth than the available literature. It investigates different aspects of the production of these insects, such as the related processes, problems and utilities, in dedicated chapters. Because this book deals with the production of insects or their produce, it has been named Industrial Entomology, perhaps the only book that truly reveals the tremendous potential of insects to help humans live better lives. Based on the research and working experience of the contributors, who are global experts in their respective fields, it provides authentic, authoritative and updated information on these topics. The book offers a unique guide for students, teachers, policy planners, small scale industrialists, and government ministries of agriculture and industry across the globe. It will provide a much required stimulus to insect appreciation and generate enthusiasm for research and the broader acceptance for insect produce. Hopefully, it will also present the Indian perspective on these topics to a global readership.